Pavit Tangkamolprasert is headed to the DP World Tour and, for the first time, golf’s majors. The Thai golfer clinched the Asian Tour Order of Merit on Sunday, Nov. 15, earning a DP World Tour card and exemptions into The Open and PGA Championship in 2027.

“Feels like a dream comes true, you know,” he said after tying for 44th at the season-ending Philippine Open to seal the title. Australia’s Travis Smyth, the only player left in the field who could catch him, tied for 12th.

DP World Tour Card and Majors

For the first time, the Order of Merit champion receives a DP World Tour card. It is the result of the multi-year partnership forged with the DP World Tour and PGA Tour in July.

Pavit will also earn exemptions into The Open and the PGA Championship through the International Federation list in 2027. That is particularly rewarding, as he has never played in a major before.

The rewards cap a career that began on the Asian Tour at the 2007 Singapore Open, when Pavit was 18. He is the first player to win both the Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour (ADT) Orders of Merit, having claimed the latter in 2014.

Pavit is already looking ahead to next year. “Gotta work harder now because big tournaments are coming up next year, and Asian Tour is getting stronger. The standard is very high now.

“When I first came here, the cut was still over par, but now every week it’s under par. That’s good. This is good for everyone,” he said.

Pavit Tangkamolprasert’s Order of Merit Rise

Pavit finished with 1,373.67 points, 147.99 more than Smyth, who needed a top-two finish at the Philippine Open to have any chance of catching him. Minhyuk Song of South Korea, the Philippine Open winner, ended third.

Pavit did not miss a cut in 14 starts, finished runner-up twice and added three other top-10s. He earned US$571,044.63 across the season.

His runner-up finishes came at the Philippine Golf Championship and the International Series Japan. He then won the Yeangder TPC in September, followed by tied-for-seventh results at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters and the SJM Macao Open.

He becomes the fifth Thai to win the Order of Merit, joining Thongchai Jaidee, Thaworn Wiratchant, Jazz Janewattananond and Kiradech Aphibarnrat. He also has three Asian Tour wins and eight ADT trophies, the most by any player on that circuit.