| Ken Tanigawa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | December 26, 1967 Kobe, Japan | ||
| 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]
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- ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "AZ Amateur champ Ken Tanigawa qualifies for Champions Tour". amateurgolf.com. December 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa eagles 18th to win Champions event at Pebble Beach". ESPN. Associated Press. September 30, 2018.
- ^ Vailliencourt, Andrew (August 5, 2017). "Ken Tanigawa wins 93rd Arizona Amateur Championship". azcentral.com.
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- ^ Strege, John (May 26, 2019). "Ken Tanigawa's improbable journey continues with a win in Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill". Golf Digest. Retrieved May 27, 2019.