Thailand Open (golf)

Not to be confused with Thailand Golf Championship.

The Thailand Open is the national golf open of Thailand.

Thailand Open

Tournament information
Location	Pathum Thani, Thailand
Established	1965
Course(s)	Riverdale Golf Club
Par	71
Length	6,988 yards (6,390 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour All Thailand Golf Tour OneAsia Tour Asia Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	฿5,000,000
Month played	December
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Sadom Kaewkanjana (2021) 261 Kwanchai Tannin (2022)
To par	−24 Prayad Marksaeng (2013)
Current champion
Denwit Boriboonsub
Location map
Riverdale GC Location in Thailand

History

It was founded as an event on the Far East Circuit, later renamed as the Asia Golf Circuit.^[1][2] It remained on the circuit until 1997, after which it became an event on the Asian Tour, where it remained until 2009. From 2010 to 2015, it was part of the fledgling OneAsia tour's schedule, co-sanctioned in 2013 and 2015 by the Japan Golf Tour, before returning to the Asian Tour in 2017.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[lower-alpha 1]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Thailand Open
2023	ATGT	Denwit Boriboonsub	262	−22	1 stroke	Natipong Srithong
2022	ATGT	Kwanchai Tannin	261	−23	4 strokes	Newport Laparojkit	[3]
2021	ATGT	Sadom Kaewkanjana	261	−23	4 strokes	Prom Meesawat
2020: No tournament
2019	ASA	John Catlin	273	−11	Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Shiv Kapur Pavit Tangkamolprasert	[4]
2018	ASA	Panuphol Pittayarat	267	−13	1 stroke	Poom Saksansin
2017	ASA	Rattanon Wannasrichan	263	−21	2 strokes	Gaganjeet Bhullar Shiv Kapur
2016: No tournament
Singha Corporation Thailand Open
2015	JPN, ONE	Kim Kyung-tae	267	−21	3 strokes	Wang Jeung-hun
Thailand Open
2014	JPN, ONE	Cancelled due to the political crisis in Thailand					[5]
2013	JPN, ONE	Prayad Marksaeng	264	−24	2 strokes	Scott Strange
2012	ONE	Chris Wood	265	−23	2 strokes	Jang Dong-kyu
2011	ONE	Andre Stolz	266	−22	2 strokes	Prayad Marksaeng
2010	ONE	Liang Wenchong	270	−18	1 stroke	Namchok Tantipokhakul Michael Wright
Singha Thailand Open
2009	ASA	Jyoti Randhawa	263	−17	2 strokes	Rhys Davies
2006–2008: No tournament
Thai Airways International Thailand Open
2005	ASA	Richard Lee	279	−9	Playoff[lower-alpha 3]	Scott Barr	[6]
Thailand Open
2004	ASA	Boonchu Ruangkit (2)	270	−18	5 strokes	Kim Jong-duck Prayad Marksaeng
2003	ASA	Edward Loar	269	−19	5 strokes	Jason Dawes
2001–02: No tournament
2000	ASA	Des Terblanche	269	−19	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee	[7]
Mittweida Thailand Open
1999	ASA	Fran Quinn	275	−13	1 stroke	Christian Peña Jim Rutledge Simon Yates
Thailand Open
1998	ASA	James Kingston	272	−16	Playoff[lower-alpha 4]	Jeev Milkha Singh	[8]
Thai Airways Thailand Open
1997	AGC	Christian Chernock	268	−20	1 stroke	Don Walsworth	[9]
1996	AGC	Todd Barranger	271	−17	5 strokes	Rob Moss	[10]
1995	AGC	Todd Hamilton	271	−17	Playoff[lower-alpha 5]	Steve Veriato	[11]
Thailand Open
1994	AGC	Brandt Jobe	276	−12	4 strokes	Lee Porter	[12]
Thai International Thailand Open
