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Jazz Janewattananond Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020

Exempt after becoming the Asian Tou's No. 1 for 2019, his season was completed by back-to-back victories in the BNI Indonesian Masters and Thailand Open, where he produced a third-round 60.

Janewattananond was born in Bangkok, Thailand. His real name is Atiwit, but he switched to his nickname Jazz which was given by his father, a judge, due to the latter's preference for jazz music. At the age of 14 years and 71 days, he became the youngest golfer to make the cut on the Asian Tour at the Asian Tour International in Nakhon Pathom in 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.

He had a two-week stint as a monk in his native Thailand at the end of the 2016 golf season and credited that time spent inside the temple for his maiden Asian Tour win at the 2017 Bangladesh Open.

Jazz won his first Asian Tour title at the 2017 Bashundhara Bangladesh Open by four strokes. The victory was especially sweet for him as he finished outside the top 60 on the 2016 Order of Merit, and he had lost his Asian Tour card for the first time since 2013 and missed the grade at the Qualifying School for the 2017 season, which left him with limited opportunities for the year.

2017 Notes: Played in 21 Asian Tour events and made 15 cuts. He had six top-10 finishes as he placed 9th in the order of merit with winnings of $314,988. He won for the first time at the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open. He got great news later in the year when he chipped in for an eagle at the final hole of the 2017 European Qualifying School Final Stage to earn a European Tour card for 2018 on the number after he finished T-25th.

2018 Notes: On the Asian Tour, played in 22 events, making 19 cuts. Had eight top-10 finishes, won the Queens Cup by four shots over Gaganjeet Bhullar. A week later, he finished T-2nd at the Sarawak Championship, a shot behind winner John Catlin. Later in the year, he was 2nd at the BNI Indonesian Masters, three shots behind Poom Saksansin. Had winnings of $367,309 for the year and finished 9th on the order of merit. On the European Tour, played in 16 events, making eight cuts with one top-10 finish, T-6th at the Nordea Masters.

2019 Notes: Played in 15 Asian Tour events, making 13 cuts with 11 top-10 finishes. Won the Asian Tour Order of Merit with $1,058,525. Won the SMBC Singapore Open by two strokes over Paul Casey and Yoshinori Fujimoto. Finished 4th at the New Zealand Open, 3rd at the Maybank Championship, T-5th at the Bangabandhu Cup, and T-4th at the Singha Chiang Mai Open on the All Thailand Golf Tour. Won the Kolon Korea Open again.

At the PGA Championship, Janewattananond was in the second-to-last group entering the final round, T-2nd and seven strokes behind Brooks Koepka, but shot a closing 77 to finish T-14th. At the end of the year, he won the BNI Indonesian Masters and the Thailand Masters.

2019 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 17; In Money - 16; Top-10 Finishes - 6; Scoring Average - 70.47 (rank 5th); Money - yen59,824,922 or $63,350, (rank 11th); Best finish: Win, SMBC Singapore Open.

2020 Notes: Played in 12 European Tour events making seven cuts with one top-ten finish. Was 122nd in the Race to Dubai, earning euro195,602. He also played in ten events on the PGA Tour with five cuts made and the best finish of T-14th at the WGC-HSBC Champions. On the Asian Tour finished 4th at the Hong Kong Open and 3rd at The SMBC Singapore Open, four shots behind winner Matt Kuchar. On the European Tour was T-3rd at the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open, three shots back of winner John Catlin. Ended his season T-57th at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.

2021 Notes: Played in 23 DP World Tour events making 14 cuts with three top-ten finishes. He was 77th in the Race to Dubai. Finished 2nd at the Kenya Savannah Classic, losing a playoff to Daniel Van Tonder. His next start was T-11th at the Betfred British Masters. Was T-9th at the Dutch Open, finished the year T-4th at the AVIV Dubai Championship, three shots back of winner Joachim B. Hansen.

2022 Notes: Played in 26 DP World Tour events making 15 cuts with two top-ten finishes. He was 116th in the Race to Dubai. Was T-9th at the Cazoo Open and T-6th at the Mallorca Golf Open. At the end of the year won the International Series Morocco by a shot over Richard Taehoon Lee. Ended the year with a T-6th finish at the BNI Indonesian Masters.

2023 Notes: Was T-6th at International Series Thailand, T-6th at the World City Championship, and T-4th a the International Series Vietnam. On the DP World Tour, was T-9th at the ISPS Handa Championship.