Supamas Sangchan

Supamas Sangchan (Thai: สุภมาส แสงจันทร์; born 2 April 1996) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the China LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon and another bronze medal in the women's individual event.[1] In 2016, Sangchan captured her first Ladies European Tour title at the Sanya Ladies Open in China.[2]

Supamas Sangchan
Personal information
NicknameAom (ออม)
Born (1996-04-02) 2 April 1996
Sukhothai, Thailand
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)China LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT58: 2017
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2017
Achievements and awards
Thai LPGA Tour Order of Merit2015
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 NanjingIndividual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 IncheonIndividual
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place2013 MyanmarTeam

Early life and amateur career

Sangchan was born on 2 April 1996 in Sukhothai, Thailand.[3] She started playing golf at the age of eight.[4]

Sangchan competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon and won the first ever gold medal in golf for Thailand in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon. She also won a bronze medal in the women's individual event.

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Sangchan won a bronze medal in the women's individual event.[5]

Professional career

Sangchan turned professional in 2015 and participated in the China LPGA Tour in the same year. On 30 October 2016, Sangchan captured her first Ladies European Tour title at the Sanya Ladies Open in Sanya, China. With this victory, she won the qualifications to two major championships, the Women's British Open and the Evian Championship.

Supamas was in the top three of the China LPGA Tour Order of Merit for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018 and was awarded entries into the U.S. Women's Open.[3] She made the cut at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and finished with a tied for 58th place.[6]

Amateur wins
  • 2013 Students of Thailand Championship, Queen Sirikit Cup, Philippine Junior Championship
  • 2014 Philippine Ladies Open

Source:[7]

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 Oct 2016 Sanya Ladies Open^ 70-70-68=208 −8 1 stroke Sweden Caroline Hedwall

^Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour

China LPGA Tour wins (2)

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (2)

^Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour

Thai LPGA Tour wins (2)
  • 2015 6th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship
  • 2019 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship[10]

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)
  • 2014 Singha Championship (as an amateur)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019
The Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open T58 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

References
  1. Rutherford, Peter (28 September 2014). "Games-Team Thailand halt Korea's golden golf streak". Reuters. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. "Supamas wins maiden LET title". Bangkok Post. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. "Supamas Sangchan". China LPGA.
  4. Sports Talk The HERO [ สุภมาส แสงจันทร์ ] ย้อนหลัง #NationTV22, retrieved 22 August 2021
  5. "Korea's Lee Soyoung Wins Gold At Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". IGF. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. "สรุปผลงานโปรกอล์ฟหญิงไทยใน "ยูเอส วีเม่นส์ โอเพ่น 2017" (ชมวิดีโอ)". VOA Thai (in Thai). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. "Supamas Sangchan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  8. "Late errors fail to deter Supamas". Bangkok Post. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. "2018 Hitachi Ladies Classic Results". Taiwan LPGA. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  10. "'สุภมาส'หวด16อันเดอร์ประเดิมแชมป์แรกไทยแอลพีจีเอ2019". Komchadluek Online (in Thai). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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