Patty Tavatanakit
Name:
Paphangkorn "Patty" TavatanakitAlso known as:
Patty; Meow.Country:
ThailandBorn:
Oct 11, 1999 in Bangkok, Thailand.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer.Turned Pro:
2020 (aged 19)MAJORS (1): ANA Inspiration (2021). LPGA Rookie of the Year Award (2021).
Tavatanakit was inspired to pick-up the game as an 8-year-old, not so much from her golf-playing father, but from the televised celebrations of another Tiger Woods win. After a successful amateur career in Thailand and then at the University of California, Los Angeles with the UCLA Bruins, Tavatanakit turned professional in 2020. She promptly won a women's major championship in her rookie LPGA Tour season in April 2021, unsurpisingly taking the Tour's Rookie of the Year honours for that year.
The most powerful weapon in Tavatanakit's golfing armoury is her drive, often averaging 325 yards from the tee.
Europe
Aramco / PIF
Played as the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF (Feb 15-18; Ladies European Tour event). Second-placed Esther Henseleit (Ger) finished 7 shots behind 24-year-old wire-to-wire winner Patty Tavatanakit (Thai), who recorded her first win on the Ladies European Tour. [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Asia
Honda
Played as the Honda LPGA Thailand (Feb 22-25; LPGA Tour event). Second-placed Albane Valenzuela (Sui) finished 1 shot behind Patty Tavatanakit (Thai), who, one week earlier, recorded a win in Saudi Arabia on the Ladies European Tour. [Old course, Siam CC, Pattaya].
Awards
Rolex
Patty Tavatanakit (Tha) won the LPGA Tour 2021 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. Using a season-long points system (based on finishes in Tour events), Tavatanakit accumulated 1,211 pts (earning $1,393,437 in the process). Leona Maguire (Ire) was second with 847 pts ($885,141); Yealimi Noh (USA) was third with 618 pts ($708,162).
Majors
ANA
The ANA Inspiration (50th) (April 1-4). Second-placed Lydia Ko (NZ) finished 2 shots behind 21-year-old wire-to-wire winner Patty Tavatanakit (Thai), who recorded her first LPGA Tour win, and became the first LPGA Tour rookie to win this event since Juli Inkster in 1984. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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