Chapchai Nirat

  • DOB : 5 June 1983 (1983-06-05) (age 25)Bangkok, Thailand
  • Height : 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
  • Nationality :  Thailand
  • Residence : Bangkok, Thailand
  • Career : Turned professional : 1998
  • Current tour(s) : European TourAsian Tour
  • Professional wins : 4

About

  • Number of wins by tour : European Tour : 1
  • Asian Tour : 3


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 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.