Prayad Marksaeng

Prayad Marksaeng (Thai: ประหยัด มากแสง; born 30 January 1966) is a Thai professional golfer.

Prayad Marksaeng ประหยัด มากแสง
Personal information
Born	(1966-01-30) 30 January 1966 (age 59)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality	Thailand
Residence	Hua Hin, Thailand
Career
Turned professional	1991
Current tour(s)	Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour All Thailand Golf Tour ASEAN PGA Tour
Professional wins	56
Highest ranking	47 (29 March 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Asian Tour	10 (Tied-4th all-time)
Other	39
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2009
PGA Championship	T15: 2008
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1999, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
Achievements and awards
Asian PGA Tour Players' Player of the Year 1997 All Thailand Golf Tour Order of Merit winner 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 ASEAN PGA Tour Order of Merit winner 2015 Japan PGA Senior Tour Order of Merit winner 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022

Career

Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He has won seven events on the tour, becoming one of the first ten men to reach a million U.S. dollars in career earnings. He has also competed on the Japan Golf Tour and in 2008 won three tournaments in Japan.

Prayad represented Thailand at the 2007 and 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup and has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Prayad received a special invitation to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament.^[2] Marksaeng shot an 82 (+10) in the first round and withdrew midway through the second round due to a back injury.^[3]

At the age of 50, Prayad won the SMBC Singapore Open by one stroke over Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Juvic Pagunsan and Song Young-han. This event was co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. This win also guaranteed him a place in the 2017 Open Championship.^[4]

Professional wins (56)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Jun 2008	Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf	−10 (70-70-66-68=274)	1 stroke	Shintaro Kai
2	22 Jun 2008	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	−15 (69-66-69-65=269)	1 stroke	Azuma Yano
3	23 Nov 2008	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−8 (68-70-67-71=276)	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa
4	17 Mar 2013	Thailand Open1	−24 (68-67-65-64=264)	2 strokes	Scott Strange
5	26 Jul 2015	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	−24 (69-65-67-63=264)	1 stroke	Song Young-han
6	22 Jan 2017	SMBC Singapore Open2	−9 (71-69-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Juvic Pagunsan, Song Young-han

¹Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2007	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Toru Taniguchi	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Jun 1996	Volvo China Open	−19 (70-66-67-66=269)	9 strokes	Hsieh Yu-shu
2	5 Oct 1997	Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship	−11 (71-71-65-70=277)	1 stroke	Kasiyadi
3	23 Nov 1997	Lexus Thai International	−18 (70-69-65-66=270)	1 stroke	Arjun Atwal
4	20 Feb 2000	Casino Filipino Open	−5 (72-70-70-71=283)	1 stroke	Mike Cunning, Tatsuhiko Ichihara, Ted Purdy
5	2 Oct 2005	Crowne Plaza Open	−8 (72-70-70-68=280)	Playoff	Marcus Both
6	9 Dec 2007	Volvo Masters of Asia	−13 (67-71-68-69=275)	1 stroke	Chris Rodgers
7	16 Jun 2013	Queen's Cup	−14 (71-64-68-67=270)	3 strokes	Arnond Vongvanij
8	19 Jan 2014 (2013 season)	King's Cup Golf Hua Hin	−12 (68-71-71-66=276)	1 stroke	Rikard Karlberg
9	21 Jun 2015	Queen's Cup (2)	−14 (69-65-71-65=270)	2 strokes	Thanyakon Khrongpha
10	22 Jan 2017	SMBC Singapore Open1	−9 (71-69-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Juvic Pagunsan, Song Young-han

¹Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2005	Crowne Plaza Open	Marcus Both	Won with birdie on first extra hole

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (18)

• 2000 Singha Masters
• 2004 Singha Masters
• 2005 Singha Pattaya Open
• 2007 B-Ing TPC Championships, Singha E-San Open¹
• 2008 Singha Masters
• 2009 Singha Championship
• 2010 Singha Classic
• 2012 Singha Masters
• 2013 Singha E-San Open¹, Road To Panasonic Open Singha Bangkok Open
• 2014 Singha Pattaya Open¹, Singha All Thailand Grand Final
• 2015 Singha Pattaya Open¹, Singha Chiang Mai Open¹, Singha Masters
• 2016 Singha Hua Hin Open¹, Singha Chiang Mai Open

