Jazz Janewattananond

Jazz Janewattananond
Jazz Janewattananond
	Janewattananond at the 2022 Cazoo Open
Personal information
Full name	Atiwit Janewattananond
Nickname	Jazz
Born	26 November 1995 (age 28); Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sporting nationality	Thailand
Career
Turned professional	2010
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour; Korean Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Japan Golf Tour; All Thailand Golf Tour
Professional wins	11
Highest ranking	38 (12 January 2020); (as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	1
Asian Tour	7 (Tied-9th all-time)
Other	5
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T51: 2020
PGA Championship	T14: 2019
U.S. Open	CUT: 2020
The Open Championship	T46: 2021
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; Rookie of the Year
Japan Golf Tour; Rookie of the Year	2019
Asian Tour; Order of Merit winner	2019
Asian Tour; Players' Player of the Year	2019

Atiwit "Jazz" Janewattananond (Thai: อติวิชญ์ "แจ๊ส" เจนวัฒนานนท์; born 26 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour and formerly the European Tour.

Professional career

Janewattananond turned professional in December 2010. In September 2011 he played in his first Japan Golf Tour event, the 2011 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open, where he made the cut and finished tied for 65th.^[2]

Janewattananond achieved his first career win on the Asian Tour in February 2017 at the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open. He won again during the 2018 season at the Queen's Cup in his home county, Thailand. He also qualified for the 2018 Open Championship, but failed to make the cut.

In January 2019, Janewattananond won the SMBC Singapore Open by two shots, a tournament co-sanctioned by the Japan Tour and the Asian Tour. This win brought him into the world top 100 and secured him a place in the 2019 Open Championship.^[3] His position in the world top 100 also gave him a place in the 2019 PGA Championship where he finished tied for 14th place. He had been tied for second place after three rounds but a final round 77 dropped him down the field. He won three more Asian Tour events in 2019, winning the Kolon Korea Open in June, the BNI Indonesian Masters and the Thailand Masters in December. His Indonesian Masters win lifted him into the world top-50 for the first time and earned him a place in the 2020 Masters Tournament.

Janewattananond recorded his best finish on the European Tour with a second-place finish at the Kenya Savannah Classic in March 2021. He was defeated in a playoff by Daniel van Tonder.^[4]

In November 2022, Janewattananond won the International Series Morocco on the Asian Tour. He shot a final-round 67 to claim his seventh Asian Tour title.^[5]

Background

Janewattananond was born in Bangkok, Thailand. His nickname comes from his father, a fan of jazz music. At the age of 14 years and 71 days he became the youngest golfer to make the cut on the Asian Tour, which he achieved at the 2010 Asian Tour International in Nakhon Pathom.^[6]

Janewattananond took a brief sabbatical from golf at the end of the 2016 European Tour season to join the monkhood, to which he credited the subsequent upturn in his performances on the golf course.^[7]

Professional wins (11)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	20 Jan 2019	SMBC Singapore Open¹	−18 (68-68-65-65=266)	2 strokes	Paul Casey, Yoshinori Fujimoto

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (7)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 Feb 2017	Bashundhara Bangladesh Open	−17 (64-67-69-67=267)	4 strokes	Siddikur Rahman
2	1 Jul 2018	Queen's Cup	−19 (64-66-68-67=265)	4 strokes	Gaganjeet Bhullar
3	20 Jan 2019	SMBC Singapore Open¹	−18 (68-68-65-65=266)	2 strokes	Paul Casey, Yoshinori Fujimoto
4	23 Jun 2019	Kolon Korea Open²	−6 (70-67-69-72=278)	1 stroke	Hwang Inn-choon
5	15 Dec 2019	BNI Indonesian Masters	−23 (68-70-62-65=265)	5 strokes	Gunn Charoenkul
6	22 Dec 2019	Thailand Masters	−23 (69-67-60-65=261)	5 strokes	Thomas Detry, Phachara Khongwatmai, Suradit Yongcharoenchai
7	6 Nov 2022	International Series Morocco	−12 (71-70-72-67=280)	1 stroke	Richard T. Lee

¹Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	23 Jun 2019	Kolon Korea Open¹	−6 (70-67-69-72=278)	1 stroke	Hwang Inn-choon

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

MENA Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	4 May 2017	Mahasamutr Masters	−6 (70-68-72=210)	Playoff	Varanyu Rattanaphaibulkij

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Jun 2013	Road to Panasonic Open Singha All Thailand Championship	−22 (64-69-70-63=266)	5 strokes	Gunn Charoenkul, Thanyakon Khrongpha
2	22 May 2016	Singha Classic	−11 (71-66-72-64=273)	1 stroke	Panuphol Pittayarat, Atthaphon Sribookaew
3	9 Jul 2017	Singha Classic (2)	−16 (68-66-73-61=268)	1 stroke	Panuphol Pittayarat

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Kenya Savannah Classic	Daniel van Tonder	Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2023
Masters Tournament			T51
PGA Championship		T14	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open			CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	NT	T46	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2019	2020
Championship		T53
Match Play		NT¹
Invitational		T59
Champions	T14	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional

Amata Friendship Cup (representing Thailand): 2018 (winners)

References

^ "Week 2 2020 Ending 12 Jan 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ Jazz Janewattananond – 2011 Japan Golf Tour results
^ "Jazz finds winning rhythm at the SMBC Singapore Open". Asian Tour. 20 January 2019.
^ "45/1 tip Daniel Van Tonder wins Kenya Open in dramatic fashion". Sporting Life. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ "Thai star Jazz Janewattananond wins Asian Tour's International Series Morocco with eagle, birdie finish". Golf Matters. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ Teen star Atiwit quits national team after TGA row
^ McEwan, Michael (18 May 2019). "The surprising past of US PGA hopeful Jazz Janewattananond". bunkered.

External links

Jazz Janewattananond at the Asian Tour official site
Jazz Janewattananond at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Jazz Janewattananond at the European Tour official site
Jazz Janewattananond at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w202002-1] "Week 2 2020 Ending 12 Jan 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[2] Jazz Janewattananond – 2011 Japan Golf Tour results

[3] "Jazz finds winning rhythm at the SMBC Singapore Open". Asian Tour. 20 January 2019.

[4] "45/1 tip Daniel Van Tonder wins Kenya Open in dramatic fashion". Sporting Life. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[5] "Thai star Jazz Janewattananond wins Asian Tour's International Series Morocco with eagle, birdie finish". Golf Matters. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

[6] Teen star Atiwit quits national team after TGA row

[7] McEwan, Michael (18 May 2019). "The surprising past of US PGA hopeful Jazz Janewattananond". bunkered.

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