Chapchai Nirat

Chapchai Nirat
Chapchai Nirat
Personal information
Full name	Chapchai Nirat
Born	5 June 1983 (age 40); Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationality	Thailand
Residence	Bangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Asian Tour	4
Other	1

Chapchai Nirat (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]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Mar 2007	TCL Classic (co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour)	−22 (61-66-68-71=266)	3 strokes	Rafa Echenique

Asian Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Mar 2007	TCL Classic (co-sanctioned by the European Tour)	−22 (61-66-68-71=266)	3 strokes	Rafa Echenique
2	25 Nov 2007	Hana Bank Vietnam Masters	−12 (68-71-70-67=276)	2 strokes	Chawalit Plaphol, Simon Griffiths
3	21 Mar 2009	SAIL Open	−32 (62-62-65-67=256)	11 strokes	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Richard Moir
4	21 Sep 2014	Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters	−10 (68-69-69-68=274)	Playoff	Antonio Lascuña