Ariya Jutanugarn


Ariya Jutanugarn is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Thailand to win a major championship. She became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings in June 2017.

Family

Jutanugarn has an older sister, Moriya, who is also a professional golfer. 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. The parents own a professional golf shop at the Rose Garden Golf Course near Bangkok.

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. As of early May 2013, she had played in three LPGA tournaments and four Ladies European Tour tournaments and had five top-4 finishes. In 2012, she was winner of the American Junior Golf Association girl Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. She turned professional at the end of 2012 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2013.
Jutanugarn has an aggressive and fearless playing style. 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. 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. She led the first two days at the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia in May 2013. She shot a 7-under-par on the first day.
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. The injury required corrective surgery, which was performed in Bangkok.
Jutanugarn finished T-3 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her tour card for 2015. At the 2016 ANA Inspiration, she had a two-stroke lead with three holes left and closed with three bogeys to finish fourth.
At the 2016 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, Jutanugarn earned her first LPGA Tour win and became the first Thai winner on this tour. 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. Jutanugarn won her first major championship with a three-stroke victory at the 2016 Women's British Open.
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 and birdies. She ended the 2018 season ranked number one in the world.

Amateur wins (10)

LPGA Tour (10)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-upWinner's
share
18 May 2016Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic70-69-63-72=274−141 stroke Stacy Lewis
Morgan Pressel
Amy Yang		195,000
222 May 2016Kingsmill Championship69-69-65-67=270−141 stroke Su-Hyun Oh195,000
329 May 2016LPGA Volvik Championship65-68-73-67=273−155 strokes Christina Kim195,000
431 Jul 2016Ricoh Women's British Open65-69-66-72=272−163 strokes Mirim Lee
Mo Martin		412,047
528 Aug 2016Canadian Pacific Women's Open68-64-67-66=265−234 strokes Kim Sei-young337,500
611 Jun 2017Manulife LPGA Classic67-70-65-69=271−17Playoff Chun In-gee
Lexi Thompson		255,000
719 Nov 2017CME Group Tour Championship68-71-67-67=273−151 stroke Jessica Korda
Lexi Thompson		500,000
820 May 2018Kingsmill Championship 66-67-66=199−14Playoff Chun In-gee
Nasa Hataoka		195,000
93 Jun 2018U.S. Women's Open67-70-67-73=277−11Playoff Kim Hyo-joo900,000
1029 Jul 2018Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open67-65-73-66=271−131 stroke Minjee Lee225,000

LPGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12015Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Kim Sei-young
Yoo Sun-young		Kim won with birdie on first extra hole
22016Marathon Classic Lydia Ko
Mirim Lee		Ko won with birdie on fourth extra hole
32017Manulife LPGA Classic Chun In-gee
Lexi Thompson		Won with birdie on first extra hole
42018Kingsmill Championship Chun In-gee
Nasa Hataoka		Won with birdie on second extra hole
Chun eliminated with birdie on first hole
52018U.S. Women's Open Kim Hyo-jooTied two-hole aggregate playoff
Won with par on second hole of sudden-death playoff:
Jutanugarn : 4-4-4-4=16, Kim : 3-5-4-5=17

Ladies European Tour (3)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

* as of the 2019 season

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
YearWorld
ranking		Source
2014106
201563
20162
20176
20181
201912

Team appearances

Professional