Prayad Marksaeng ( th, ประหยัด มากแสง; born 30 January 1966) is a Thai professional

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er.

Career

Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the

1987 South East Asian Games The 1987 Southeast Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1987), officially known as the 14th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 9 to 20 September 1987 with 30 sports featured in the games. T ...

and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for ...

since it began in its modern form in 1995. He has won seven events on the tour, becoming one of the first ten men to reach a million U.S. dollars in career earnings. He has also competed on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after ...

and in 2008 won three tournaments in Japan. Prayad represented Thailand at the

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and 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup and has been featured in the top 50 of the

Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...

. Prayad received a special invitation to play in the

2008 Masters Tournament The 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immel ...

. Marksaeng shot an 82 (+10) in the first round and withdrew midway through the second round due to a back injury. At the age of 50, Prayad won the SMBC Singapore Open by one stroke over Phachara Khongwatmai,

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, Juvic Pagunsan and

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. This event was co-sanctioned by the

and the

. This win also guaranteed him a place in the

2017 Open Championship The 2017 Open Championship was a major golf championship and the 146th Open Championship, held 20–23 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the tenth Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which held its first in 1954. J ...

Professional wins (52)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

OneAsia Tour The OneAsia Tour was a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. T ...

²Co-sanctioned by the

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

Asian Tour wins (10)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (18)

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 ...

Singha Masters *

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 ...

Singha Masters *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

Singha Pattaya Open *

B-Ing TPC Championships, Singha E-San Open¹ *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

Singha Masters *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Singha Championship *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Singha Classic *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

Singha Masters *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

Singha E-San Open¹, Road To Panasonic Open Singha Bangkok Open *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

Singha Pattaya Open¹, Singha All Thailand Grand Final *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

Singha Pattaya Open¹, Singha Chiang Mai Open¹, Singha Masters * 2016 Singha Hua Hin Open¹, Singha Chiang Mai Open ¹Co-sanctioned by the

ASEAN PGA Tour The ASEAN PGA Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was formed in 2007 and was created to give more competitive opportunities to young and upcoming professionals in the Southeast Asia region. The tour acted as a developmental ...

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (6)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

All Thailand Golf Tour The All Thailand Golf Tour (or simply as ATGT) is the main professional golf tour played by both men and women in Thailand. All Thailand Golf Tour office is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally the TPC Tour, it adopted the name All Thai ...

Thailand PGA Tour wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (18)

*2016 Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior, Komatsu Open, Japan Senior Open,

Japan PGA Senior Championship The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000. Winners ''this list is incomplete'' *2021 Mitsuhiro Tateyama *2020 Masayoshi Nakayama *20 ...

*2017 Sumida Cup Senior Golf Tournament, Starts Senior Golf Tournament, Japan Senior Open (2), Fujifilm Senior Championship *2018 Fubon Yeangder Senior Cup, Starts Senior Golf Tournament (2), Japan Senior Open (3), Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior (2), Fancl Classic *2019 Fancl Classic (2), Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior (3) *2022

Japan Senior Open Golf Championship The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the PGA of Japan Senior Tour. It was found ...

(4),

(2), Trust Group Cup Sasebo Senior Open Golf Tournament

Results in major championships

''Note: Marksaeng never played in the U.S. Open.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

* Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (winners), 2005 (winners) *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

(representing Thailand):

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* Royal Trophy (representing Asia):

(winners),

* EurAsia Cup (representing Asia):

, 2016 *

Amata Friendship Cup The Amata Friendship Cup is a team golf tournament for male and female professional and amateur golfers contested by teams representing Thailand and Japan. It is the first mixed-gender team event for professional and amateur golfers with a similar ...

(representing Thailand):

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(winners)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marksaeng, Prayad Prayad Marksaeng Asian Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers 1966 births Living people

Career

Professional wins (52)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

Asian Tour wins (10)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (18)

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (6)

Thailand PGA Tour wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (18)

Results in major championships

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

See also

References

External links