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Thaworn Wiratchant

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Thaworn Wiratchant
ถาวร วิรัตน์จันทร์
Personal information
Born (1966-12-28) 28 December 1966 (age 58)
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour
All Thailand Golf Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour
Professional wins36
Highest ranking68 (6 January 2013)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour18 (1st all-time)
European Senior Tour2
Other16
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2013
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT31: 2006
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Order of Merit winner		2005, 2012
Asian Tour
Players' Player of the Year		2005, 2012
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner		2019

Thaworn Wiratchant (born 28 December 1966) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour where he holds the record for most victories, with 18 total wins.

Professional career

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Wiratchant's biggest win came in March 2005 when he won the Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open. This event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, meaning that Wiratchant became the second Thai after Thongchai Jaidee to win on the European Tour. He topped the Asian Tour money list in 2005, becoming the first player to win more than half a million U.S. dollars on that tour in a season. He also recorded what would have been the lowest aggregate score on the European Tour with a total of 255 strokes. However, this record is not considered official as preferred lies were in operation throughout the week.[2]

Wiratchant won the Asian Tour money list again in 2012 after a solid season with three victories, including a playoff win over Scot Richie Ramsay at the Hero Indian Open.[3]

Senior career

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Wiratchant played in a number of events on the European Senior Tour in 2017, receiving an exemption for players aged exactly 50 who had previously won a European Tour event. In his second event on the tour, the WINSTONgolf Senior Open, he finished runner-up behind Phillip Price. He gained entry to the end-of-season MCB Tour Championship by being 23rd in the Order of Merit. Rounds of 66-65-62 gave him an eight strokes win over Mark McNulty.[4] The win lifted him to 9th place on the end of season Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

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  • 1987 Singapore Open Amateur Championship

Professional wins (36)

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European Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 27 Mar 2005 Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open1 −25 (63-63-66-63=255) 5 strokes France Raphaël Jacquelin

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (18)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 17 Mar 1996 Sabah Masters −6 (72-71-70-69=282) 2 strokes Taiwan Lin Chih-chen, Australia Jeff Wagner
2 25 Jun 2001 Alcatel Singapore Open −16 (68-69-68-67=272) 1 stroke Taiwan Hsieh Yu-shu
3 13 Aug 2001 Volvo Masters of Malaysia −17 (69-67-67-68=271) 3 strokes United States Scott Kammann
4 19 Sep 2004 Mercuries Taiwan Masters −5 (69-69-71-74=283) 2 strokes Taiwan Chen Yuan-chi, South Africa Chris Williams
5 27 Mar 2005 Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open1 −25 (63-63-66-63=255) 5 strokes France Raphaël Jacquelin
6 18 Sep 2005 Taiwan Open −18 (73-65-68-64=270) 1 stroke Thailand Chapchai Nirat
7 30 Oct 2005 Hero Honda Indian Open −16 (68-66-68-70=272) 2 strokes India Gaurav Ghei
8 20 Nov 2005 Carlsberg Masters Vietnam −7 (72-66-72-71=281) 2 strokes England Chris Rodgers
9 16 Sep 2007 Midea China Classic −21 (65-63-68-67=263) Playoff Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil, Scotland Simon Yates
10 8 Jun 2008 Bangkok Airways Open −13 (66-69-68-68=271) 3 strokes Japan Shintaro Kai
11 13 Sep 2009 Macau Open −15 (67-68-66-68=269) 6 strokes India Gaganjeet Bhullar
12 19 Sep 2010 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship −10 (69-67-70=206)* 1 stroke Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil
13 17 Jun 2012 Queen's Cup −7 (70-67-72-68=277) 3 strokes Philippines Juvic Pagunsan, Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman
14 8 Sep 2012 Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters −16 (66-69-68-69=272) 3 strokes India Gaganjeet Bhullar
15 21 Oct 2012 Hero Indian Open (2) −14 (69-68-67-66=270) Playoff Scotland Richie Ramsay
16 15 Sep 2013 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (2) −13 (69-67-71-68=275) 1 stroke United States Chan Kim
17 8 Jun 2014 Queen's Cup (2) −12 (71-68-67-66=272) 1 stroke Thailand Poom Saksansin
18 30 Nov 2014 King's Cup −20 (68-67-66-67=268) 2 strokes Australia Andrew Dodt, India Anirban Lahiri

*Note: The 2010 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2007 Midea China Classic Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil, Scotland Simon Yates Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Yates eliminated by par on first hole
2 2012 Hero Indian Open Scotland Richie Ramsay Won with bogey on first extra hole
3 2015 Ho Tram Open Spain Sergio García, Taiwan Lin Wen-tang,
India Himmat Rai 		García won with par on second extra hole
Lin and Wiratchant eliminated by birdie on first hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 17 Jul 2011 Indonesia Open −13 (68-68-66-73=275) 1 stroke South Korea Choi Jin-ho, New Zealand Michael Hendry,
Indonesia Rory Hie

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (8)

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  • 2001 TPC Championships
  • 2003 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2004 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2007 Singha Masters
  • 2010 Singha E-San Open1
  • 2014 Singha All Thailand Championship
  • 2015 Singha E-San Open1
  • 2020 Thongchai Jaidee Foundation

1Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 12 Jun 2009 Heritage Melaka Classic −12 (69-69-70-68=276) 1 stroke Singapore Lam Chih Bing
2 18 Jul 2010 Singha E-San Open1 −12 (71-69-68-68=276) Playoff Thailand Namchok Tantipokhakul
3 6 May 2012 Luang Prabang Laos Open −21 (69-63-68-67=267) 8 strokes Philippines Jay Bayron
4 1 Mar 2015 Singha E-San Open1 (2) −18 (67-68-66-69=270) 4 strokes Thailand Piya Sawangarunporn, Thailand Namchok Tantipokhakul,
Thailand Rattanon Wannasrichan

1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

Omega China Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 21 Jun 2009 Dongfeng Nissan Teana Golf Open −20 (70-68-63-67=268) 1 stroke South Korea Eom Jae-woong

European Senior Tour wins (2)

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Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 10 Dec 2017 MCB Tour Championship −23 (66-65-62=193) 8 strokes Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty
2 10 Mar 2018 Sharjah Senior Golf Masters −12 (68-65-71=204) Playoff United States Clark Dennis, Australia Peter Fowler

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2018 Sharjah Senior Golf Masters United States Clark Dennis, Australia Peter Fowler Won with par on fourth extra hole
Fowler eliminated by par on first hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 15 Sep 2018 Sevenhills Cup KBC Senior Open −15 (65-64=129) 3 strokes Japan Katsumi Kubo, Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
2 14 Sep 2019 Komatsu Open −14 (69-68-65=202) Playoff Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
3 9 Nov 2019 Fujifilm Senior Championship −16 (68-64-68=200) 6 strokes Japan Toru Suzuki
4 5 Jun 2021 Sumaiida Cup Senior Tournament −13 (64-69-70=203) 2 strokes Thailand Prayad Marksaeng

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship T31 CUT

Note: Wiratchant never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Match Play
Championship T54
Invitational
Champions T60 T39 T53
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 1 2013 Ending 6 Jan 2013" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Wiratchant Enjoys Winning Feeling in Jakarta". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Thaworn wins Indian Open in final-round drama". Bangkok Post. AFP. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Wiratchant wins maiden title after Mauritian masterclass". European Senior Tour. December 10, 2017. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "Asia-Pacific golfers take big lead over China". AFP. Bangkok Post. 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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