Ken Tanigawa | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Kobe, Japan | December 26, 1967||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||
Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona | ||
Career | |||
College | University of California, Los Angeles | ||
Turned professional | 1990, [a] 2018 | ||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Nationwide Tour Gateway Tour | ||
Professional wins | 5 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
PGA Tour Champions | 3 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | CUT: 2020 | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | DNP | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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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 Korn Ferry 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]
Source: [5]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | Aug 1, 2002 | Learning 2000 Classic | 66-68-68=202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Mike Louden, Rob Rashell |
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Sep 29, 2018 | PURE Insurance Championship | 67-66-72=205 | −10 | 1 stroke | Marco Dawson, Kirk Triplett |
2 | May 26, 2019 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | 67-74-66-70=277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Scott McCarron |
3 | Aug 18, 2024 | Rogers Charity Classic | 68-61-64=193 | −17 | 2 strokes | Richard Green |
Tournament | 2020 |
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PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Tanigawa only played in the PGA Championship.
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2019 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | 3 shot deficit | −3 (67-74-66-70=277) | 1 stroke | Scott McCarron |
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | T57 | NT | T29 | T18 | T60 | ||
Senior PGA Championship | T23 | 1 | NT | CUT | CUT | T20 | T43 |
U.S. Senior Open | T40 | T33 | NT | CUT | T18 | T42 | CUT |
Senior Players Championship | T20 | T63 | T33 | T37 | 49 | T53 | T70 |
The Senior Open Championship | T76 | NT | T24 | CUT | T57 | T64 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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