Kelly Tan | ||||||||||||
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
Born | Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia | 26 October 1993|||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||
Sporting nationality | Malaysia | |||||||||||
Career | ||||||||||||
Turned professional | 2013 | |||||||||||
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour | |||||||||||
Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour | |||||||||||
Professional wins | 1 | |||||||||||
Number of wins by tour | ||||||||||||
Epson Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
Best results in LPGA major championships | ||||||||||||
Chevron Championship | T37: 2020 | |||||||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | T13: 2020 | |||||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | T32: 2016 | |||||||||||
Women's British Open | CUT: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022 | |||||||||||
Evian Championship | T43: 2022 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly Tan (born 26 October 1993) is a Malaysian professional golfer who competes on the LPGA Tour. [1]
Tan is a former member of the Malaysian junior national team. [2]
Tan earned her LPGA Tour card for 2014 via qualifying school. [3]
Tan qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics [4] and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]
Tan's first professional win came at the 2019 Florida's Natural Charity Classic on the Symetra Tour.
Source: [6]
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Chevron Championship | T50 | T37 | T63 | CUT | CUT | |||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T53 | T30 | CUT | T13 | CUT | T40 | |||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T32 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
The Evian Championship | CUT | T70 | CUT | NT | T43 | |||||
Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
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