First hit the headlines two months after his 14th birthday in 2013 when he became the youngest-ever winner of a professional golf tournament by taking the Sing Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour. At 15 and by then a professional he added an Asian Development Tour victory - another age record.

Almost became the second youngest winner in European Tour history, losing in the final of the ISPS Handa World Super 6 in Perth to Brett Rumford.

Khongwatmai's name translates as "diamond" in Thai.