Prima Thammaraks
{{short description|Thai professional golfer}}
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| college = Iowa State University
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| tour = Epson Tour
| extour = LPGA Tour
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| wbritopen = 72nd: 2017
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Prima Thammaraks ({{langx|th|พริมา ธรรมมารักษ์}}; born 12 January 1992) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based Epson Tour.
Early life
Amateur career
From 2010 to 2014, Thammaraks played for the Iowa State Cyclones of the Iowa State University. She was named All-Big 12 First Team member three times from 2012 to 2014. She was also named Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year for women's golf following the 2013–14 season.{{cite web |title=Prima Thammaraks - Women's Golf |url=https://cyclones.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/prima-thammaraks/2417 |publisher=Iowa State University Athletics |access-date=30 August 2021}}
Professional career
Thammaraks played on the China LPGA Tour and the Thai LPGA Tour in 2015. In December 2015, she finished tied for 26th at the final stage LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season. On the 2016 LPGA Tour, she played eight events and made two cuts.{{cite web |title=Prima Thammaraks Bio |url=https://www.epsontour.com/players/prima-thammaraks/98548/bio |publisher=Symetra Tour |access-date=30 August 2021}}
In 2017, Thammaraks captured her first professional win at the RACV Gold Coast Challenge on the ALPG Tour.{{cite news |title=Thai stays calm as Smith surge falls just short |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/golf/sarahjane-smith-leaves-run-too-late-as-thailands-prima-thammaraks-wins-gold-coast-challenge/news-story/3cdd20b702666b3c36c001d3b8295aa6 |access-date=30 August 2021 |newspaper=Courier Mail |date=4 February 2017}} She also claimed her first China LPGA Tour win at the Xiamen Orient Masters in September.{{cite news |title="พริมา"ผงาดแชมป์สวิงเซียะเหมิน |url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/golf/view/31330 |access-date=2021-08-30 |publisher=Siamsport |date=2017-10-14 |language=th}} She made the cut at the 2017 Women's British Open and finish in 72nd place.
In 2021, Thammaraks earned her first Symetra Tour victory at season finale Symetra Tour Championship. She carded a score of 22-under par 266 setting the 72-hole scoring record for the championship to win by two strokes.{{cite news |title=Symetra Tour Championship Final Round News and Notes |url=https://www.symetratour.com/news/2021/symetra-tour-championship-final-round-news-and-notes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011060836/https://www.symetratour.com/news/2021/symetra-tour-championship-final-round-news-and-notes |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2021 |access-date=11 October 2021 |publisher=Symetra Tour |date=10 October 2021}}
Professional wins (3)
=Epson Tour wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin !Runner-up |
align=center|1
|align=right|10 Oct 2021 |align=right|69-63-69-65=266 |align=center|−22 |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Casey Danielson |
=ALPG Tour wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin !Runner-up |
align=center|1
|align=right|4 Feb 2017 |align=right|71-69-73=213 |align=center|−6 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|AUS}} Sarah Jane Smith |
=China LPGA Tour wins (1)=
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
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! Tournament !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 |
align=left|The Chevron Championship
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align=left|U.S. Women's Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
align=left|Women's PGA Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
align=left|The Evian Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
align=left|Women's British Open
|72 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{LPGA Futures Tour player|prima-thammaraks/98548}}
- {{LPGA Tour player|prima-thammaraks/98548|archive=20190521112348}}
- {{Women's World Golf Rankings|6229}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thammaraks, Prima}}