Ariya Jutanugarn

Ariya Jutanugarn เอรียา จุฑานุกาล OD
Jutanugarn at the LPGA Kingsmill 2016
Personal information
Nickname	May
Born	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 Bangkok, Thailand
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional	2012
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (joined 2013) LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	12
Ladies European Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Chevron Championship	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

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. 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 (LET) tournaments and had five top-4 finishes. In 2012, she was winner of the American Junior Golf Association (AFGA) 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 (money list). 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 (57) and birdies (470). She ended the 2018 season ranked number one in the world.

In May 2021, Jutanugarn won the Honda LPGA Thailand in her home country. It was her first victory since 2018. After the win, she told media that she had considered quitting golf during her winless seasons in 2019 and 2020.

Amateur wins

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

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (12)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (10)

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[1]	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[1]	67-65-73-66=271	−13	1 stroke	Minjee Lee	225,000
11	9 May 2021	Honda LPGA Thailand	65-69-69-63=266	−22	1 stroke	Atthaya Thitikul	240,000
12	17 Jul 2021	Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (with Moriya Jutanugarn)	67-59-71-59=256	−24	3 strokes	Cydney Clanton and Thidapa Suwannapura	279,500 (each)

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	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 by 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 wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-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	Runner(s)-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)	Playoff1	Kim Hyo-joo

¹ Defeated Kim in a two-hole aggregate playoff followed by a sudden-death playoff: Jutanugarn (4-4-4-4=16) and Kim (3-5-4-5=17)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

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

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship	T11	T60	T53	T14	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T9	T7	CUT	CUT	CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T37	T46	T54	T24	T32
The Evian Championship ^	NT	T19	CUT	T28	T35
Women's British Open	T22	T10	T28	CUT	6

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

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	2	3	8	11	10
U.S. Women's Open	1	0	0	1	3	4	12	5
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	2	3	10	8
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	7
Women's British Open	1	0	0	2	4	6	11	8
Totals	2	0	1	7	14	24	52	37

• Most consecutive cuts made – 20 (2018 ANA – 2022 Chevron)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2016 British Open – 2017 ANA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Starts	Cuts made*	Wins (Majors)	2nd	3rd	Top-10	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007a	1	1	0	0	0	0	T51	0	n/a	74.25	n/a
2011a	3	2	0	0	0	1	T8	0	n/a	73.00	n/a
2012a	4	3	0	0	0	1	T9	0	n/a	71.24	n/a
2013n	5	5	0	1	2	5	2	0	n/a	68.55	n/a
2014n	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)	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 (1)	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
2020	13	10	0	0	0	3	T6	368,414	32	71.94	65
2021	23	20	2	0	1	7	1	1,260,430	8	70.08	15
2022	27	19	0	0	0	2	7	405,384	63	71.34	69
2023	24	18	0	1	1	5	2	923,884	30	70.80	35
2024	24	18	0	0	1	5	T3	986,854	27	71.15	41
Totals^	252	203	12 (2)	11	12	79	1	$12,535,149	19

^a Competed as an amateur
ⁿ Not a member of the LPGA Tour until 2015
^ Official as of 2024 season, excluding events played as an amateur and non-member
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year	World ranking	Source
2014	106
2015	63
2016	2
2017	6
2018	1
2019	12
2020	21
2021	24
2022	73
2023	53
2024	44^

^As of 21 October 2024

Team appearances

Amateur

• Asian Games (representing Thailand): 2010

Professional

• International Crown (representing Thailand): 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023 (winners)
• Amata Friendship Cup (representing Thailand): 2018 (winners)

Royal decorations

• 2016 – Companion (Fourth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn
• 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

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