Phachara Khongwatmai (Thai: พชร คงวัดใหม่; born 3 May 1999) is a Thai professional golfer.

Phachara Khongwatmai
พชร คงวัดใหม่
Personal information
Born (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25)
Songkhla, Thailand
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Development Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
Other9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2016, 2017
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team

Khongwatmai became the youngest winner of a professional tournament when he won the Singha Hua Hin Open on the All Thailand Golf Tour in July 2013 at the age of 14.[1][2]

Khongwatmai played on the Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour in 2015. On the Asian Tour, he finished 64th on the Order of Merit, missing a 2016 Asian Tour card by one spot.[3] On the Asian Development Tour, he won the PGM CCM Rahman Putra Championship in March at the age of 15, becoming the youngest winner on that tour.[3] He also won the final tournament of the year, the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship to finish fifth on the ADT Order of Merit and earn his 2016 Asian Tour card.[3] He also qualified for the 2016 Open Championship by finishing sixth at the 2015 Thailand Golf Championship.[2]

Amateur wins edit

  • 2012 TGA-CAT Junior Championship[4]

Professional wins (10) edit

Asian Tour wins (1) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 5 Dec 2021 Laguna Phuket Championship −10 (66-65-69-70=270) 1 stroke   Denwit Boriboonsub,   Kim Bi-o,
  Panuphol Pittayarat

Asian Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2019 Sabah Masters   David Gleeson,   Aman Raj,
  Pavit Tangkamolprasert
Tangkamolprasert won with birdie on second extra hole
Raj eliminated by par on first hole
2 2023 Shinhan Donghae Open   Koh Gun-taek Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Development Tour wins (2) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 21 Mar 2015 CCM Rahman Putra Championship1 −20 (71-66-65-66=268) 4 strokes   Danny Chia,   Shane Smith
2 27 Dec 2015 Boonchu Ruangkit Championship2 −22 (64-69-63-66=262) 1 stroke   Thongchai Jaidee,   Chinnarat Phadungsil

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (7) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 21 Jul 2013 Singha Hua Hin Open1
(as an amateur)
−13 (66-67-71-67=271) 4 strokes   Sutijet Kooratanapisan,   Prom Meesawat
2 27 Dec 2015 Boonchu Ruangkit Championship2 −22 (64-69-63-66=262) 1 stroke   Thongchai Jaidee,   Chinnarat Phadungsil
3 27 Mar 2016 Singha E-San Open1 −13 (71-69-67-68=275) 2 strokes   Chapchai Nirat
4 25 Mar 2018 Singha Masters −18 (67-67-65-71=270) Playoff   Prayad Marksaeng
5 9 Feb 2020 Singha E-San Open (2) −9 (64-73-72-70=279) Playoff   Kosuke Hamamoto
6 24 Oct 2021 Singha Pattaya Open −20 (59-70-63-68=260) 5 strokes   Sadom Kaewkanjana
7 7 Nov 2021 Singha E-San Open (3) −12 (69-71-65-71=276) Playoff   Chanat Sakulpolphaisan

1Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour

Other wins (1) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 8 Jun 2019 GolfSixes Cascais
(with   Thongchai Jaidee)
2–1   EnglandTom Lewis and Paul Waring

Results in major championships edit

Tournament 2016 2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships edit

Tournament 2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T46
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances edit

Professional

References edit

  1. ^ Masuda, Nick (27 July 2013). "14-year-old becomes youngest pro-event winner". GolfWeek.
  2. ^ a b "Thai golf prodigy Phachara, 16, 'overwhelmed' by British Open spot". Yahoo Sports. 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Week 52: Fearless Phachara wins Boonchu Ruangkit Championship". OWGR. 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Phachara Kongwatmai". WAGR. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

External links edit