1993	AGC	Craig Mann	278	−10	Playoff[lower-alpha 6]	Steve Flesch Hsieh Chin-sheng	[13][14]
1992	AGC	Boonchu Ruangkit	275	−13	4 strokes	Richard Backwell Rémi Bouchard Thaworn Wiratchant	[15]
1991	AGC	Suthep Meesawat	272	−16	1 stroke	Robert Pactolerin	[16]
1990	AGC	Lu Wen-teh	276	−12	1 stroke	Danny Mijovic Park Nam-sin	[17]
1989	AGC	Brian Claar	272	−16	3 strokes	E. J. Pfister	[18]
1988	AGC	Jeff Senior	276	−12	2 strokes	Lu Hsi-chuen	[19]
1987	AGC	Chen Tze-ming (2)	272	−12	Playoff[lower-alpha 7]	Somsak Srisanga	[20]
Thailand Open
1986	AGC	Ho Ming-chung	288	E	1 stroke	Lu Chien-soon
1985	AGC	Bill Israelson	273	−15	1 stroke	John Jacobs	[21]
1984	AGC	Lu Chien-soon	278	−10	6 strokes	Wayne Grady
1983	AGC	Chen Tze-ming	283	−5	1 stroke	Lou Graham Lu Chien-soon Frankie Miñoza	[22]
1982	AGC	Hsu Sheng-san (2)	281	−7	Playoff[lower-alpha 8]	Shen Chung-shyan	[23]
1981	AGC	Tom Sieckmann	281	−7	3 strokes	Gaylord Burrows Yutaka Hagawa Payne Stewart	[24]
1980	AGC	Lu Hsi-chuen	274	−14	3 strokes	Mark McNulty	[25]
1979	AGC	Mike Krantz	282	−2	Playoff[lower-alpha 9]	Jaime Gonzalez	[26]
1978	AGC	Hsu Sheng-san	280	−8	3 strokes	Bruce Douglass	[27]
1977	AGC	Yurio Akitomi	284	−4	Playoff[lower-alpha 10]	Marty Bohen Takahiro Takeyasu	[28][29]
1976	AGC	Ben Arda	270	−18	4 strokes	Sukree Onsham	[30]
1975	AGC	Howard Twitty	285	−3	2 strokes	Tom Purtzer	[31]
1974	AGC	Toshiro Hitomi	291	+3	1 stroke	Gaylord Burrows Walter Godfrey Hsu Chi-san Ireneo Legaspi Pradhana Ngarmprom	[32]
1973	AGC	Graham Marsh	286	−2	2 strokes	Ben Arda Mitsutaka Kono	[33]
1972	AGC	Hsieh Min-Nan	278	−10	6 strokes	Hsu Sheng-san	[34]
1971	AGC	Lu Liang-Huan	278	−10	1 stroke	David Oakley	[35]
1970	AGC	David Graham	286	−2	1 stroke	Hsieh Min-Nan	[36]
1969	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo (2)	277	−11	8 strokes	Hsu Chi-san	[37]
1968	AGC	Randall Vines	285	−3	1 stroke	Haruo Yasuda	[38]
1967	FEC	Tomoo Ishii	283	−5	4 strokes	Tony Jacklin Kuo Chie-Hsiung	[39]
1966	FEC	Tadashi Kitta	283	−5	2 strokes	Harold Henning
1965	FEC	Hsieh Yung-yo	283	−5	6 strokes	Kuo Chie-Hsiung Dionisio Nadales Koichi Ono Hideyo Sugimoto Shigeru Uchida	[2][40]

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; ATGT − All Thailand Golf Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
2. Catlin won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
3. Lee won with a par on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
4. Kingston won with a par on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
5. Hamilton won with a par on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
6. Mann won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff; Flesch was eliminated on the first extra hole.
7. Chen won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
8. Hsu won with a birdie (conceded) on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
9. Krantz won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
10. Akitomi won with a par on the seventh hole of a sudden death playoff; Takeyasu was eliminated on the second extra hole.

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External links

• Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site (2015)