Ken Tanigawa

Ken Tanigawa
Personal information
Born (1967-12-26) December 26, 1967 (age 51)
Kobe, Japan
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Nationality United States
ResidenceDublin, Ohio
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional1990
re-instated amateur c. 2010
2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)Nationwide Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions2
Other1
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Champions
Rookie of the Year
2018

Ken Tanigawa (born December 26, 1967) is an American professional golfer.

Tanigawa was born in Kobe, Japan.[1] He played college golf at UCLA and turned professional after graduating in 1990.[1]

Tanigawa played on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 1991 and again in 2003. His best finish was T-41 at the 2003 Price Cutter Charity Championship. He played on the Japan Golf Tour in 1996 and 1997 with a best finish of T-9 at the 1996 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament. He quit playing professionally and was re-instated as an amateur.[2][3] He won a number of amateur tournaments in Arizona in the mid-2010s.[4][5]

Tanigawa qualified for the 2018 PGA Tour Champions via qualifying school, competing as an amateur and turning professional again in 2018.[2] He won on the tour at the PURE Insurance Championship in September 2018.[3]

In January 2019, Tanigawa was awarded the 2018 PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year award.[6]

On May 26, 2019, Tanigawa won a senior major tournament, the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York. Tanigawa came from three strokes behind in the final round and holed a 10 foot par putt on the 72nd hole to edge out Scott McCarron and claim victory by a single stroke.[7]

Amateur wins

  • 2014 Arizona Mid-Amateur
  • 2015 Arizona Amateur, Arizona Mid-Amateur
  • 2017 Arizona Amateur

Source:[5]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 29, 2018 PURE Insurance Championship 67-66-72=205 −10 1 stroke United States Marco Dawson, United States Kirk Triplett
2 May 26, 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 67-74-66-70=277 −3 1 stroke United States Scott McCarron

Other wins

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2019 Senior PGA Championship 3 shot deficit −3 (67-74-66-70=277) 1 strokes United States Scott McCarron

Senior results timeline

Tournament 2018 2019
The Tradition T57
Senior PGA Championship T23 1
U.S. Senior Open T40 T33
Senior Players Championship T20 T63
The Senior Open Championship T76
  Win
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

  1. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "AZ Amateur champ Ken Tanigawa qualifies for Champions Tour". amateurgolf.com. December 3, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa eagles 18th to win Champions event at Pebble Beach". ESPN. Associated Press. September 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Vailliencourt, Andrew (August 5, 2017). "Ken Tanigawa wins 93rd Arizona Amateur Championship". azcentral.com.
  5. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Bernhard Langer named PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year for eighth time". PGA Tour. January 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Strege, John (May 26, 2019). "Ken Tanigawa's improbable journey continues with a win in Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill". Golf Digest. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

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