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Pajaree Anannarukarn

Pajaree Anannarukarn (Thai: ปาจรีย์ อนันต์นฤการ; RTGS: Pachari Anannaruekan; born 30 May 1999[1]) is a Thai professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour since 2019.[2][3] She won her first LPGA event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational.[4][5][6]

Pajaree Anannarukarn
ปาจรีย์ อนันต์นฤการ
Personal information
Full namePajaree Anannarukarn
NicknameMeaw
Born (1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 (age 24)[1]
Bangkok, Thailand
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour1
Other6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT28: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT14: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT20: 2022
Women's British OpenT52: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT10: 2021
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Women's team

Professional career edit

Anannarukarn turned professional in 2017 and joined LPGA Tour in 2019. On 1 August 2021, she won her first LPGA Tour event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland. She made a 9-foot par putt on a second extra hole to win a playoff against Emma Talley and became the fifth Thai player to win on LPGA Tour, joining Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Thidapa Suwannapura, and Patty Tavatanakit.[5]

Amateur wins edit

  • 2013 TGA-CAT Junior Ranking # 5
  • 2014 TGA-SINGHA Junior Ranking # 5, TGA-SINGHA Junior Championship Q For Asia Pacific
  • 2015 St. Francisville Area Foundation Junior at The Bluffs, Lockton Kansas City Junior, David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior
  • 2016 Santi Cup

Source:[7]

Professional wins (8) edit

LPGA Tour wins (2) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 1 Aug 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational^ 70-69-66-70=275 −16 Playoff   Emma Talley
2 28 May 2023 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play 3 and 1   Ayaka Furue

^ Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational   Emma Talley Won with par on second extra hole

Thai LPGA Tour wins (4) edit

  • 2014 (1) 4th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship^
  • 2016 (2) 2nd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship^, 5th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship^
  • 2017 (1) 1st Singha-SAT-Toyata Thai LPGA Championship^

^ Pajaree won the event as an amateur.

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (2) edit

  • 2016 Singha E-San Open^
  • 2017 Singha Masters^

^ Pajaree won the event as an amateur.

Results in LPGA majors edit

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T32 T28 T53 T37 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T62 T20 T33
Women's PGA Championship T14 CUT T64 T30 T39
The Evian Championship T25 NT T10 CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT T52 CUT 71
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary edit

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 4 22 15
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2021 ANA – 2022 WPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (2021 Evian)

LPGA Tour career summary edit

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2017 1 1 0 0 0 0 T64 – n/a 73.75 n/a
2019 19 16 0 0 0 0 T12 249,049 71 70.92 34
2020 11 6 0 0 0 0 T21 73,800 95 72.06 70
2021 25 22 1 0 1 6 1 700,786 28 70.78 39
2022 29 19 0 0 0 4 T4 612,297 52 71.08 51
2023 24 18 1 0 0 1 1 588,895 50 71.96 98
Totals^ 108 (2019) 81 (2019) 2 0 1 11 1 2,224,827 185

^ Official as of 2023 season[8][9][10]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking edit

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2017 710 [11]
2018 377 [12]
2019 135 [13]
2020 152 [14]
2021 76 [15]
2022 87 [16]
2023 86 [17]

Team appearances edit

Source:[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "'โปรเมียว'ปาจรีย์ รุกกี้สาวไทย พร้อมดวล'โปรเม-โม'ศึกฮอนด้า แอลพีจีเอ ไทยแลนด์ 2019". Matichon (in Thai). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Pajaree Anannarukarn Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bohwongprasert, Yvonne. "Style par excellence". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Pajaree Anannarukarn a Rolex First-time Winner On the LPGA". LPGA. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Paisley, Kent. "Pajaree Anannarukarn's 'Good Luck' carries her to her first LPGA victory in a playoff over Emma Talley". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pajaree wins ISPS Handa World Invitational". Bangkok Post. Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Pajaree Anannarukarn". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  8. ^ "Pajaree Anannarukarn statistics". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Pajaree Anannarukarn results". LPGA. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.

External links edit

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