Prayad Marksaeng ประหยัด มากแสง |
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Personal information | |
Born | 30 January 1966 |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Nationality | Thailand |
Residence | Hua Hin, Thailand |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1991 |
Current tour(s) |
Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 20 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
Asian Tour | 10 |
Other | 5 |
Best results in major championships |
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Masters Tournament | CUT: 2009 |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1999, 2008–09, 2011–12 |
PGA Championship | T15: 2008 |
Prayad Marksaeng (Thai: ประหยัด มากแสง, born 30 January 1966) is a Thai professional golfer.
Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won seven events on the tour, becoming one of the first ten men to reach a million U.S. dollars in career earnings. He has also competed on the Japan Golf Tour and in 2008 won three tournaments in Japan.
Prayad represented Thailand at the 2007 and 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup and has been featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Prayad received a special invitation to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Marksaeng shot an 82 (+10) in the first round and withdrew midway through the second round due to a back injury.
1 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
1 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
2 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Note: Marksaeng never played in the U.S. Open.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied