Gunn Charoenkul (Thai: กัญจน์ เจริญกุล; born 10 April 1992) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on both the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.[1]
| Gunn Charoenkul | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 10 April 1992 Bangkok, Thailand | ||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Thailand | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2011 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour All Thailand Golf Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | China Tour ASEAN PGA Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 12 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2023 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2019 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Professional career edit
Gunn was born in Bangkok, Thailand and turned professional in 2011. He won three tournaments on the All Thailand Golf Tour and played on the Asian Tour 2012–2014, where his best finish was T6 at the 2013 Solaire Open at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in the Philippines.[2]
He played on the PGA Tour China 2015–2016, where he won two tournaments, the 2014 Yunnan Open and the 2016 Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open.[3]
Back on the Asian Tour, he was runner-up at the 2016 Queen's Cup in his native Thailand and the 2019 BNI Indonesian Masters, and third at the 2020 Hong Kong Open behind Wade Ormsby and Shane Lowry.[4]
In 2018, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he posted 10 top-10s in 2019.[5] He qualified for the 2019 Open Championship by finishing T3 at the Mizuno Open, but missed the cut.
In early 2020, he reached a career high of 126th on the Official World Golf Ranking, and in 2021 he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo together with Jazz Janewattananond.[6]
Professional wins (12) edit
China Tour wins (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Aug 2014 | Yulongwan Yunnan Open | −21 (61-70-66-66=263) | 3 strokes |  Zhang Xinjun
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| 2 | 11 Sep 2016 | Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open | −21 (65-68-68-66=267) | 6 strokes |  Shun Yat Hak
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| 3 | 17 Sep 2017 | Beijing Classic | −16 (67-72-64-69=272) | 1 stroke |  Deyen Lawson
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All Thailand Golf Tour wins (4) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Aug 2012 | Singha E-San Open1 | −14 (64-67-70-73=274) | Playoff |  Nicholas Fung
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| 2 | 23 Mar 2014 | Singha E-San Open1 (2) | −14 (68-71-69-66=274) | 2 strokes |  Grant Jackson, Teerawat Poipong
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| 3 | 20 Jul 2014 | Singha Panasonic Hua Hin Open1 | −15 (69-66-70-68=273) | 1 stroke | Chapchai Nirat
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| 4 | 31 Jul 2022 | Singha Championship | −10 (68-70-64-68=270) | 1 stroke | Denwit Boriboonsub
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1Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour wins (5) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Aug 2012 | Singha E-San Open1 | −14 (64-67-70-73=274) | Playoff | Nicholas Fung
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| 2 | 23 Mar 2014 | Singha E-San Open1 (2) | −14 (68-71-69-66=274) | 2 strokes | Grant Jackson, Teerawat Poipong
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| 3 | 31 May 2014 | Melaka Championship2 | −7 (67-74-70-70=281) | 3 strokes | Iylia Jamil
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| 4 | 20 Jul 2014 | Singha Panasonic Hua Hin Open1 | −15 (69-66-70-68=273) | 1 stroke | Chapchai Nirat
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| 5 | 23 Jul 2016 | Jimei Korea Kulim Championship2 | −20 (66-69-70-63=268) | 4 strokes | Ben Leong, Poom Saksansin
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1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
Philippine Golf Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 May 2017 | ICTSI Orchard Championship | −7 (75-68-67-71=281) | 1 stroke |  Clyde Mondilla
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Thailand PGA Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jul 2020 | Singha-SAT Hua Hin Championship | −19 (68-62-64=194) | 6 strokes | Prom Meesawat
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| 2 | 2 Aug 2020 | Singha-SAT Nakhon Nayok Classic | −12 (67-64-70=201) | Playoff | Nirun Sae-ueng
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Results in major championships edit
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
References edit
- ^ "Gunn Charoenkul Bio". PGA Tour China. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Lin is the last action hero at the Solaire Open". 14 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Strong finish leaves Hak in three-way tie for second in Chongqing". The Standard. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Gunn Charoenkul". Asian Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Gunn Charoenkul Career Record". Japan Golf Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Gunn relishing Olympic opportunity". Asian Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links edit
- Gunn Charoenkul at the Asian Tour official site
- Gunn Charoenkul at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Gunn Charoenkul at the Official World Golf Ranking official site