Gunn Charoenkul

Gunn Charoenkul
Personal information
Born (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
All Thailand Golf Tour
Former tour(s)China Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour
Professional wins12
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2023
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019
Achievements and awards
ASEAN PGA Tour
Order of Merit winner		2014, 2016

Gunn Charoenkul (Thai: กัญจน์ เจริญกุล; born 10 April 1992) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on both the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.[1]

Professional career

Gunn was born in Bangkok, Thailand and turned professional in 2011. He won three tournaments on the All Thailand Golf Tour and played on the Asian Tour 2012–2014, where his best finish was T6 at the 2013 Solaire Open at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in the Philippines.[2]

He played on the PGA Tour China 2015–2016, where he won two tournaments, the 2014 Yunnan Open and the 2016 Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open.[3]

Back on the Asian Tour, he was runner-up at the 2016 Queen's Cup in his native Thailand and the 2019 BNI Indonesian Masters, and third at the 2020 Hong Kong Open behind Wade Ormsby and Shane Lowry.[4]

In 2018, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he posted 10 top-10s in 2019.[5] He qualified for the 2019 Open Championship by finishing T3 at the Mizuno Open, but missed the cut.

In early 2020, he reached a career high of 126th on the Official World Golf Ranking, and in 2021 he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo together with Jazz Janewattananond.[6]

Professional wins (12)

China Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 10 Aug 2014 Yulongwan Yunnan Open −21 (61-70-66-66=263) 3 strokes China Zhang Xinjun
2 11 Sep 2016 Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open −21 (65-68-68-66=267) 6 strokes Hong Kong Shun Yat Hak
3 17 Sep 2017 Beijing Classic −16 (67-72-64-69=272) 1 stroke Australia Deyen Lawson

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 19 Aug 2012 Singha E-San Open1 −14 (64-67-70-73=274) Playoff Malaysia Nicholas Fung
2 23 Mar 2014 Singha E-San Open1 (2) −14 (68-71-69-66=274) 2 strokes England Grant Jackson, Thailand Teerawat Poipong
3 20 Jul 2014 Singha Panasonic Hua Hin Open1 −15 (69-66-70-68=273) 1 stroke Thailand Chapchai Nirat
4 31 Jul 2022 Singha Championship −10 (68-70-64-68=270) 1 stroke Thailand Denwit Boriboonsub

1Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 19 Aug 2012 Singha E-San Open1 −14 (64-67-70-73=274) Playoff Malaysia Nicholas Fung
2 23 Mar 2014 Singha E-San Open1 (2) −14 (68-71-69-66=274) 2 strokes England Grant Jackson, Thailand Teerawat Poipong
3 31 May 2014 Melaka Championship2 −7 (67-74-70-70=281) 3 strokes Malaysia Iylia Jamil
4 20 Jul 2014 Singha Panasonic Hua Hin Open1 −15 (69-66-70-68=273) 1 stroke Thailand Chapchai Nirat
5 23 Jul 2016 Jimei Korea Kulim Championship2 −20 (66-69-70-63=268) 4 strokes Malaysia Ben Leong, Thailand Poom Saksansin

1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

Philippine Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 May 2017 ICTSI Orchard Championship −7 (75-68-67-71=281) 1 stroke Philippines Clyde Mondilla

Thailand PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 19 Jul 2020 Singha-SAT Hua Hin Championship −19 (68-62-64=194) 6 strokes Thailand Prom Meesawat
2 2 Aug 2020 Singha-SAT Nakhon Nayok Classic −12 (67-64-70=201) Playoff Thailand Nirun Sae-ueng

Results in major championships

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. ^ "Gunn Charoenkul Bio". PGA Tour China. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Lin is the last action hero at the Solaire Open". 14 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Strong finish leaves Hak in three-way tie for second in Chongqing". The Standard. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Gunn Charoenkul". Asian Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Gunn Charoenkul Career Record". Japan Golf Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Gunn relishing Olympic opportunity". Asian Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.