Ariya Jutanugarn

Ariya Jutanugarn (Thai: เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, RTGS: Eriya Chuthanukan, pronounced [ʔēː.rīː.jāː t͡ɕùʔ.tʰāː.núʔ.kāːn]; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok.[1][2] She is the first golfer, male or female, from Thailand to win a major championship.[3] She became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings in June 2017.[4]

Ariya Jutanugarn เอรียา จุฑานุกาล OD
Personal information
Born	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 Bangkok, Thailand
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional	2012
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (joined 2013) LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	10
Ladies European Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
ANA Inspiration	4th/T4: 2016, 2018
Women's PGA C'ship	3rd: 2016
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 2018
Women's British Open	Won: 2016
Evian Championship	5th: 2019
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year 2016, 2018 LPGA Tour Money Winner 2016, 2018 Race to the CME Globe 2016, 2018 LPGA Vare Trophy 2018 GWAA Female Player of the Year 2016, 2018 Heather Farr Player Award 2016 Best Female Golfer ESPY Award 2017 Rolex Annika Major Award 2018 Thailand Professional Athlete of the Year Award 2016, 2018 Fox Sports Asia Woman of the Year Award 2016

Family

Jutanugarn has an older sister, Moriya, who is also a professional golfer.[5] Their parents are father Somboon and mother Narumon and they have four older half-siblings through their father. The two sisters often play matches together and travel with their parents, who handle their business and financial affairs.[6] The parents own a professional golf shop at the Rose Garden Golf Course near Bangkok.[6]

Career

Jutanugarn qualified for the 2007 Honda LPGA Thailand at age 11, making her the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA Tour event.[2] As of early May 2013, she had played in three LPGA tournaments and four Ladies European Tour (LET) tournaments and had five top-4 finishes.[5] In 2012, she was winner of the American Junior Golf Association (AFGA) girl Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.[1][7] She turned professional at the end of 2012[8] and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2013.

Jutanugarn has an aggressive and fearless playing style.[9][10] At the 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, she led by two shots going to the final hole and lost by one shot to Korea's Inbee Park.[11] She placed 4th one week later at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore. A few weeks later, she won her first professional tournament at the LET's Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. The win put her on top of the LET Order of Merit (money list). She led the first two days at the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia in May 2013.[12] She shot a 7-under-par on the first day.[13]

In a practice round at the 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, Jutanugarn injured her shoulder by tumbling down an incline while chasing her sister Moriya with a water bottle.[14] The injury required corrective surgery, which was performed in Bangkok.[15]

Jutanugarn finished T-3 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her tour card for 2015.[16] At the 2016 ANA Inspiration, she had a two-stroke lead with three holes left and closed with three bogeys to finish fourth.[17]

At the 2016 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, Jutanugarn earned her first LPGA Tour win and became the first Thai winner on this tour.[18] She went on to win the next two LPGA tournaments, thereby becoming the first player in LPGA history to win her first three titles in consecutive fashion.[19] Jutanugarn won her first major championship with a three-stroke victory at the 2016 Women's British Open.[3]

Despite a mid-season slump in 2017 where Jutanugarn missed five cuts plus one withdrawal in a seven-tournament stretch, she still managed to win her 6th and 7th Tour titles. Her second Tour title of the year was the CME Group Tour Championship, the last event of the year, where she won $500,000 after finishing the weekend with back-to-back 67s. In addition to her two Tour wins, Jutanugarn racked up three runner-up finishes, a third place showing, and a total of 10 top-10 appearances which saw her win $1,549,858 and bringing her career total to $4,583,332. This was the second consecutive season where she earned more than $1,500,000.

In 2018, Jutanugarn won three times, including the U.S. Women's Open on 3 June 2018. On 18 November 2018, Jutanugarn won the season-long Race to the CME Globe and the $1,000,000 bonus. For the 2018 season, Jutanugarn won the LPGA Player of the Year, the LPGA Vare Trophy with a scoring average of 69.415, the Leaders Top 10 competition with 17 top-10 finishes and the LPGA money title at $2,743,949. She also set single-season records in rounds in the 60s (57) and birdies (470). She ended the 2018 season ranked number one in the world.[20]

Amateur wins (10)

• 2011 U.S. Girls' Junior, AJGA Rolex Girls Junior, Junior PGA, Junior orange bowl international
• 2012 Canadian Women's Amateur, AJGA Rolex Girls Junior, Junior PGA, AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic, Women's Western Amateur, Thunderbird international Junior

