Jazz Janewattananond


Atiwit "Jazz" Janewattananond is a Thai professional golfer who plays on both the Asian and European Tours.

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.
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. 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 and 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.

Background

Janewattananond was born in Bangkok, Thailand. His nickname comes from his father, an avid 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.
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.

Professional wins (10)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
14 Feb 2017Bashundhara Bangladesh Open−17 4 strokes Siddikur Rahman
21 Jul 2018Queen's Cup−19 4 strokes Gaganjeet Bhullar
320 Jan 2019SMBC Singapore Open1−18 2 strokes Paul Casey, Yoshinori Fujimoto
423 Jun 2019Kolon Korea Open2−6 1 stroke Hwang Inn-choon
515 Dec 2019BNI Indonesian Masters−23 5 strokes Gunn Charoenkul
622 Dec 2019Thailand Masters−23 5 strokes Thomas Detry, Phachara Khongwatmai,
Suradit Yongcharoenchai

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

MENA Tour wins (1)

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (3)

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.
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

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional