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.[3]
| Pan Cheng-tsung | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Bread Man[1] |
| Born | 12 November 1991 Miaoli County, Taiwan |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Sporting nationality |  Taiwan |
| Residence | Bellevue, Washington |
| Career | |
| College | University of Washington |
| Turned professional | 2015 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Canada Web.com Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 47 (23 June 2019)[2] (as of 27 October 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T7: 2020 |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2019, 2020, 2024 |
| U.S. Open | T45: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2014, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
Medal record | |
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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,[4] 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
editPan was born in Miaoli County, Taiwan.[5] His father, a caddie who guided Pan into the sport, died in 2010.[6][7] Pan was enrolled at the IMG Golf Academy for three years prior to attending the University of Washington.[8]
He is married to Michelle Lin, who briefly served as his caddie.[9] Mike "Fluff" Cowan now caddies for Pan.
College career
editPan played college golf at the University of Washington where he won eight events.[4] He was the number one amateur golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for eight weeks in 2013.
Professional career
editPan was one of two local golfers to make the cut at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington.[10] He finished tied for 64th in the tournament.[11] 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.[12]
In December 2015, Pan tied for 14th at the final stage of the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament.[13] He then finished 11th in the 2016 Web.com Tour season earnings, which got him a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season.
2017
editIn 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.[3]
2018
editIn 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.[3]
2019
editOn 21 April 2019, Pan earned his first PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.[14] 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.[15]
2020
editPan 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).[16] Pan took advantage of the opportunity, trying all the sandwiches at the clubhouse, declaring the egg salad sandwich his favorite.[17]
2021
editIn 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.[18]
Amateur wins
edit- 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:[19]
Professional wins (3)
editPGA Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Apr 2019 | RBC Heritage | −12 (71-65-69-67=272) | 1 stroke |  Matt Kuchar
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PGA Tour Canada wins (2)
edit| 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 |  Robert S. Karlsson, J. J. Spaun
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| 2 | 13 Sep 2015 | Cape Breton Celtic Classic | −19 (67-68-68-66=269) | Playoff |  Taylor Pendrith
|
Playoff record
editWeb.com Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | LECOM Health Challenge | Dominic Bozzelli,  Rhein Gibson, Rick Lamb
|
Lamb won with birdie on second extra hole |
Results in major championships
editResults 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T7 | CUT | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
edit| 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
edit| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | |||
| Match Play | NT1 | ||
| Invitational | T48 | T72 | |
| Champions | T22 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 2006, 2014
Professional
- World Cup (representing Taiwan): 2016
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2019
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Knights, Will (22 April 2019). "The Bread Man is in". The Fried Egg. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Week 25 2019 Ending 23 Jun 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "C. T. Pan". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Cheng-Tsung Pan Biography". GoHuskies.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Taiwan golfer Pan Cheng-tsung claims maiden PGA Tour title". Taiwan Today. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Pan Cheng-tsung rallies to win first PGA Tour title". Taipei Times. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Chung, Yu-chen (22 April 2019). "Taiwan's Pan wins 2019 PGA Heritage title". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Ian (15 July 2010). "Taiwan's Cheng-Tsung Pan leads Southern Amateur at Shoal Creek". The Birmingham News. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Golf: Chinese Taipei's Pan Cheng-tsung holds off rivals to win PGA Heritage title". Straits Times. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "U.S. Open: Player Results". Golfweek. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Decker, Brian (12 July 2015). "C.T. Pan wins The Players Cup". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Pan Earns Card At Web.com Q-School". Washington Huskies Athletics. 14 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dusek, David (15 December 2019). "Presidents Cup grades: Captains, Royal Melbourne score high marks". Golfweek.
- ^ "2020 Master Tournament". Official World Golf Ranking.
- ^ Kelly, Todd (15 November 2020). "In first Masters, C.T. Pan tries all the sandwiches, posts top-10 finish". Golfweek.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cheng-tsung Pan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
External links
edit- Pan Cheng-tsung at the PGA Tour official site
- Pan Cheng-tsung at the Official World Golf Ranking official site