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour (10)

Legend

Major championships (2)

Other LPGA Tour events (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	8 May 2016	Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic	70-69-63-72=274	−14	1 stroke	Stacy Lewis Morgan Pressel Amy Yang	195,000
2	22 May 2016	Kingsmill Championship	69-69-65-67=270	−14	1 stroke	Su-Hyun Oh	195,000
3	29 May 2016	LPGA Volvik Championship	65-68-73-67=273	−15	5 strokes	Christina Kim	195,000
4	31 Jul 2016	Ricoh Women's British Open	65-69-66-72=272	−16	3 strokes	Mirim Lee Mo Martin	412,047
5	28 Aug 2016	Canadian Pacific Women's Open	68-64-67-66=265	−23	4 strokes	Kim Sei-young	337,500
6	11 Jun 2017	Manulife LPGA Classic	67-70-65-69=271	−17	Playoff	Chun In-gee Lexi Thompson	255,000
7	19 Nov 2017	CME Group Tour Championship	68-71-67-67=273	−15	1 stroke	Jessica Korda Lexi Thompson	500,000
8	20 May 2018	Kingsmill Championship (2)	66-67-66=199	−14	Playoff	Chun In-gee Nasa Hataoka	195,000
9	3 Jun 2018	U.S. Women's Open	67-70-67-73=277	−11	Playoff	Kim Hyo-joo	900,000
10	29 Jul 2018	Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open	67-65-73-66=271	−13	1 stroke	Minjee Lee	225,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2015	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Kim Sei-young Yoo Sun-young	Kim won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2016	Marathon Classic	Lydia Ko Mirim Lee	Ko won with birdie on fourth extra hole
3	2017	Manulife LPGA Classic	Chun In-gee Lexi Thompson	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2018	Kingsmill Championship	Chun In-gee Nasa Hataoka	Won with birdie on second extra hole Chun eliminated with birdie on first hole
5	2018	U.S. Women's Open	Kim Hyo-joo	Tied two-hole aggregate playoff Won with par on second hole of sudden-death playoff: Jutanugarn : 4-4-4-4=16 (E), Kim : 3-5-4-5=17 (+1)

Ladies European Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	31 Mar 2013	Lalla Meryem Cup	69-67-67-67=270	−14	3 strokes	Beth Allen Charley Hull
2	31 Jul 2016	Ricoh Women's British Open	65-69-66-72=272	−16	3 strokes	Mirim Lee Mo Martin
3	29 Jul 2018	Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open	67-65-73-66=271	−13	1 stroke	Minjee Lee

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
2016	Women's British Open	2 shot lead	−16 (65-69-66-72=272)	3 strokes	Mirim Lee, Mo Martin
2018	U.S. Women's Open	4 shot lead	−11 (67-70-67-73=277)	Playoff	Kim Hyo-joo

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
ANA Inspiration		T25LA	T22LA			T20	4	T8	T4	T61
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT				CUT	T17	CUT	1	T26
Women's PGA Championship						CUT	3	CUT	T40	T10
The Evian Championship ^						T46	T9	CUT	36	5
Women's British Open					T45	CUT	1	CUT	T4	T11

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Win

  Top 10

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	2	3	6	7	7
U.S. Women's Open	1	0	0	1	1	2	7	3
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	3
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	4
Women's British Open	1	0	0	2	2	3	6	4
Totals	2	0	1	7	10	15	30	21

• Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2018 ANA – 2019 British Open, current)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2016 British Open – 2017 ANA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Starts	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-10	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	T51	0	n/a	74.25	n/a
2011	3	2	0	0	0	1	T8	0	n/a	73.00	n/a
2012	4	3	0	0	0	1	T9	0	n/a	71.24	n/a
2013	5	5	0	1	2	5	2	0	n/a	68.55	n/a
2014	10	8	0	0	0	0	16	0	n/a	72.46	n/a
2015	29	17	0	1	0	4	T2	482,527	35	72.10	64
2016	28	27	5	1	2	16	1	2,550,928	1	69.87	3
2017	27	21	2	3	1	10	1	1,549,858	5	70.66	28
2018	28	28	3	3	2	17	1	2,743,949	1	69.41	1
2019	29	28	0	1	2	10	2	1,242,838	11	70.00	11
Totals*	164	140	10	10	9	64	1	8,570,119	28

* as of the 2019 season[21]

