Supamas Sangchan (; born 2 April 1996) is a Thai

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playing on the China LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won a gold medal at the

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in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon and another bronze medal in the women's individual event. In 2016, Sangchan captured her first

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title at the Sanya Ladies Open in China.

Early life and amateur career

Sangchan was born on 2 April 1996 in Sukhothai, Thailand. She started playing golf at the age of eight. Sangchan competed at the

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and won the first ever gold medal in golf for Thailand in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon. She also won a bronze medal in the women's individual event. At the

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, Sangchan won a bronze medal in the women's individual event.

Professional career

Sangchan turned professional in 2015 and participated in the China LPGA Tour in the same year. On 30 October 2016, Sangchan captured her first

title at the Sanya Ladies Open in Sanya, China. With this victory, she won the qualifications to two major championships, the

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and the

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. Supamas was in the top three of the China LPGA Tour Order of Merit for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018 and was awarded entries into the

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. She made the cut at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and finished with a tied for 58th place.

Amateur wins

*2013 Students of Thailand Championship, Queen Sirikit Cup, Philippine Junior Championship *2014 Philippine Ladies Open Source:

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

^''Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour''

China LPGA Tour wins (2)

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Sanya Ladies Open *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (2)

*2017 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open^ *2018 Hitachi Ladies Classic ^''Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour''

Thai LPGA Tour wins (2)

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

6th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Singha Championship (as an amateur)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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(representing Thailand):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangchan, Supamas Supamas Sangchan Supamas Sangchan Supamas Sangchan Asian Games medalists in golf Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Supamas Sangchan SEA Games medalists in golf Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Supamas Sangchan 1996 births Living people Supamas Sangchan