| Chapchai Nirat | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Chapchai Nirat |
| Born | 5 June 1983 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Nationality | Thailand |
| Residence | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
Chapchai Nirat (born 5 June 1983) is a Thai professional golfer.
Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen year old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second place finish in his rookie season. In 2007 he won the TCL Classic, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour and the Hana Bank Vietnam Masters. He was the third Thai to win a European Tour event.
In March 2009, Nirat shot 32-under-par over 72 holes to claim the SAIL Open, setting a new Asian Tour record for the best 72-hole score.[1]
Contents |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Mar 2007 | TCL Classic | -22 (61-66-68-71=266) | 3 strokes | Rafa Echenique |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Mar 2007 | TCL Classic | -22 (61-66-68-71=266) | 3 strokes | Rafa Echenique |
| 2 | 25 Nov 2007 | Hana Bank Vietnam Masters | -12 (68-71-70-67=276) | 2 strokes | Chawalit Plaphol, Simon Griffiths |
| 3 | 21 Mar 2009 | SAIL Open | -32 (62-62-65-67=256) | 11 strokes | Gaganjeet Bhullar, Richard Moir |