Patcharajutar Kongkraphan
Patcharajutar Kongkraphan, also known as P.K. Kongkraphan, is a Thai professional golfer.
Early life
Kongkraphan was born on 14 February 1992. She started playing golf at the age of 5 years old.Professional career
Kongkraphan turned professional in November 2009. In 2011, finished tied for 29th at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA membership for the 2012 season.In 2012, she played three events on the LPGA Tour. Her best finish was tied for 45th at the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. She also won the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour.
In 2013, she mainly played on the Symetra Tour and had five top-10 finishes, including her first win at the Northeast Delta Dental International. She won Symetra Tour's money title, as well as Player of the Year award, and secured the LPGA Tour card for 2014 season.
In 2014, she made 11 cuts from 24 starts on the LPGA Tour. She carded a career-low round of 64 in the final round at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic. She recorded career-best finishes, tied for seventh, at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic and the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, the first two top-10 finishes of her LPGA career.
In 2015, she played in 21 events and recorded 11 cuts made on the LPGA Tour. She also made the cut in the major championships for the first time at the 2015 Women's PGA Championship at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York and finished in 73rd place.
In 2016, she made 11 cuts from 23 events on the LPGA Tour. Her season-best finish was tied for ninth at the Meijer LPGA Classic in June.
In 2017, she played nine tournaments on the LPGA Tour and made only one cut.
In 2021, she won the SAT-NSDF 1st Thai LPGA Championship on the Thai LPGA Tour. She ranked first on the money list and won the season-long Order of Merit.
In 2022, she won three straight events on the Thai LPGA Tour, including the season finale BGC Thailand LPGA Masters, to make her became the Order of Merit winner for the second consecutive year.
Professional wins (37)
Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)
All Thailand Golf Tour wins (3)
Thai LPGA Tour wins (12)
- 2011 2nd SAT-Thai LPGA Championship
- 2012 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship
- 2013 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship
- 2021 SAT-NSDF 1st Thai LPGA Championship
- 2022 Muang Thai Insurance 7th Thai LPGA Championship, Central Group 8th Thai LPGA Championship, BGC Thailand LPGA Masters1
- 2023 Singha-BGC Classic, Thai LPGA Championship
- 2024 Singha-NSDF Lamphun Ladies Championship, Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Masters
- 2025 Singha-NSDF Chonburi Ladies Championship
China LPGA Tour wins (4)
- 2010 Orient Shanghai Classic, Orient Beijing Pearl Championship
- 2011 Beijing Pearl Challenge, Caofeidian Challenge
Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (14)
- 2022 BGC Thailand LPGA Masters1
- 2023 WPG Ladies Open, Friend of TLPGA Open, GRIN Cup Charity Open
- 2024 ICTSI Luisita Ladies International, WPG Ladies Open, Jing Mao Ladies Open, Sampo Ladies Open Xiu Ju Cup
- 2025 CTBC Ladies Open2, Taiwan Prosperity Ladies Open, TrustGolf Asian Mixed #33, Jing Mao Ladies Open, Taya Group Ladies Open, Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open
2Co-sanctioned by the JLPGA Step Up Tour
3Mixed event with the Taiwan PGA Tour
JLPGA Step Up Tour wins (1)
- 2025 CTBC Ladies Open1
Other wins (3)
- 2022 4th SAT−TWT Open Road To World Ranking, 5th SAT−TWT Open Road To World Ranking, 7th SAT−TWT Open Road To World Ranking
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| The Chevron Championship | CUT | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | ||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | 73 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||
| The Evian Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | WD |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied