Pajaree Anannarukarn

Pajaree Anannarukarn (Thai: ปาจรีย์ อนันต์นฤการ; RTGS: Pachari Anannaruekan; born 30 May 1999[1]) is a Thai professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour since 2019.[2][3] She won her first LPGA event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational.[4][5][6]

Pajaree Anannarukarn
ปาจรีย์ อนันต์นฤการ
Personal information
Full namePajaree Anannarukarn
NicknameMeaw
Born (1999-05-30) 30 May 1999[1]
Bangkok, Thailand
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT28: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT14: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT62: 2021
Women's British OpenT52: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT10: 2021
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
2015 SingaporeWomen's team

Professional career

Anannarukarn turned professional in 2017 and joined LPGA Tour in 2019. On 1 August 2021, she won her first LPGA Tour event at the 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland. She made a 9-foot par putt on a second extra hole to win a playoff against Emma Talley and became the fifth Thai player to win on LPGA Tour, joining Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Thidapa Suwannapura, and Patty Tavatanakit.[5]

Amateur wins
  • 2013 TGA-CAT Junior Ranking # 5
  • 2014 TGA-SINGHA Junior Ranking # 5, TGA-SINGHA Junior Championship Q For Asia Pacific
  • 2015 St. Francisville Area Foundation Junior at The Bluffs, Lockton Kansas City Junior, David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior
  • 2016 Santi Cup

Source:[7]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 1 Aug 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational^ 70-69-66-70=275 −16 Playoff Emma Talley

^ Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 ISPS Handa World Invitational Emma Talley Won with par on second extra hole

Thai LPGA Tour wins (3)
  • 2016 (2) 2nd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship^, 5th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship^
  • 2017 (1) 1st Singha-SAT-Toyata Thai LPGA Championship^

^ Pajaree won the event as an amateur.

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (2)
  • 2016 Singha E-San Open^
  • 2017 Singha Masters^

^ Pajaree won the event as an amateur.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament2019202020212022
The Chevron Championship T32 T28 T53
U.S. Women's Open CUT T62
Women's PGA Championship T14 CUT T64
The Evian Championship T25 NT T10
Women's British Open CUT T52
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
The Chevron Championship00000033
U.S. Women's Open00000021
Women's PGA Championship00000132
The Evian Championship00001222
Women's British Open00000021
Totals000013129
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2021 ANA – 2022 Chevron, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (2021 Evian)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Birdies
(rank)		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2017 1 1 0 0 0 0 T64 10
(n/a)		 – n/a 73.75 n/a
2019 19 16 0 0 0 0 T12 233
(66)		 249,049 71 70.92 34
2020 11 6 0 0 0 0 T21 104
(83)		 73,800 95 72.06 70
2021 25 22 1 0 1 6 1 303
(5)		 700,786 28 70.78 39
  • Official as of 2021 season[8]

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking		Avg.
pts.		Source
2017 710 0.04 [9]
2018 377 0.20 [10]
2019 135 0.89 [11]
2020 152 0.80 [12]
2021 76 1.54 [13]
2022 60^ 1.76 [14]

^ As of 28 March 2022

Team appearances

Source:[7]

References
  1. "'โปรเมียว'ปาจรีย์ รุกกี้สาวไทย พร้อมดวล'โปรเม-โม'ศึกฮอนด้า แอลพีจีเอ ไทยแลนด์ 2019". Matichon (in Thai). 23 January 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. "Pajaree Anannarukarn Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. Bohwongprasert, Yvonne. "Style par excellence". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Pajaree Anannarukarn a Rolex First-time Winner On the LPGA". LPGA. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. Paisley, Kent. "Pajaree Anannarukarn's 'Good Luck' carries her to her first LPGA victory in a playoff over Emma Talley". Golf Digest. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. "Pajaree wins ISPS Handa World Invitational". Bangkok Post. Reuters. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. "Pajaree Anannarukarn". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  8. "Pajaree Anannarukarn statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  12. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 March 2022.


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