Wichanee Meechai

Wichanee Meechai (Thai: วิชาณี มีชัย; born: 5 January 1993[1]) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Wichanee Meechai
Personal information
NicknameJan
Born (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993
Bangkok, Thailand
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
CollegeRamkhamhaeng University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Professional wins5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT25: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT12: 2021
U.S. Women's OpenT30: 2021
Women's British OpenT24: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT29: 2021

Early life

Meechai was born on 5 January 1993 in Bangkok, Thailand. Her father, Wanchai, is the Senior Tournament Director on the Asian Tour.[2] Meechai started playing golf at the age of 13 years old. She graduated from Ramkhamhaeng University.[3]

Professional career

Meechai turned professional in 2010. On 25 May 2013, she set the new China LPGA Tour record for low round, with a round of 9-under-par 63, to collect her first international victory at the 2013 Beijing Challenge.[4][5]

Meechai captured her first career Taiwan LPGA Tour win at the 2015 Yeangder TLPGA Open, outlasted compatriot Mind Muangkhumsakul in the first playoff hole.[6] In December 2015, she finished tied for 22nd at the final stage LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA Membership for the 2016 season.

In 2016, Meechai recorded nine top-10 finishes, including three runner-ups, in her first season playing in the United States to finish fourth on the Symetra Tour money list to extend LPGA Membership for the 2017 season.[7]

On 23 May 2021, Meechai recorded her career-best LPGA Tour finish with a tied for fifth place in the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Later in June, she recorded her highest ever placing in a major championship with tied for 12th place in the 2021 Women's PGA Championship.

Professional wins (5)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)
  • 2013 Beijing Challenge

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (1)
  • 2015 Yeangder TLPGA Open

Thai LPGA Tour wins (2)
  • 2013 3rd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship[8]
  • 2020 4th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship[9]

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T25 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T49 T66 CUT T12 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T52 T50 T30
The Evian Championship CUT CUT NT T29 CUT T36
Women's British Open CUT T24 T58
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

References
  1. "Wichanee Meechai". China LPGA. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. "Wanchai's rule". Asian Tour. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. "Wichanee Meechai (Golfer) Wiki, Age, Bio, Boyfriend, Height, LPGA, Earning, Net Worth, Instagram". Primal Information. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. "Wichanee flies home to claim Beijing crown". Bangkok Post. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. "Wichanee sets new CLPGA Tour record for low round". China LPGA. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. "2015 Taiwan LPGA Tour Yeangder TLPGA Open Final-Round Recap". Taiwan LPGA. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. "Wichanee Meechai Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. ""วิชาณี" ยึดแชมป์โปรสตรีสนามที่3 เฉือน "อจิรา" สองแต้มรับ71,900บาท" (in Thai). Siamsport. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022.
  9. "Wichanee outlasts teenage rival in play-off for first win in five years". The Nation Thailand. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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