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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 nationality United States
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona
Career
CollegeUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Turned professional1990,[a] 2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Nationwide Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour Champions3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2020
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Champions
Rookie of the Year
2018

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]

Amateur wins

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  • 2014 Arizona Mid-Amateur
  • 2015 Arizona Amateur, Arizona Mid-Amateur
  • 2017 Arizona Amateur

Source:[5]

Professional wins (5)

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Gateway Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Aug 1, 2002 Learning 2000 Classic 66-68-68=202 −14 2 strokes United States Mike Louden, United States Rob Rashell

Other wins (1)

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PGA Tour Champions wins (3)

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Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 29, 2018 PURE Insurance Championship 67-66-72=205 −10 1 stroke United States Marco Dawson, United States Kirk Triplett
2 May 26, 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 67-74-66-70=277 −3 1 stroke United States Scott McCarron
3 Aug 18, 2024 Rogers Charity Classic 68-61-64=193 −17 2 strokes Australia Richard Green

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2020
PGA Championship CUT

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

Senior major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 3 shot deficit −3 (67-74-66-70=277) 1 stroke United States Scott McCarron

Results timeline

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Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition T57 NT T29 T18 T60
Senior PGA Championship T23 1 NT CUT CUT T20 T43
U.S. Senior Open T40 T33 NT CUT T18 T42 CUT
Senior Players Championship T20 T63 T33 T37 49 T53 T70
The Senior Open Championship T76 NT T24 CUT T57 T64
  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

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  1. ^ Amateur status reinstated in 2010.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "AZ Amateur champ Ken Tanigawa qualifies for Champions Tour". amateurgolf.com. December 3, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa eagles 18th to win Champions event at Pebble Beach". ESPN. Associated Press. September 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Vailliencourt, Andrew (August 5, 2017). "Ken Tanigawa wins 93rd Arizona Amateur Championship". azcentral.com.
  5. ^ a b "Ken Tanigawa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Bernhard Langer named PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year for eighth time". PGA Tour. January 16, 2019.
  7. ^ 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.
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