Pavarisa Yoktuan Explained

Pavarisa Yoktuan
Birth Date:3 May 1994
Birth Place:Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Height:165 cm
Yearpro:2012
Tour:LPGA Tour
Epson Tour
Extour:China LPGA Tour
Prowins:4
Anainspiration:T45: 2023
Lpga:T37: 2019
Wusopen:DNP
Wbritopen:T29: 2019
Evian:T44: 2019
Award1:Thai LPGA Tour Order of Merit
Year1:2013

Pavarisa Yoktuan (Thai: ปวริศา ยกทวน; born 3 May 1994[1]) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Early life

Yoktuan was born on 3 May 1994. She started playing golf at the age of 9 years old. Hobbies include watching television series, sleeping and swimming.[2]

Amateur career

Yoktuan competed for Thailand at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and won a silver medal in women's team event[3]

Professional career

Yoktuan turned professional in 2012. She joined the China LPGA Tour in the following year. At the 2014 Wuhan Challenge, she won her first international title. In December 2015, she finished tied for 32nd at the final stage LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season.[4] She played on the Symetra Tour in 2018 season and finished third on the official money list to earn LPGA Tour card for the 2019 season.

In 2019, Yoktuan recorded her career-best LPGA Tour finish with a tied for fifth place in the Marathon Classic.[5] At the 2019 Women's British Open, she secured her best major championship finish with a tied for 29th place.

Amateur wins

Source:[6]

Professional wins (4)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)

Thai LPGA Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order

Tournament 2017201820192020202120222023
Chevron ChampionshipT45
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT37CUT
U.S. Women's Open
The Evian ChampionshipT44
Women's British OpenT29
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pavarisa Yoktuan . China LPGA . 31 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Pavarisa Yoktuan Bio . LPGA . 31 August 2021.
  3. News: "ปวริศา ยกทวน" สาวไทยรายที่ 9 ลุยเวที "แอลพีจีเอ" . 31 August 2021 . MGR Online . 29 January 2017 . th.
  4. News: Talented Thai trio ready to follow in footsteps of Ariya and Pornanong on LPGA Tour . 31 August 2021 . Bangkok Post . 25 December 2016.
  5. News: S. Korea's Sei Young Kim wins Marathon Classic . 31 August 2021 . ESPN . 14 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Pavarisa Yoktuan . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 1 September 2021.