Liang Wenchong | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Born | Zhongshan, China | 2 August 1978||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | China | ||||||
Residence | Zhongshan, China | ||||||
Career | |||||||
Turned professional | 1999 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour | ||||||
Former tour(s) | European Tour OneAsia Tour Omega China Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 21 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 57 (29 August 2010)[1] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
European Tour | 1 | ||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||
Asian Tour | 3 | ||||||
Other | 16 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2008 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T8: 2010 | ||||||
U.S. Open | CUT: 2014, 2015, 2018 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T64: 2008 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Liang Wenchong (simplified Chinese: 梁文冲; traditional Chinese: 梁文沖; pinyin: Liáng Wénchōng, born 2 August 1978) is a Chinese professional golfer. He was the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the first Chinese golfer to have reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He succeeded his mentor Zhang Lianwei as the top Chinese player.