Seungsu Han

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Seungsu Han
Personal information
Full nameHan Seung-su
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986 (age 37)
Incheon, South Korea
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Career
College University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 78 (January 7, 2018) [1]
(as of December 31, 2023)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Asian Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T50: 2018
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2023

Han Seung-su (born September 10, 1986), commonly known as Seungsu Han, is a Korean-American professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He has also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning the 2017 Casio World Open. He also won the 2023 Kolon Korea Open.

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Amateur career

Han was born in South Korea. He attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. [2] Han turned professional after earning a place on the 2009 Nationwide Tour.

Professional career

Han had an unsuccessful first season on the Nationwide Tour, making the cut in only 6 out of 24 events he played and failing to retain his place on the tour. He played on the Asian Tour in 2010, again with little success. He played a few events on the Canadian Tour in 2012 and on the Japan Golf Tour in 2014.

Han played on the Japan Golf Tour again in 2016 with more success and has played regularly on the tour since then. His best season on the tour was 2017 when he won the Casio World Open, was runner-up twice and third a further three times. He finished the season 5th in the money list. He was also a runner-up in the Genesis Championship on the 2017 Korean Tour. His good performances in 2017 lifted him into the top 100 of the world rankings in late 2017 and for the first half of 2018, earning him an invitation to the 2018 PGA Championship, his first major championship. After a first round 74 he had a 66 to just make the cut and after further rounds of 66 and 72 he finished in a tie for 50th place.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Nov 26, 2017 Casio World Open −13 (71-73-65-66=275)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Ishikawa, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones,
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-tae, Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Fujisankei Classic Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Kodaira, Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Hyun-woo Ryu won with par on first extra hole
2 2019 ANA Open Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Asaji, Flag of Japan.svg Terumichi Kakazu,
Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Norris, Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu 		Asaji won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Jun 2023 Kolon Korea Open 1−6 (66-69-72-71=278)6 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
18 Nov 2020 LG Signature Players Championship −17 (66-69-70-66=271)1 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hyun
225 Jun 2023 Kolon Korea Open 1−6 (66-69-72-71=278)6 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Kyung-nam

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 LG Signature Players Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Yeong-su Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament201820192020202120222023
PGA Championship T50
The Open Championship NTCUT

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Han only played in the PGA Championship and The Open Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 1 2018 Ending 7 Jan 2018" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2005-06 Men's Golf Roster Seung-su Han". University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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