Pavarisa Yoktuan ( th, ปวริศา ยกทวน; born: 3 May 1994) is a Thai

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

playing on the U.S.-based

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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.

Amateur career

Yoktuan competed for Thailand at the

2011 Southeast Asian Games The 2011 Southeast Asian Games, ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 2011) officially known as the 26th Southeast Asian Games, or the 26th SEA Games, and commonly known as Jakarta-Palembang 2011, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from ...

in Indonesia and won a silver medal in women's team event

Professional career

Yoktuan turned professional in 2012. She joined the

China LPGA Tour The China LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organized by the China Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. Founded in late 2008, the China LPGA Tour hosted six professional events in 2009, eight events the following year, and 12 e ...

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. She played on the

Symetra Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA 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 The Dana Open Presented By Marathon, is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1984 and has been played yearly, except in 1986 and 2011, in Sylvania, Ohio, a suburb northwest of Toledo. The tournament is te ...

. At the

2019 Women's British Open The 2019 AIG Women's British Open was played from 1–4 August in England at Woburn Golf Club in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, northwest of London. It was the 43rd Women's British Open, the nineteenthth as a major championship on the LPGA ...

, she secured her best major championship finish with a tied for 29th place.

Amateur wins

*2011 National Team Qualifying 5 Source:

Professional wins (4)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)

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(1) Wuhan Challenge

Thai LPGA Tour wins (3)

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(1) 6th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship *

(1) 5th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship *

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(1) 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Thailand):

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Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

(representing Thailand):

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References

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