| Ken Tanigawa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1967-12-26) December 26, 1967 (age 57) Kobe, Japan | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||
| Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of California, Los Angeles | ||
| Turned professional | 1990, 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. He played college golf at UCLA and turned professional after graduating in 1990.
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. He won a number of amateur tournaments in Arizona in the mid-2010s.
Tanigawa qualified for the 2018 PGA Tour Champions via qualifying school, competing as an amateur and turning professional again in 2018. He won on the tour at the PURE Insurance Championship in September 2018.
In January 2019, Tanigawa was awarded the 2018 PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year award.
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.
Amateur wins
- 2014 Arizona Mid-Amateur
- 2015 Arizona Amateur, Arizona Mid-Amateur
- 2017 Arizona Amateur
Source:
Professional wins (5)
Gateway Tour wins (1)
| 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 |  Mike Louden, Rob Rashell
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Other wins (1)
- 2000 Ohio Open
PGA Tour Champions wins (3)
| Legend |
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| 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 | Marco Dawson, Kirk Triplett
|
| 2 | May 26, 2019 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | 67-74-66-70=277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Scott McCarron
|
| 3 | Aug 18, 2024 | Rogers Charity Classic | 68-61-64=193 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Richard Green
|
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2020 |
|---|---|
| PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Tanigawa only played in the PGA Championship.
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
| 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 | Scott McCarron
|
Results timeline
| 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 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Notes
- Amateur status reinstated in 2010.
References
- ^ "Ken Tanigawa – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ "AZ Amateur champ Ken Tanigawa qualifies for Champions Tour". amateurgolf.com. December 3, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ken Tanigawa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- "Bernhard Langer named PGA Tour Champions Player of the Year for eighth time". PGA Tour. January 16, 2019.
- 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.
External links
- Ken Tanigawa at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Ken Tanigawa at the PGA Tour official site
- Ken Tanigawa at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
| Senior PGA Championship champions | |
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| † indicates the event was won in a playoff |