Chapchai Nirat | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Bangkok, Thailand | 5 June 1983
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Sporting nationality | Thailand |
Residence | Bangkok, Thailand |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1998 |
Current tour(s) | Asian Tour All Thailand Golf Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 11 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 1 |
Asian Tour | 4 |
Other | 7 |
Chapchai Nirat (Thai: ชัพชัย นิราช; born 5 June 1983) is a Thai professional golfer.
Chapchai is the son of a Thai national team golfer, and turned professional in 1998 as a fifteen-year-old. He won for the first time as a pro at the 2004 Genting Masters in Malaysia. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005, and had a second-place finish in his rookie season. In 2007 he won the TCL Classic, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour and the Hana Bank Vietnam Masters. He was the third Thai to win a European Tour event.
In March 2009, Nirat shot 32-under-par over 72 holes to claim the SAIL Open, setting a new Asian Tour record for the best 72-hole score.[1]