Prayad Marksaeng

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Prayad Marksaeng
ประหยัด มากแสง
Personal information
Born (1966-01-30) 30 January 1966 (age 58)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceHua Hin, Thailand
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins52
Highest ranking47 (29 March 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Asian Tour10 (Tied-4th all-time)
Other35
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2009
PGA ChampionshipT15: 2008
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
Achievements and awards
Asian PGA Tour
Players' Player of the Year
1997
All Thailand Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2007, 2008, 2013,
2014, 2015
ASEAN PGA Tour
Order of Merit winner
2015
Japan Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner
2016, 2017, 2018

Prayad Marksaeng (Thai: ประหยัด มากแสง; born 30 January 1966) is a Thai professional golfer.

Career[edit]

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 has 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 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Prayad received a special invitation to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament.[2] Marksaeng shot an 82 (+10) in the first round and withdrew midway through the second round due to a back injury.[3]

At the age of 50, Prayad won the SMBC Singapore Open by one stroke over Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Juvic Pagunsan and Song Young-han. This event was co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. This win also guaranteed him a place in the 2017 Open Championship.[4]

Professional wins (52)[edit]

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 1 Jun 2008 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf −10 (70-70-66-68=274) 1 stroke Japan Shintaro Kai
2 22 Jun 2008 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic −15 (69-66-69-65=269) 1 stroke Japan Azuma Yano
3 23 Nov 2008 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −8 (68-70-67-71=276) 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
4 17 Mar 2013 Thailand Open1 −24 (68-67-65-64=264) 2 strokes Australia Scott Strange
5 26 Jul 2015 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open −24 (69-65-67-63=264) 1 stroke South Korea Song Young-han
6 22 Jan 2017 SMBC Singapore Open2 −9 (71-69-68-67=275) 1 stroke Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai, South Africa Jbe' Kruger,
Philippines Juvic Pagunsan, South Korea Song Young-han

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2007 Woodone Open Hiroshima Japan Toru Taniguchi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (10)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 2 Jun 1996 Volvo China Open −19 (70-66-67-66=269) 9 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Yu-shu
2 5 Oct 1997 Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship −11 (71-71-65-70=277) 1 stroke Indonesia Kasiyadi
3 23 Nov 1997 Lexus Thai International −18 (70-69-65-66=270) 1 stroke India Arjun Atwal
4 20 Feb 2000 Casino Filipino Open −5 (72-70-70-71=283) 1 stroke United States Mike Cunning, Japan Tatsuhiko Ichihara,
United States Ted Purdy
5 2 Oct 2005 Crowne Plaza Open −8 (72-70-70-68=280) Playoff Australia Marcus Both
6 9 Dec 2007 Volvo Masters of Asia −13 (67-71-68-69=275) 1 stroke England Chris Rodgers
7 16 Jun 2013 Queen's Cup −14 (71-64-68-67=270) 3 strokes Thailand Arnond Vongvanij
8 19 Jan 2014
(2013 season)
King's Cup Golf Hua Hin −12 (68-71-71-66=276) 1 stroke Sweden Rikard Karlberg
9 21 Jun 2015 Queen's Cup (2) −14 (69-65-71-65=270) 2 strokes Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha
10 22 Jan 2017 SMBC Singapore Open1 −9 (71-69-68-67=275) 1 stroke Thailand Phachara Khongwatmai, South Africa Jbe' Kruger,
Philippines Juvic Pagunsan, South Korea Song Young-han

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 Crowne Plaza Open Australia Marcus Both Won with birdie on first extra hole

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (18)[edit]

  • 2000 Singha Masters
  • 2004 Singha Masters
  • 2005 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2007 B-Ing TPC Championships, Singha E-San Open1
  • 2008 Singha Masters
  • 2009 Singha Championship
  • 2010 Singha Classic
  • 2012 Singha Masters
  • 2013 Singha E-San Open1, Road To Panasonic Open Singha Bangkok Open
  • 2014 Singha Pattaya Open1, Singha All Thailand Grand Final
  • 2015 Singha Pattaya Open1, Singha Chiang Mai Open1, Singha Masters
  • 2016 Singha Hua Hin Open1, Singha Chiang Mai Open

1Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (6)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 22 Dec 2007 Singha E-San Open1 −19 (67-69-64-65=265) Playoff Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit
2 17 Feb 2013 Singha E-San Open1 (2) −14 (66-70-66-72=274) Playoff South Korea Baek Seuk-hyun, Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha,
Thailand Sattaya Supupramai
3 13 Apr 2014 Singha Pattaya Open1 −20 (64-67-68-69=268) 1 stroke Thailand Kwanchai Tannin
4 29 Mar 2015 Singha Pattaya Open1 (2) −22 (66-69-60-67=262) 4 strokes Thailand Piya Swangarunporn
5 9 Aug 2015 Singha Chiang Mai Open1 −18 (66-67-68-65=266) 1 stroke Thailand Jazz Janewattananond
6 8 May 2016 Singha Hua Hin Open1 −13 (68-68-66-69=271) 1 stroke Thailand Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Thailand Prom Meesawat

1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

Thailand PGA Tour wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 17 Mar 2018 Singha-SAT Lamphun Championship −21 (61-63-66-69=259) 4 strokes Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (18)[edit]

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament WD CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T15 CUT

Note: Marksaeng never played in the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships[edit]

Tournament 2008 2009
Match Play R64
Championship T13
Invitational T68 T36
Champions T51
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Week 13 2009 Ending 29 Mar 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour. Associated Press. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Prayad suffers abrupt end in Masters debut". 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Prayad Marksaeng books Open spot with Singapore Open victory". Sky Sports. 22 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Prayad triumphs in Japan". Asian Tour. 1 August 2016.
  6. ^ "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2017". PGA Web-Magazine.
  7. ^ "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2018". PGA Web-Magazine.
  8. ^ "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2019". PGA Web-Magazine.
  9. ^ "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2022". PGA Web-Magazine.

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