Sadom Kaewkanjana

Sadom Kaewkanjana (Thai: สดมภ์ แก้วกาญจนา; born 6 July 1998[2]) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour where he has won twice. Kaewkanjana won his first Asian Tour event in 2019 at the Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open which made him the fastest qualifying school graduate to win on the Asian Tour.[3] In 2021, he won three times on the All Thailand Golf Tour, including the Thailand Open, and led the Order of Merit.[4] He captured his second Asian Tour title at the 2022 SMBC Singapore Open and earned the spot in the 2022 Open Championship at St Andrews.[5]

Sadom Kaewkanjana
Personal information
Born (1998-07-06) 6 July 1998
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight163 lb (74 kg; 11.6 st)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
All Thailand Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Development Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins9
Highest ranking75 (12 February 2023)[1]
(as of 22 October 2023)
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other7
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2022, 2023
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT11: 2022
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year
2019
All Thailand Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2021
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2017 Kuala LumpurMen's team

Amateur wins

  • 2014 Singha Thailand Junior World Championship #7
  • 2017 Philippine Amateur Open Championship, National Team Ranking #2, Malaysian Amateur Open, All India Amateur
  • 2018 National Team Ranking #2, National Team Ranking #4, Dutch International Junior Open

Source:[6]

Professional wins (9)

Asian Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 6 Apr 2019 Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open −19 (65-62-68-70=265) 1 stroke India Ajeetesh Sandhu
2 23 Jan 2022 SMBC Singapore Open1 −13 (67-70-65-69=271) 3 strokes Japan Yuto Katsuragawa, South Korea Tom Kim

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, but unofficial money event.

Asian Development Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 17 Feb 2019 Thongchai Jaidee Foundation1 −14 (67-67-64-68=266) 1 stroke Thailand Kosuke Hamamoto

1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Oct 2017 Singha Pattaya Open
(as an amateur)
−8 (68-71-68-65=272) 1 stroke Thailand Kammalas Namuangruk (a)
2 17 Feb 2019 Thongchai Jaidee Foundation1 −14 (67-67-64-68=266) 1 stroke Thailand Kosuke Hamamoto
3 10 Oct 2021 Singha Laguna Phuket Open −13 (69-65-67-66=267) 4 strokes Thailand Ratchanon Chantananuwat (a)
4 31 Oct 2021 Thailand Open −23 (66-66-64-66=261) 4 strokes Thailand Prom Meesawat
5 14 Nov 2021 Singha Classic −9 (69-69-70-67=275) 1 stroke Thailand Nitithorn Thippong

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour

Thailand PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 3 Oct 2021 Singha-SAT Phuket Classic −14 (66-65-68=199) 1 stroke Thailand Suteepat Prateeptienchai

TrustGolf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 31 Dec 2021 Thailand Mixed #5 −29 (65-64-66-64=259) 2 strokes Thailand Wichayapat Sinsrang

Results in major championships

Tournament 20222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T11
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. "Week 6 2023 Ending 12 Feb 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. "4 หนุ่มวงสวิงไทยกับศึก มาเลเซียน โอเพ่น". Siamsport (in Thai). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Sadom in sight of breakthrough win". Bangkok Post. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "Sadom claims third All Thailand Golf Tour title of year". Bangkok Post. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. Wong, Jonathan (23 January 2022). "Golf: Thailand's Sadom Kaewkanjana wins Singapore Open by three shots". Straits Times. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "Sadom Kaewkanjana". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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