Thaworn Wiratchant (born 28 December 1966) is a Thai

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

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where he holds the record for most victories, with 18 total wins.

Professional career

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 The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

, meaning that Wiratchant became the second Thai after

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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. Wiratchant won the Asian Tour money list again in 2012 after a solid season with three victories, including a playoff win over Scot

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at the

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Senior career

Wiratchant played in a number of events on the

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in 2017, receiving an exemption for players aged exactly 50 who had previously won a

event. In his second event on the tour, the

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, he finished runner-up behind

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. He gained entry to the end-of-season

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by being 23rd in the Order of Merit. Rounds of 66-65-62 gave him an eight strokes win over

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. The win lifted him to 9th place on the end of season Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

*1987 Singapore Open Amateur Championship

Professional wins (36)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour wins (18)

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

Asian Tour playoff record (2–1)

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (8)

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

TPC Championships *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Singha Pattaya Open *

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 Pattaya Open *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Singha Masters *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Singha E-San Open¹ *

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 All Thailand Championship *

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 ...

Singha E-San Open¹ *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Thongchai Jaidee Foundation ¹Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (4)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

All Thailand Golf Tour The All Thailand Golf Tour (or simply as ATGT) is the main professional golf tour in Thailand. All Thailand Golf Tour office is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally the TPC Tour, it adopted the name All Thailand Golf Tour in 2008. The t ...

Omega China Tour wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (4)

Results in major championships

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

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.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(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 Southeas ...

Professional *

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 name is ...

(representing Thailand):

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championsh ...

(representing Thailand):

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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

Royal Trophy The Royal Trophy was a men's professional team golf tournament which was played between 2006 and 2013. The competing teams represented Europe and Asia. Eight man teams played a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for the ...

(representing Asia):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

*Dongfeng Nissan Cup (representing China): 2013

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiratchant, Thaworn Thaworn Wiratchant Asian Tour golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Thaworn Wiratchant 1966 births Living people

Professional career

Senior career

Amateur wins

Professional wins (36)

European Tour wins (1)

Asian Tour wins (18)

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (8)

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (4)

Omega China Tour wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (4)

Results in major championships

Results in World Golf Championships

Team appearances

See also

References

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