Thaworn Wiratchant

Thaworn Wiratchant (born 28 December 1966) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour where he holds the record for most victories, with 18 total wins.

Thaworn Wiratchant
ถาวร วิรัตน์จันทร์
Personal information
Born (1966-12-28) 28 December 1966
Nakhon Prathorn, Thailand
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
Professional wins31
Highest ranking68 (6 January 2013)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour18 (1st all time)
European Senior Tour2
Other11
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2013
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT31: 2006
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Order of Merit		2005, 2012

In March 2005, he won the Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, becoming the second Thai after Thongchai Jaidee to win a European Tour event. 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 would top the Asian Tour money list again in 2012.

Wiratchant played in a number of events on the European Senior Tour in 2017, receiving an exemption for players aged exactly 50 who had previously won a European Tour event. In his second event on the tour, the WINSTONgolf Senior Open, he finished runner-up behind Phillip Price. He gained entry to the end-of-season MCB Tour Championship by being 23rd in the Order of Merit. Rounds of 66-65-62 gave him an eight strokes win over Mark McNulty.[2] The win lifted him to 9th place on the end of season Order of Merit.

Professional wins (31)

European Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 27 Mar 2005 Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered
Indonesia Open1		 −25 (63-63-66-63=255) 5 strokes Raphaël Jacquelin

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (18)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 17 Mar 1996 Sabah Masters −6 (72-71-70-69=282) 2 strokes Lin Chih-chen, Jeff Wagner
2 25 Jun 2001 Alcatel Singapore Open −16 (68-69-68-67=272) 1 stroke Hsieh Yu-shu
3 13 Aug 2001 Volvo Masters of Malaysia −17 (69-67-67-68=271) 3 strokes Scott Kammann
4 19 Sep 2004 Mercuries Taiwan Masters −5 (69-69-71-74=283) 2 strokes Chen Yuan-chi, Chris Williams
5 27 Mar 2005 Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered
Indonesia Open1		 −25 (63-63-66-63=255) 5 strokes Raphaël Jacquelin
6 18 Sep 2005 Taiwan Open −18 (73-65-68-64=270) 1 stroke Chapchai Nirat
7 30 Oct 2005 Hero Honda Indian Open −16 (68-66-68-70=272) 2 strokes Gaurav Ghei
8 20 Nov 2005 Carlsberg Masters Vietnam −7 (72-66-72-71=281) 2 strokes Chris Rodgers
9 16 Sep 2007 Midea China Classic −21 (65-63-68-67=263) Playoff Chinnarat Phadungsil, Simon Yates
10 8 Jun 2008 Bangkok Airways Open −13 (66-69-68-68=271) 3 strokes Shintaro Kai
11 13 Sep 2009 Macau Open −15 (67-68-66-68=269) 6 strokes Gaganjeet Bhullar
12 19 Sep 2010 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship −10 (69-67-70=206) 1 stroke Chinnarat Phadungsil
13 17 Jun 2012 Queen's Cup −7 (70-67-72-68=277) 3 strokes Juvic Pagunsan, Siddikur Rahman
14 8 Sep 2012 Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters −16 (66-69-68-69=272) 3 strokes Gaganjeet Bhullar
15 21 Oct 2012 Hero Indian Open (2) −14 (69-68-67-66=270) Playoff Richie Ramsay
16 15 Sep 2013 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (2) −13 (69-67-71-68=275) 1 stroke Chan Kim
17 8 Jun 2014 Queen's Cup (2) −12 (71-68-67-66=272) 1 stroke Poom Saksansin
18 30 Nov 2014 King's Cup −20 (68-67-66-67=268) 2 strokes Andrew Dodt, Anirban Lahiri

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2007 Midea China Classic Chinnarat Phadungsil, Simon Yates Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Yates eliminated by par on first hole
2 2012 Hero Indian Open Richie Ramsay Won with bogey on first extra hole
3 2015 Ho Tram Open Sergio García, Lin Wen-tang,
Himmat Rai		 García won with par on second extra hole
Lin and Wiratchant eliminated by birdie on first hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 17 Jul 2011 Indonesian Open −13 (68-68-66-73=275) 1 stroke Choi Jin-ho, Michael Hendry,
Rory Hie

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (7)
  • 2001 TPC Championships
  • 2003 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2004 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2007 Singha Masters
  • 2010 Singha E-San Open
  • 2014 Singha All Thailand Championship
  • 2015 Singha E-San Open

European Senior Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 10 Dec 2017 MCB Tour Championship −23 (66-65-62=193) 8 strokes Mark McNulty
2 11 Mar 2018 Sharjah Senior Golf Masters −12 (68-65-71=204) Playoff Clark Dennis, Peter Fowler

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 Sharjah Senior Golf Masters Clark Dennis, Peter Fowler Won with par on fourth extra hole
Fowler eliminated by par on first hole

Japan Senior Tour wins (3)
  • 2018 Sevenhills Cup KBC Senior Open
  • 2019 Komatsu Open, Fujifilm Senior Championship

Results in major championships
Tournament 20062007200820092010201120122013
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship T31 CUT

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

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013
Match Play
Championship T54
Invitational
Champions T60 T39 T53
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 1 2013 Ending 6 Jan 2013" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Wiratchant wins maiden title after Mauritian masterclass". European Senior Tour. December 10, 2017.


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