| Lin Wen-tang 林文堂 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lin Wen-tang |
| Born | 28 June 1974 Hsinchu City, Taiwan |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Taiwan |
| Residence | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1996 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Highest ranking | 47 (4 January 2009)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 6 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2009 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Lin Wen-tang (Chinese: 林文堂, born 28 June 1974) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He comes from a golfing family, with his father and uncle both being professionals and two brothers who played with him on the Asian Tour.
Lin turned professional in 1996, and won for the first time as at the 1998 Hsin Fong Open, a non-tour event in his home country. He has played on the Asian Tour since 1998 and has won four titles, his first coming in 2006 at the Taiwan Open. His second Asian Tour victory came in 2007 at the Brunei Open, and in 2008 he won the inaugural Asian Tour International in Thailand.
In April 2008, Lin reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings, and then in November, he recorded the biggest win of his career at the UBS Hong Kong Open, a European Tour co-sanctioned event, defeating Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari in a playoff. The win earned Lin a two-year exemption on the European Tour. He finished 2008 in the world top 50 to qualify for the 2009 Masters.
- ^ "Week 1 2009 Ending 4 Jan 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.