Patty Tavatanakit accepts the winner's check after pull out a one-shot victory in the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand.
Closing out a victory in a pro golf tournament is never easy. Closing out a victory in a pro golf tournament in your home country is even harder. Closing out a victory in a pro golf tournament when you’ve let a big lead slip away is, well, even harder.
Patty Tavatanakit can thankfully look back at all that and smile, the 24-year-old former major winner knowing she handled the hard on Sunday at the Honda LPGA Thailand and came away a winner nonetheless. After squandering a five-stroke lead on the back nine at Siam Country Club, the Thai native closed with a pair of birdies that let her pull out a one-stroke victory over Albane Valenzuela with final-round 67 and a 21-under 267 total.
The triumph ended a 1,057-day winless draught since claiming her first LPGA title (in impressive fashion) at the 2021 ANA Championship. That stat does hide the fact Tavatanakiet did claim victory a week earlier at the Ladies European Tour stop in Saudi Arabia.
This week marked the first time on the LPGA Tour that Tavatanakiet has shot four rounds in the 60s since her major triumph. She became the second Thai native to win the Honda, joining Ariya Jutanugarn (2021) and the 14th different player to win the event.
With the victory, Tavatanakiet claimed the first place prize money payout of $255,000 from the $1.7 million overall purse. Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer who competed in this week’s no-cut, limited-field event.
Win: Patty Tavatanakit, -21, $255,000
2: Albane Valenzuela, -20, $158,182
T-3: Sei Young Kim, -18, $101,759
T-3: Hye-Jin Choi, -18, $101,759
T-5: Natthakritta Vongtaveelap, -17, $64,953
T-5: Hyo Joo Kim, -17, $64,953
T-7: Lilia Vu, -16, $45,900
T-7: Emily Kristine Pedersen, -16, $45,900:
T-9: Haeran Ryu, -15, $34,100
T-9: Jaravee Boonchant, -15, $34,100
T-9: Brooke M. Henderson, -15, $34,100
T-9: Madelene Sagstrom, -15, $34,100
T-13: Chisato Iwai, -14, $26,731
T-13: Xiyu Janet Lin, -14, $26,731
T-13: Ariya Jutanugarn, -14, $26,731
T-16: Erika Hara, -13, $23,123
T-16: Yuka Saso,-13, $23,123
T-18: Jenny Shin, -12, $21,478
T-18: Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, -12, Amateur
T-20: Mi Hyang Lee, -11, $19,919
T-20: Jin Young Ko, -11, $19,919
T-20: Danielle Kang, -11, $19,919
T-23: Narin An, -10, $16,888
T-23: Amy Yang, -10, $16,888
T23: Peiyun Chien, -10, $16,888:
T-23: Lauren Coughlin, -10, $16,888
T-23: Georgia Hall, -10, $16,888
T-23: Ayaka Furue, -10, $16,888
T-29: Bianca Pagdanganan, -9, $14,419
T-29: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, -9,$14,419
T-31: Sarah Kemp, -8, $11,388
T-31: Aditi Ashok, -8, $11,388
T-31: Linnea Strom, -8, $11,388
T-31: Jodi Ewart Shadoff, -8, $11,388
T-31: Sarah Schmelzel, -8, $11,388
T-31: Elizabeth Szokol, -8, $11,388
T-31: Chanettee Wannasaen, -8, $11,388
T-31: Maja Stark, -8, $11,388
T-31: Leona Maguire, -8, $11,388
T-31: Grace Kim, -8, $11,388
T-41: Stephanie Kyriacou, -7, $8,155
T-41: Allisen Corpuz, -7, $8,155
T-41: A Lim Kim, -7, $8,155
T-41: Moriya Jutanugarn, -7, $8,155
T-41: Nasa Hataoka, -7, $8,155
T-41: Alexa Pano, -7, $8,155
T-41: Eila Galitsky, -7, Amateur
48: Lucy Li, -6, $7,101
T-49: Pornanong Phatlum, -5, $6,339
T-49: Eun-Hee Ji, -5, $6,339
T-49: Perrine Delacour, -5, $6,339
T-49: Esther Henseleit, -5, $6,339
T-49: Celine Boutier, -5, $6,339
T-54: Yuna Nishimura, -4, $5,456
T-54: Yu Liu, -4, $5,456
T-54: Charley Hull, -4, $5,456
T-54: Hannah Green, -4, $5,456
T-58: Gemma Dryburgh, -3, $4,936
T-58: Ruoning Yin, -3, $4,936
T-60: Akie Iwai, -2, $4,382
T-60: Anna Nordqvist, -2, $4,382
T-60: Jennifer Kupcho, -2, $4,382
T-60: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -2, $4,382
T-60: Gaby Lopez, -2, $4,382
T-65: Jasmine Suwannapura,-1, $3,984
T-65: Linn Grant, -1, $3,984
T-65: Andrea Lee, -1, $3,984
68: Azahara Munoz, E, $3,811
69: Hinako Shibuno, +1, $3,724
70: Celine Borge, +6, $3,637
71: Yuting Shi, +7, $3,551
WD: Cheyenne Knight, $3,465
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