Boonchu Ruangkit (born 12 May 1956) is a Thai professional

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er who plays on the

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Early life

As a young man, Boonchu tried for a career in kick boxing, but he gave it up after being knocked out cold in his third bout. He made his mark in golf when he won the 1985

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Professional career

Boonchu turned professional in 1986. He has won five titles on the

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since its first modern season in 1995, and has several other victories to his name. He was the runner-up on the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 1995 and also made the top ten in 1998 and 2004. In the latter year he won the Thailand Open for the second time in his career at the age of 47. In 2006, Boonchu turned 50 and became eligible to play in senior tournaments. He finished first in the 2006

Qualifying School and joined the Champions Tour in 2007. In 2010, he joined the

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and won four events (including three straight) and the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

*1985

, Putra Cup (individual and team)

Professional wins (19)

Asian Tour wins (5)

Asian Tour playoff record (3–1)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (6)

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

TPC Championships *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

TPC Championships *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

Singha Classic *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Chevrolet Championship * 2006 Singha Masters, Singha E-San Open

Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)

*1992 Thailand Open *1998

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(Taiwan)

European Senior Tour wins (5)

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

*2013 ISPS Handa Cup - Satsukibare Senior Masters

Team appearances

Amateur * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Thailand):

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

Professional * Dunhill Cup (representing Thailand): 1988, 1990,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

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(representing Thailand): 1988,

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

* Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2005 (winners)

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