Ariya Jutanugarn

Thailand · born November 23, 1995, Bangkok, Thailand

2major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Chevron Championship1 2nd
Women's Open1 win

Summary

First major 2016 AIG Women's Open
Last major 2018 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

2016 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 272 (-16) · 3 strokes from Mirim Lee and Mo Martin
2018 U.S. Women's Open Shoal Creek · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Hyo-Joo Kim

Near misses

2025 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Mao Saigo

Rivals

Beat her

Mao SaigoBeat Ariya Jutanugarn to the 2025 Chevron Championship

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Hyo-Joo KimLost a playoff to Ariya Jutanugarn, 2018 U.S. Women's Open

Moments

2018 U.S. Women's Open Four strokes ahead of Sarah Jane Smith to start Sunday, Jutanugarn stretched her lead to seven before a triple bogey at No. 10 cut it to four; further bogeys, including two closing ones, gave her a 73 and let Hyo-Joo Kim (final-round 67, with a 50-footer on 15) into a playoff.
2018 U.S. Women's Open On the fourth playoff hole (No. 18) both players were in the greenside bunker; Jutanugarn splashed out to within a foot while Kim missed her par putt, and Jutanugarn tapped in to win.

Records and firsts

2018 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Thai champion

Results by championship

Best day

2018 U.S. Women's Open

Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, AL · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Hyo-Joo Kim (sudden death after 2-hole aggregate (Nos. 14 and 18; sudden death on 14 and 18))

Four strokes ahead of Sarah Jane Smith to start Sunday, Jutanugarn stretched her lead to seven before a triple bogey at No. 10 cut it to four; further bogeys, including two closing ones, gave her a 73 and let Hyo-Joo Kim (final-round 67, with a 50-footer on 15) into a playoff.

On the fourth playoff hole (No. 18) both players were in the greenside bunker; Jutanugarn splashed out to within a foot while Kim missed her par putt, and Jutanugarn tapped in to win.

Record: Thai champion

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2018.

Career line, 2016–2025

U.S. Women's Open

2018 U.S. Women's Open: won

Chevron Championship

2025 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Mao Saigo

Women's Open

2016 Women's Open: won

20202025

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Major win
Runner-up

Ariya Jutanugarn was born on November 23, 1995, in Bangkok, Thailand. Jutanugarn won 2 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 Women's British Open (2016) and 1 U.S. Women's Open (2018).

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The record

Wins in the majors (2)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

2016 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 272 (-16) · 3 strokes from Mirim Lee and Mo Martin
2018 U.S. Women's Open Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, AL · 277 (-11) · won a playoff against Hyo-Joo Kim (sudden death after 2-hole aggregate (Nos. 14 and 18; sudden death on 14 and 18))

Near misses

2025 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Mao Saigo

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

2018 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: Thai champion

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.