¹Co-sanctioned by the ASEAN PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Dec 2007	Singha E-San Open1	−19 (67-69-64-65=265)	Playoff	Boonchu Ruangkit
2	17 Feb 2013	Singha E-San Open1 (2)	−14 (66-70-66-72=274)	Playoff	Baek Seuk-hyun, Thanyakon Khrongpha, Sattaya Supupramai
3	13 Apr 2014	Singha Pattaya Open1	−20 (64-67-68-69=268)	1 stroke	Kwanchai Tannin
4	29 Mar 2015	Singha Pattaya Open1 (2)	−22 (66-69-60-67=262)	4 strokes	Piya Swangarunporn
5	9 Aug 2015	Singha Chiang Mai Open1	−18 (66-67-68-65=266)	1 stroke	Jazz Janewattananond
6	8 May 2016	Singha Hua Hin Open1	−13 (68-68-66-69=271)	1 stroke	Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Prom Meesawat

¹Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

Thailand PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	17 Mar 2018	Singha-SAT Lamphun Championship	−21 (61-63-66-69=259)	4 strokes	Thanyakon Khrongpha

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	31 Jul 2016	Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior	−13 (68-63=131)	2 strokes	Kiyoshi Maita
2	10 Sep 2016	Komatsu Open	−17 (65-67-67=199)	5 strokes	Lu Wen-teh, Kazuhiro Takami
3	18 Sep 2016	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship	−12 (68-71-70-67=276)	3 strokes	Toru Suzuki
4	9 Oct 2016	Japan PGA Senior Championship Sumitomo Corporation Summit Cup	−20 (66-69-64-69=268)	8 strokes	Barry Lane
5	3 Jun 2017	Sumida Cup Senior Golf Tournament	−16 (66-67-67=200)	1 stroke	Park Boo-won
6	11 Jun 2017	Starts Senior Golf Tournament	−16 (66-67-67=200)	1 stroke	Ryoken Kawagishi, Katsumi Kubo, Ikuo Shirahama
7	17 Sep 2017	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship (2)	−18 (63-63-70-74=270)	4 strokes	Kōki Idoki, Toru Suzuki
8	4 Nov 2017	Fujifilm Senior Championship	−11 (73-65-67=205)	2 strokes	Takeshi Sakiyama
9	20 May 2018	Fubon Yeangder Senior Cup	−12 (67-67-70=204)	1 stroke	Lu Chien-soon
10	10 Jun 2018	Starts Senior Golf Tournament (2)	−13 (68-65-70=203)	2 strokes	Katsumi Kubo
11	15 Jul 2018	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship (3)	−5 (74-68-67-70=279)	5 strokes	Toru Taniguchi
12	5 Aug 2018	Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior (2)	−9 (65-70=135)	1 stroke	Katsumi Kubo, Takeshi Sakiyama, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
13	19 Aug 2018	Fancl Classic	−13 (66-72-65=203)	Playoff	Gregory Meyer
14	25 Aug 2019	Fancl Classic (2)	−9 (68-67-72=207)	Playoff	Suk Jong-yul, Naoyuki Tamura
15	8 Sep 2019	Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior (3)	−10 (68-66=134)	1 stroke	Hidezumi Shirakata
16	18 Sep 2022	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship (4)	−12 (70-66-70-70=276)	4 strokes	Hiroyuki Fujita
17	9 Oct 2022	Japan PGA Senior Championship Sumitomo Corporation Summit Cup (2)	−13 (68-70-70-67=275)	5 strokes	Katsumasa Miyamoto
18	16 Oct 2022	Trust Group Cup Sasebo Senior Open	−13 (65-66=131)	4 strokes	Hiroo Kawai, Katsumasa Miyamoto
19	23 Oct 2022	ISPS Handa Yappariomoshiroi Senior Tournament	−12 (68-67-66=201)	3 strokes	Mitsuhiro Watanabe
20	30 Oct 2022	Fukuoka Senior Open	−7 (69-68=137)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita
21	4 Nov 2022	Cosmohealth Cup Senior Tournament	−9 (68-67=135)	3 strokes	Tomoyuki Hirano
22	27 Aug 2023	Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior (4)	−11 (67-66=133)	Playoff	Hiroaki Iijima

Results in major championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Masters Tournament										WD	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT									CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT					CUT
PGA Championship										T15	CUT

Note: Marksaeng never played in the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2008	2009
Match Play		R64
Championship		T13
Invitational	T68	T36
Champions		T51

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

• Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (winners), 2005 (winners)
• World Cup (representing Thailand): 1994, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2009 (winners), 2010
• EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2014, 2016
• Amata Friendship Cup (representing Thailand): 2018 (winners)

See also

• List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins