With the victory, Phachara replaces New Zealand sensation Lydia Ko, who won the 2012 New South Wales Open three months prior to her 15th birthday, as the youngest winner of a professional golf event.
"I am really, really happy to win against so many top players," Phachara, who had to qualify for the tournament, said in a statement from the organisers.
"My putting was the key and I also worked very hard with my caddie. We planned everything carefully."
However, Phachara's joy will be short-lived as the daily grind of school life looms large on his horizon.
"Tomorrow (Monday) is a public holiday and the first thing I need to do is call my friends and catch up on homework," he added after his four-under-par final round 67 took him to 13-under for the tournament.
Fellow Thai Prom Meesawat, who finished tied for second with Sutijet Kooratanapisan, was simply stunned by the teenager's performance.
"It is amazing to see a kid play like that. I had a bogey-free round but look at what he did!" Prom said.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by John O'Brien)
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