Pavarisa Yoktuan (Thai: ปวริศา ยกทวน; born 3 May 1994[2]) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
| Pavarisa Yoktuan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 3 May 1994 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand[1] | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Thailand | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2012 | ||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour Epson Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | China LPGA Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T45: 2023 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T37: 2019 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | T29: 2019 | ||
| Evian Championship | T44: 2019 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record | |||
Early life
editYoktuan was born on 3 May 1994. She started playing golf at the age of 9 years old.[3]
Amateur career
editYoktuan competed for Thailand at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and won a silver medal in women's team event[1]
Professional career
editYoktuan turned professional in 2012. She joined the China LPGA Tour in the following year. At the 2014 Wuhan Challenge, she won her first international title.[2] In December 2015, she finished tied for 32nd at the final stage LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season.[4] She played on the Symetra Tour in 2018 season and finished third on the official money list to earn LPGA Tour card for the 2019 season.
In 2019, Yoktuan recorded her career-best LPGA Tour finish with a tied for fifth place in the Marathon Classic.[5] At the 2019 Women's British Open, she secured her best major championship finish with a tied for 29th place.
Amateur wins
edit- 2011 National Team Qualifying 5
Source:[6]
Professional wins (4)
editChina LPGA Tour wins (1)
edit- 2014 (1) Wuhan Challenge
Thai LPGA Tour wins (3)
editResults in LPGA majors
editResults not in chronological order
| ! Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T45 | ||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T37 | CUT | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | |||||||
| The Evian Championship | T44 | ||||||
| Women's British Open | T29 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
edit- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Thailand): 2008
- Southeast Asian Games (representing Thailand): 2011
References
edit- ^ a b ""ปวริศา ยกทวน" สาวไทยรายที่ 9 ลุยเวที "แอลพีจีเอ"". MGR Online (in Thai). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Pavarisa Yoktuan". China LPGA. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Pavarisa Yoktuan Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Talented Thai trio ready to follow in footsteps of Ariya and Pornanong on LPGA Tour". Bangkok Post. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "S. Korea's Sei Young Kim wins Marathon Classic". ESPN. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Pavarisa Yoktuan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links
edit- Pavarisa Yoktuan at the LPGA Tour official site
- Pavarisa Yoktuan at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site