Onnarin Sattayabanphot

Onnarin Sattayabanphot
Personal information
NicknameMoo
Born (1984-02-04) 4 February 1984[1]
Bangkok, Thailand[1]
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1]
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
CollegePurdue University
Turned professional2006
Current toursLPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2011)
Thai LPGA Tour
Former toursLPGA Tour
Futures Tour
Ladies Asian Golf Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour3
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
Epson Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2007
Women's British OpenCUT: 2014
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Medal record
Women's golf
Representing  Thailand
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place1999 Bandar Seri BegawanTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 Kuala LumpurIndividual
Silver medal – second place1999 Bandar Seri BegawanIndividual
Silver medal – second place2001 Kuala LumpurTeam

Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Thai: อรนรินทร์ สัตยาบรรพต; born 4 February 1984) is a Thai professional golfer who has played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the Thai LPGA Tour. She has won eight professional tournaments, including three titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour.

As an amateur, Onnarin represented Thailand at the 1999 and 2001 SEA Games, where she won two gold medals and two silver medals. She played college golf in the United States for Purdue University. After turning professional in 2006, she competed on the Futures Tour, where she won the 2007 ILOVENY Championship. She later won the 2009 Thailand Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Onnarin joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2011 and won three titles on the tour: the 2013 Hoken no Madoguchi Ladies, the 2014 Daikin Orchid Ladies, and the 2017 Golf5 Ladies. She also represented Thailand at the 2014 International Crown.

Early life and amateur career

Onnarin was born on 4 February 1984 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] She attended La Salle College in Bangkok, where she won 11 junior tournaments over four years, and was a member of the Thai national team from 1999 to 2001.[2][3] She was named the 1999 Golfer of the Year by the Thailand Amateur Ladies Golf Association.[1][4]

Onnarin represented Thailand at the SEA Games, winning an individual silver medal and a team gold medal at the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei, and an individual gold medal and a team silver medal at the 2001 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2][5]

Onnarin attended Purdue University, where she played college golf for the Purdue Boilermakers women's golf team and earned a degree in organizational leadership and supervision.[4][2] At Purdue, she recorded 15 top-ten finishes, including one collegiate victory, and was a three-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, she was named an NGCA Second-Team All-American, Purdue Female Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year.[4]

Professional career

Onnarin turned professional in 2006.[1] She competed on the Futures Tour in the United States and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour early in her professional career. She joined the Futures Tour in January 2007 and also competed in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, where she missed the cut.[4][6]

In September 2007, she won her first professional title at the ILOVENY Championship on the Futures Tour at Capital Hills Golf Course in Albany, New York. She finished at 3-under-par 210 to win by one stroke over Allison Fouch, earning $14,000.[7] The victory moved her from 22nd to 11th on the tour money list with season earnings of $31,951.[8] She was an LPGA Tour rookie in 2008.[9] In 2009, she won the Thailand Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour.[10]

Onnarin joined the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) in 2011.[11] She won her first JLPGA title at the Hoken no Madoguchi Ladies on 19 May 2013, finishing at 6-under-par and winning by one stroke.[11][12] In March 2014, she won the Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa, closing with a final-round 67 to finish at 8-under-par and win by two strokes.[11][13]

Onnarin made another major championship appearance at the 2014 Women's British Open, where she missed the cut.[14] Later that year, she represented Thailand at the inaugural 2014 International Crown in the United States.[15]

On 3 September 2017, she won her third JLPGA Tour title at the Golf5 Ladies tournament in Chiba, shooting a final-round 64 to finish at 12-under-par and win by five strokes.[16]

She has also won twice on the JLPGA Step Up Tour, at the 2010 Sanyoshimbun Ladies Cup and the 2022 Twin Fields Ladies Tournament.[1] In Thailand, she won the 2nd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship on the Thai LPGA Tour in 2015.[17]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1 19 May 2013 Hoken no Madoguchi Ladies 70-68-72=210 −6 1 stroke Japan Kumiko Kaneda
Japan Maiko Wakabayashi		 [12]
2 9 Mar 2014 Daikin Orchid Ladies 69-72-67=208 −8 2 strokes Japan Mamiko Higa, Japan Rikako Morita
Japan Airi Saitoh, South Korea Jiyai Shin
Japan Ayaka Watanabe		 [13]
3 3 Sep 2017 Golf5 Ladies 70-70-64=204 −12 5 strokes Japan Megumi Shimokawa [16]

Futures Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref.
1 9 September 2007 ILOVENY Championship 71-67-72=210 −3 1 stroke United States Allison Fouch [7]

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
1 20 Feb 2009 Thailand Ladies Open 71-70-70=211 −5 Playoff South Korea Kim Hae-jung [10][18]

JLPGA Step Up Tour wins (2)

  • 2010 (1) Sanyoshimbun Ladies Cup
  • 2022 (1) Twin Fields Ladies Tournament

Thai LPGA Tour wins (1)

  • 2015 (1) 2nd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's British Open CUT
The Evian Championship1 Not a major

1 The Evian Championship was added as an LPGA major in 2013.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Onnarin Sattayabanphot Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Onnarin Sattayabanphot - 2005-06 Women's Golf Roster". Purdue University Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Dream Big Profile: Onnarin Sattayabanphot". Big Ten Conference. 16 April 2004. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Onnarin Sattayabanphot". Duramed Futures Tour. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Pagunsan loses steam, shares lead with Thai". The Philippine Star. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open presented by Ally - 2007 Results". LPGA. Ladies Professional Golf Association. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 "ILOVENY Championship". Duramed Futures Tour. 9 September 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Lucky Five Win LPGA Tour Cards for 2008". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 10 September 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Onnarin Sattayabanphot". LPGA. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Ladies Asian Golf Tour History" (PDF). Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 "O Sattaya Profile Detail". LPGA of Japan Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Hoken no Madoguchi Ladies - Leaderboard". LPGA of Japan Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Daikin Orchid Ladies - Leaderboard". LPGA of Japan Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Ricoh Women's British Open - Golf Leaderboard and Results". ESPN. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Pornanong leads Thailand at LPGA International Crown". Bangkok Post. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Onnarin bags 3rd title in Japan". Bangkok Post. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Onnarin storms to a five-stroke victory in Korat". Bangkok Post. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Phatlum begins title defence with a two-stroke lead". The Indian Express. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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