Moriya Jutanugarn

Moriya Jutanugarn
โมรียา จุฑานุกาล
Personal information
NicknameMo
Born (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)[1]
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2013)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT6: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT6: 2020
Women's British Open9th: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2017
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year2013

Moriya Jutanugarn (Thai: โมรียา จุฑานุกาล; RTGSMoriya Chuthanukan; born 28 July 1994) is a Thai professional golfer.

In 2009, Jutanugarn became the first female to win the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy. In 2013, she was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. She has played on the LPGA Tour since 2013.[2]

Her sister, Ariya, also plays on the LPGA Tour. Moriya won her first event in her 156th start at the 2018 Hugel-JTBC LA Open. Moriya and Ariya are the second set of sisters to win on the LPGA, after Charlotta and Annika Sörenstam.[3] In July 2021, she secured her second LPGA win alongside her sister, Ariya, at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Michigan.[4]

  1. ^ Profile on Yahoo! Sports Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Moriya Jutanugarn bio". LPGA. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Moriya Jutanugarn wins LPGA L.A. tourney for first tour win". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn shoot 11-under 59 to win LPGA's Great Lakes Bay Invitational". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.