Saranporn Langkulgasettrin

Saranporn Langkulgasettrin
Personal information
Born (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25)[1]
Phuket, Thailand[2]
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins16
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour1
ALPG Tour1
Other14
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT59: 2018
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
China LPGA Tour Order of Merit2017, 2018
China LPGA Tour Rookie of the year2017
Thai LPGA Tour Order of Merit2016

Saranporn Langkulgasettrin (Thai: ศรัณย์พร ลางคุลเกษตริน[2]; born: 9 December 1999) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour.

Early life

Saranporn was born on 9 December 1999 in Phuket, Thailand. She started playing golf at the age of 9 years old.[1]

Professional career

Saranporn turned professional in 2015 at the age of 15.[1] In 2015, she secured three wins on the All Thailand Golf Tour. In December 2016, she got her first international title at the ICTSI Philippines Ladies Masters on the Taiwan LPGA Tour. She became a member of the China LPGA Tour in the 2017 season by finishing third in the qualifying tournament.[1]

In 2017, she achieved her first win on the China LPGA Tour at the Wuhan Challenge in June.[3] She also claimed two additional wins on the China LPGA Tour, the CLPGA Zhuhai Heritage and the PTT Thailand LPGA Masters.[4] Because of her performance in the 2017 season, Saranporn took the China LPGA Tour Order of Merit winner and Rookie of the Year award, plus an entry to the major championship, U.S. Women's Open.[1]

In 2018, she played eight events on the China LPGA Tour and won two more titles at the Sun Car Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Challenge and EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open.[5][6] At the U.S. Women's Open, she made the cut and finished in the 59th place.[7] She won the China LPGA Tour Order of Merit for the second consecutive year.

In 2019, she played in the LPGA of Japan Tour and got her first win in Japan at the Nipponham Ladies Classic.[8]

Professional wins (16)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

China LPGA Tour wins (5)

^ Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and Thai LPGA Tour.
† Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan LPGA Tour and Ladies Asian Golf Tour.

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (3)

^ Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour and Ladies Asian Golf Tour.

Thai LPGA Tour wins (2)

^ Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour and ALPG Tour.

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (7)

  • 2015 (2) Singha Open, All Thailand Premier Championship - Road to Singha Masters
  • 2016 (3) Singha Classic, Singha Championship, All Thailand Premier Championship - Road to Singha Masters
  • 2017 (2) Singha Phuket Open, Singha Chiang Mai Open

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2018 2019
The Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open T59 CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Players - Saranporn Langkulgasettrin". China LPGA. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b ""โปรอ๊าย" ศรัณย์พร ไข่มุกเม็ดงามแห่งภูเก็ต". MGR Online (in Thai). 16 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Saranporn gets 10th pro win at Wuhan event". Bangkok Post. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Saranporn claims sixth crown". Bangkok Post. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Thai golf teenager Saranporn captures title at Sun Car Classic". Xinhua. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. ^ Agars, Sam (13 May 2018). "'I disappointed my family and friends': Tiffany Chan falters in Hong Kong Open". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. ^ Herrington, Ryan (3 June 2018). "How much money every golfer earned at the 2018 U.S. Women's Open". Golf Digest. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Huge payday for victorious Thai teenager". The Nation. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.