Wisut Artjanawat Explained

Wisut Artjanawat
Birth Date:10 March 1986
Birth Place:Thailand
Residence:Thailand
Yearpro:2008
Tour:Asian Development Tour
Extour:Asian Tour
Prowins:7
Award1:ASEAN PGA Tour
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2011

Wisut Artjanawat (born 10 March 1986) is a Thai professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Development Tour having previously competed on the Asian Tour[1]

Amateur career

Artjanawat played for Thailand in the 2002 Asian Games, finishing tied for 29th in the individual event and seventh in the team event.[2]

Professional career

After turning professional in 2008, Artjanawat played on the Asian Tour but failed to achieve much success finishing outside the top-70 in each of his three seasons on the tour.[1] Since 2008, Artjanawat has also regularly played on the ASEAN PGA Tour and has had five victories on this tour and finished in the top-10 on the Order of Merit every year from 2008 to 2013 (1st, 4th, 4th, 1st, 6th, 3rd).[3]

In 2014, Artjanawat won his first Official World Golf Ranking points event at the PGM Sime Darby Harvard Championship on the Asian Development Tour, and attributed the win to a healthier lifestyle having taken up cycling.[4]

Professional wins (7)

Asian Development Tour wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
125 May 2008Mercedes-Benz Masters Philippines−19 (66-68-69-66=269)2 strokes Mars Pucay, Angelo Que
223 Nov 2008Mercedes-Benz Masters Vietnam−8 (76-67-72-65=280)4 strokes Michael Bibat, Marvin Dumandan
316 Oct 2011Palembang Musi Championship−17 (71-68-66-66=271)5 strokes Nicholas Fung
46 Nov 2011Sabah Masters−2 (72-68-72-66=278)1 stroke Anthony Fernando, Nicholas Fung
510 Jan 2014
(2013 season)
Sabah Masters (2)−8 (69-74-65-68=276)2 strokes Sattaya Supupramai, Michael Tran

PGT Asia wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan PGA Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wisut Artjanawat profile . . 5 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Golf – 2002 Asian Games – Men results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030510071609/http://busanasiangames.org/Eng/AG/ba_scd_game_re_1.asp?GM_STATUS=2&GM_ID=GOM00&GM_FG=GOR4&Gm_No=&Gm_Grp=&Gm_Part=&Language=KOR&GM_DATE=20021006 . May 10, 2003 .
  3. Web site: 2008 Order of Merit . ASEAN PGA Tour . 6 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Wisut wins in Malaysia . 1 March 2014 . GolfToday.