Kiradech Aphibarnrat
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
July 2014
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
23 July 1989 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16.4 st) |
| Nationality |
 Thailand
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| Residence | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour Asian Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| Asian Tour | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T15: 2016 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2016 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| PGA Championship | T25: 2013 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Asian Tour Order of Merit |
2013 |
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (born Anujit Hirunratanakorn, 23 July 1989) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian and European Tours.
In both 2003 and 2004, Aphibarnrat won his age group at the Junior World Golf Championships. In 2007, he was on the gold medal team at the 2007 Summer Universiade and took a silver in the individual event at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.
Aphibarnrat turned professional in 2008 and began playing on the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour in 2009. HIs first professional victory came in 2009 at the Mercedes-Benz Tour's Singha Pattaya Open, which he won by 11 strokes, earning US$50,000. Aphibarnrat's first Asian Tour win was at the 2011 SAIL Open.
Aphibarnrat's first victory on the European Tour was at the Maybank Malaysian Open in March 2013. The event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, thus giving him a second win on that tour. In the event, which shortened to 54 holes due to thunderstorms, Aphibarnrat defeated Edoardo Molinari by one stroke.
He won his second European Tour title at the Shenzhen International in a sudden death playoff over Li Haotong. Having led the tournament at the 54 hole stage, he trailed late in the back nine, but eagled the 17th hole and then missed a birdie putt on the 18th for the outright victory. He would go on to birdie the first extra hole to claim victory. Aphibarnrat became only the second player from Thailand, after Thongchai Jaidee, to record multiple European Tour wins.
Aphibarnrat is sometimes referred to as "Asia's John Daly", a comparison of his "unathletic" physique to the similarly large body type of two-time major championship winner John Daly.
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