Ken Tanigawa (born December 26, 1967) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career Tanigawa was born in Kobe, Japan. He played college golf at UCLA. In 1990, he graduated.
Professional career In 1990, Tanigawa turned professional. In 1991, he played on the Ben Hogan Tour 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.
Re-instated amateur career Tanigawa quit playing professionally and was re-instated as an amateur. He won a number of amateur tournaments in Arizona in the mid-2010s.
Second professional career 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.
Awards and honors In 2018, Tanigawa was named the PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year.
Amateur wins 2014 Arizona Mid-Amateur 2015 Arizona Amateur, Arizona Mid-Amateur 2017 Arizona Amateur
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Professional wins (5) Gateway Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Aug 1, 2002Learning 2000 Classic66-68-68=202−142 strokes Mike Louden, Rob Rashell
Other wins (1) 2000 Ohio Open
PGA Tour Champions wins (3) LegendSenior major championships (1)Other PGA Tour Champions (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Sep 29, 2018 PURE Insurance Championship67-66-72=205−10 1 stroke Marco Dawson, Kirk Triplett2May 26, 2019KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship67-74-66-70=277−31 stroke Scott McCarron3Aug 18, 2024 Rogers Charity Classic68-61-64=193−17 2 strokes Richard Green
Results in major championships Tournament2020PGA ChampionshipCUT CUT = missed the halfway cut Note: Tanigawa only played in the PGA Championship.
Senior major championships Wins (1) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship 3 shot deficit −3 (67-74-66-70=277) 1 stroke Scott McCarron
Results timeline Results not in chronological order Tournament 2018 20192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA ChampionshipT231NTCUTCUTT20T43T51CUTThe TraditionT57NTT29T18T60T67T11U.S. Senior OpenT40T33NTCUTT18T42CUTCUTT31Senior Players ChampionshipT20T63T33T3749T53T70T18T65The Senior Open ChampionshipT76NTT24CUTT57T64T47CUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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