Prayad Marksaeng

Prayad Marksaeng (Thai: ประหยัด มากแสง, born 30 January 1966) is a Thai professional golfer.

Prayad Marksaeng
ประหยัด มากแสง
Personal information
Born (1966-01-30) 30 January 1966
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality Thailand
ResidenceHua Hin, Thailand
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins48
Highest ranking47 (29 March 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Asian Tour10 (Tied 3rd all time)
Other31
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2009
PGA ChampionshipT15: 2008
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1999, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2017
Achievements and awards
Japan Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner		2016, 2017, 2018

Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He has won seven events on the tour, becoming one of the first ten men to reach a million U.S. dollars in career earnings. He has also competed on the Japan Golf Tour and in 2008 won three tournaments in Japan.

Prayad represented Thailand at the 2007 and 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup and has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Prayad received a special invitation to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament.[2] Marksaeng shot an 82 (+10) in the first round and withdrew midway through the second round due to a back injury.[3]

At the age of 50, Prayad won the SMBC Singapore Open by one stroke over Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Juvic Pagunsan and Song Young-han. This event was co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. This win also guaranteed him a place in the 2017 Open Championship.[4]

Professional wins (48)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 1 Jun 2008 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf −10 (70-70-66-68=274) 1 stroke Shintaro Kai
2 22 Jun 2008 Gateway to the Open
Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic		 −15 (69-66-69-65=269) 1 stroke Azuma Yano
3 23 Nov 2008 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −8 (68-70-67-71=276) 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
4 17 Mar 2013 Thailand Open1 −24 (68-67-65-64=264) 2 strokes Scott Strange
5 26 Jul 2015 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open −24 (69-65-67-63=264) 1 stroke Song Young-han
6 22 Jan 2017 SMBC Singapore Open2 −9 (71-69-68-67=275) 1 stroke Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger,
Juvic Pagunsan, Song Young-han

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2007 Woodone Open Hiroshima Toru Taniguchi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (10)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 2 Jun 1996 Volvo China Open −19 (70-66-67-66=269) 9 strokes Hsieh Yu-shu
2 5 Oct 1997 Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship −11 (71-71-65-70=277) 1 stroke Kasiyadi
3 23 Nov 1997 Lexus Thai International −18 (70-69-65-66=270) 1 stroke Arjun Atwal
4 20 Feb 2000 Casino Filipino Open −5 (72-70-70-71=283) 1 stroke Mike Cunning, Tatsuhiko Ichihara,
Ted Purdy
5 2 Oct 2005 Crowne Plaza Open −8 (72-70-70-68=280) Playoff Marcus Both
6 9 Dec 2007 Volvo Masters of Asia −13 (67-71-68-69=275) 1 strokes Chris Rodgers
7 16 Jun 2013 Queen's Cup −14 (71-64-68-67=270) 3 strokes Arnond Vongvanij
8 19 Jan 2014
(2013 season)		 King's Cup Golf Hua Hin −12 (68-71-71-66=276) 1 strokes Rikard Karlberg
9 21 Jun 2015 Queen's Cup (2) −14 (69-65-71-65=270) 2 stroke Thanyakon Khrongpha
10 22 Jan 2017 SMBC Singapore Open1 −9 (71-69-68-67=275) 1 stroke Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger,
Juvic Pagunsan, Song Young-han

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Crowne Plaza Open Marcus Both Won with birdie on first extra hole

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (18)
  • 2000 Singha Masters
  • 2004 Singha Masters
  • 2005 Singha Pattaya Open
  • 2007 B-Ing TPC Championships, Singha E-San Open
  • 2008 Singha Masters
  • 2009 Singha Championship
  • 2010 Singha Classic
  • 2012 Singha Masters
  • 2013 Singha E-San Open, Road To Panasonic Open Singha Bangkok Open
  • 2014 Singha Pattaya Open, Singha All Thailand Grand Final
  • 2015 Singha Pattaya Open, Singha Chiangmai Open, Singha Masters
  • 2016 Singha Hua Hin Open, Singha Chiangmai Open

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (15)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament WD CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T15 CUT

Note: Marksaeng never played in the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20082009
Match Play R64
Championship T13
Invitational T68 T36
Champions T51
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

See also

References
  1. "Week 13 2009 Ending 29 Mar 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour. Associated Press. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.
  3. "Prayad suffers abrupt end in Masters debut". 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012.
  4. "Prayad Marksaeng books Open spot with Singapore Open victory". Sky Sports. 22 January 2017.
  5. "Prayad triumphs in Japan". Asian Tour. 1 August 2016.
  6. "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2017". PGA Web-Magazine.
  7. "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2018". PGA Web-Magazine.
  8. "PGA Senior Tour Schedule & Score 2019". PGA Web-Magazine.
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