Ken Tanigawa

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Ken Tanigawa
Personal information
Born (1967-12-26) December 26, 1967 (age 56)
Kobe, Japan
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Dublin, Ohio
Career
College University of California, Los Angeles
Turned professional1990, [lower-alpha 1] 2018
Current tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Nationwide Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2020
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Champions
Rookie of the Year
2018

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

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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]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins (4)

Gateway Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1Aug 1, 2002 Learning 2000 Classic66-68-68=202−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mike Louden, Flag of the United States.svg Rob Rashell

Other wins (1)

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1Sep 29, 2018 PURE Insurance Championship 67-66-72=205−101 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Marco Dawson, Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Triplett
2May 26, 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 67-74-66-70=277−31 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron

Results in major championships

Tournament2020
PGA Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Tanigawa only played in the PGA Championship.

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 3 shot deficit−3 (67-74-66-70=277)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron

Results timeline

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
The Tradition T57NTT29T18T60
Senior PGA Championship T231NTCUTCUTT20
U.S. Senior Open T40T33NTCUTT18T42
Senior Players Championship T20T63T33T3749T53
The Senior Open Championship T76NTT24CUTT57
  Win
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Notes

  1. Amateur status reinstated in 2010.

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References

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