Player Bio: Patty Tavatanakit2022 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 22
Country: Thailand
College: UCLA
Worldwide professional victories: 4 (1 on LPGA Tour)
Road to Pine Needles: Winner of 2021 Chevron Championship; Top 30 points leader in LPGA Tour's 2021 Race to the CME Globe; Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of April 6

Tavatanakit broke through for her first major victory and first as a LPGA Tour member in April 2021 at the ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship), besting past champion Lydia Ko by two strokes. Tavatanaki, a two-time first-team All-American at UCLA, carded a final-round 68 to fend off Ko, who had posted a Sunday 62. As an amateur, Tavatanakit tied for fifth in the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at Shoal Creek to earn low-amateur honors. At UCLA, she registered seven victories. She turned pro in 2019 and won three times on the Symetra Tour to claim the Gaelle Truet Award as the circuit’s rookie of the year. She finished second on the money list to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2020 season. She led the Symetra Tour in scoring average (69.38), par-4 scoring average (3.93) and par-5 scoring average (4.58).

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