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In this Chinese name, the family name is Pan.

Pan Cheng-tsung (Chinese: 潘政琮, born 12 November 1991), known professionally as C. T. Pan, is a Taiwanese professional golfer who currently competes on the PGA Tour.[2]

In 2019, Pan became just the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour. He has represented Taiwan as an amateur on the 2006 Eisenhower Trophy team, and then again in the 2014 tournament. He won two gold medals in golf – one individually and one for team play – at the 2014 Asian Games.[3], represented Taiwan in the 2016 World Cup of Golf and played in the 2019 Presidents Cup for the international team. He won a bronze medal for Taiwan in the 2020 Olympics.

Early and personal life

Pan was born in Miaoli County, Taiwan.[4] His father, a caddie who guided Pan into the sport, died in 2010.[5][6] Pan was enrolled at the IMG Golf Academy for three years prior to attending the University of Washington.[7]

He is married to Michelle Lin, who briefly served as his caddie.[8] Mike "Fluff" Cowan now caddies for Pan.

College career

Pan played college golf at the University of Washington where he won eight events.[3] He was the number one amateur golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for eight weeks in 2013.

Professional career

Pan was one of two local golfers to make the cut at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington.[9] He finished tied for 64th in the tournament.[10] Pan earned his first professional win on 12 July 2015 at The Players Cup on PGA Tour Canada, his second tournament on the tour and fourth tournament as a pro.[11]

In December 2015, Pan tied for 14th at the final stage of the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament.[12] He then finished 11th in the 2016 Web.com Tour season earnings, which got him a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season.

2017

In 2017, Pan competed in 29 PGA Tour events, making the cut in 14, including 3 top-10 finishes. His best finish was a tie for second on January 29 at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. For the season, he earned $1,267,649 in official money and finished 88th in the FedEx cup standings.[2]

2018

In 2018, Pan competed in 30 PGA Tour events, making the cut in 22, including 2 top-10 finishes. His best finish was a tie for second on August 19, 2018, at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the season, he earned $1,881,787 in official money and finished 35th in the FedEx cup standings.[2]

2019

On 21 April 2019, Pan earned his first PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[13] He became the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour after Chen Tze-chung who won at the 1987 Los Angeles Open.

In December 2019, Pan played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Pan went 2–1–0 and lost his Sunday singles match against Patrick Reed.[14]

2020

Pan spent the year on the PGA Tour, with the highlight being a tie for 7th in the 2020 Masters Tournament, his first appearance at the Augusta, including a final round of 68 (−4).[15] Pan took advantage of the opportunity, trying all the sandwiches at the clubhouse, declaring the egg salad sandwich his favorite.[16]

2021

In August 2021, Pan earned a bronze medal in the 2020 Olympics. He finished on −15, despite shooting +3 in round 1. He defeated 6 other players in the bronze medal tiebreaker, securing the medal with a par on the fourth extra hole.[17]

Amateur wins

  • 2011 Azalea Invitational, Prestige at PGA West
  • 2012 Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational
  • 2013 NCAA Tallahassee Regional, Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational
  • 2014 Asian Games
  • 2015 The Amer Ari Invitational, Querencia Cabo Collegiate, Lamkin Grips SD Classic (tie), NCAA Bremerton Regional

Source:[18]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 21 Apr 2019 RBC Heritage −12 (71-65-69-67=272) 1 stroke United States Matt Kuchar

PGA Tour Canada wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 12 Jul 2015 The Players Cup −15 (71-67-65-66=269) 2 strokes Sweden Robert S. Karlsson, United States J. J. Spaun
2 13 Sep 2015 Cape Breton Celtic Classic −19 (67-68-68-66=269) Playoff Canada Taylor Pendrith

Playoff record

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2016 LECOM Health Challenge United States Dominic Bozzelli, Australia Rhein Gibson,
United States Rick Lamb 		Lamb won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T45 T64 CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament T7 CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Players Championship T46 T72 C CUT CUT T42

"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2018 2019 2020
Championship
Match Play NT1
Invitational T48 T72
Champions T22 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 25 2019 Ending 23 Jun 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "C. T. Pan". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Cheng-Tsung Pan Biography". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Taiwan golfer Pan Cheng-tsung claims maiden PGA Tour title". Taiwan Today. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Pan Cheng-tsung rallies to win first PGA Tour title". Taipei Times. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ Chung, Yu-chen (22 April 2019). "Taiwan's Pan wins 2019 PGA Heritage title". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ^ Thompson, Ian (15 July 2010). "Taiwan's Cheng-Tsung Pan leads Southern Amateur at Shoal Creek". The Birmingham News. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Golf: Chinese Taipei's Pan Cheng-tsung holds off rivals to win PGA Heritage title". Straits Times. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. ^ Ramsdell, Paul (19 June 2015). "Cheng-Tsung Pan overcomes triple-bogey to make cut at U.S. Open". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. ^ "U.S. Open: Player Results". Golfweek. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  11. ^ Decker, Brian (12 July 2015). "C.T. Pan wins The Players Cup". PGA Tour.
  12. ^ "Pan Earns Card At Web.com Q-School". Washington Huskies Athletics. 14 December 2015.
  13. ^ Porter, Kyle. "2019 RBC Heritage scores, grades: C.T. Pan edges Matt Kuchar to win first PGA Tour event". CBS Sports. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  14. ^ Dusek, David (15 December 2019). "Presidents Cup grades: Captains, Royal Melbourne score high marks". Golfweek.
  15. ^ "2020 Master Tournament". Official World Golf Ranking.
  16. ^ Kelly, Todd (15 November 2020). "In first Masters, C.T. Pan tries all the sandwiches, posts top-10 finish". Golfweek.
  17. ^ Herrington, Ryan (1 August 2021). "C.T. Pan emerges as a happy, but surprised, winner of a seven-man playoff for the bronze". Golf Digest. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Cheng-tsung Pan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 24 June 2015.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Cheng-tsung