World ranking

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

Year	World ranking	Source
2014	106	[22]
2015	63	[23]
2016	2	[24]
2017	6	[25]
2018	1	[26]
2019	12	[27]

Team appearances

Professional

• International Crown (representing Thailand): 2014, 2016, 2018
• Amata Friendship Cup (representing Thailand): 2018 (winners)

Royal decorations

• 2016 – Companion (Fourth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn[28]
• 2017 – Commander (Third Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn

See also

• List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
• List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

References

1. "Jutanugarn Competes on International Stage". American Junior Golf Association. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
2. Lance, Christine (21 July 2011). "Meet the Girls' Junior Quarterfinalists". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
3. "Ariya Jutanugarn Captures First Major At Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 31 July 2016.
4. "Ariya Jutanugarn beats Lexi in playoff, grabs No. 1 ranking from Lydia Ko". Golf.com. Associated Press. 11 June 2017.
5. Baldry, Beth Ann (2 May 2013). "LPGA at Kingsmill - Teen leads by 2 shots after Day 1". Golf Week. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
6. Williams, Julie (12 January 2012). "Jutanugarn Sisters Face USGA Scrutiny". Golf Week. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
7. Herrington, Ryan (17 October 2012). "AJGA Names 2012 Rolex Players of the Year". Golf Digest. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. Burke, Lynn (3 May 2013). "Jutanugarn Retains Kingsmill Championship Lead Over Lewis, Stanford as Wind Creates Tough Conditions". Daily Press. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
10. Kurz, Jr., Hank (3 May 2013). "LPGA at Kingsmill - Teen leads by 2 shots after Day 1". Virginian Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
11. Young, Bruce. "Ecstasy and agony for Ariya Jutanugarn". iseekgolf. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
12. Kurz, Jr., Hank (4 May 2013). "LPGA at Kingsmill - Thai 17-year-old still leads by 1". Virginian Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
13. "Ariya Jutanugarn Leads 2013 Kingsmill Championship After First Round". Fairways and Forehands. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
14. Williams, Julie (24 June 2013). "A. Jutanugarn's status unknown; O'Toole in". Golfweek. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
15. "Report: Ariya Jutanugarn set for shoulder surgery; return timing unknown". Golfweek. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
16. "Final Round Results - LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
17. Reiterman, Ryan (3 April 2016). "Ko wins ANA for second straight major title". Golf Channel.
18. "Ariya Jutanugarn holds on to win Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 May 2016.
19. "Ariya Jutanugarn wins third consecutive LPGA event at Volvik Champ". Yahoo Sports. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
20. "Ariya Jutanugarn wins Race to CME Globe, sweeps season awards". LPGA. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
21. "Ariya Jutanugarn results". LPGA. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
22. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
23. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
24. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
25. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
26. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
27. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
28. ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์เป็นกรณีพิเศษ (นางสาวเอรียา จุฑานุกาล) ราชกิจจานุเบกษา เล่ม 133 ตอน 19 ข หน้า 1 8 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2559

External links

• Ariya Jutanugarn at the LPGA Tour official site
• Ariya Jutanugarn at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Ariya Jutanugarn at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Career Stats

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lydia Ko Inbee Park Park Sung-hyun	World No. 1 12 June 2017 – 25 June 2017 30 July 2018 – 19 August 2018 29 October 2018 – 4 March 2019	Succeeded by Ryu So-yeon Park Sung-hyun Park Sung-hyun
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lydia Ko Park Sung-hyun & Ryu So-yeon	LPGA Player of the Year 2016 2018	Succeeded by Park Sung-hyun & Ryu So-yeon Ko Jin-young
Preceded by Lydia Ko Park Sung-hyun	LPGA Tour Money Winner 2016 2018	Succeeded by Park Sung-hyun Ko Jin-young
Preceded by Lydia Ko Lexi Thompson	Race to the CME Globe Winner 2016 2018	Succeeded by Lexi Thompson Kim Sei-young
Preceded by Lydia Ko	GWAA Female Player of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Lexi Thompson
Preceded by Stephanie Meadow	Heather Farr Player Award 2016	Succeeded by Tiffany Joh
Preceded by Chanathip Songkrasin Wisaksil Wangek	Thailand Professional Athlete of the Year 2016 2018	Succeeded by Wisaksil Wangek Incumbent
Preceded by Lexi Thompson	LPGA Vare Trophy 2018	Succeeded by Ko Jin-young
Preceded by Ryu So-yeon	Rolex Annika Major Award 2018	Succeeded by Ko Jin-young