| Pan Cheng-tsung | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Bread Man[1] |
| Born | (1991-11-12)12 November 1991 (age 33) 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 |
| Highestranking | 47 (23 June 2019)[2] (as of 24 November 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 |
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| Chinese | 潘政琮 | ||||||||
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Pan Cheng-tsung (Chinese:潘政琮, born 12 November 1991), known professionally asC. T. Pan, is a Taiwaneseprofessional golfer who currently competes on thePGA Tour.[3]
In 2019, Pan became just the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour. He has represented Taiwan as an amateur on the2006 Eisenhower Trophy team, and then again in the2014 tournament. He won two gold medals in golf – one individually and one for team play – at the2014 Asian Games,[4] represented Taiwan in the2016 World Cup of Golf and played in the2019 Presidents Cup for the international team. He won a bronze medal for Taiwan in the2020 Olympics.
Pan was born inMiaoli County, Taiwan.[5] His father, a caddie who guided Pan into the sport, died in 2010.[6][7] Pan was enrolled at theIMG 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.
Pan played college golf at theUniversity of Washington where he won eight events.[4] He was the number one amateur golfer in theWorld Amateur Golf Ranking for eight weeks in 2013.
Pan was one of two local golfers to make the cut at the2015 U.S. Open atChambers Bay inUniversity Place, Washington.[10] He finished tied for 64th in the tournament.[11] Pan earned his first professional win on 12 July 2015 atThe Players Cup onPGA 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.
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 theFarmers Insurance Open atTorrey Pines inSan Diego, California. For the season, he earned $1,267,649 in official money and finished 88th in the FedEx cup standings.[3]
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 theWyndham Championship atSedgefield Country Club inGreensboro, North Carolina. For the season, he earned $1,881,787 in official money and finished 35th in the FedEx cup standings.[3]
On 21 April 2019, Pan earned his first PGA Tour victory at theRBC Heritage onHilton Head Island, South Carolina.[14] He became the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour afterChen Tze-chung who won at the 1987Los Angeles Open.
In December 2019, Pan played on the International team at the2019 Presidents Cup atRoyal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Pan went 2–1–0 and lost his Sunday singles match againstPatrick Reed.[15]
Pan spent the year on the PGA Tour, with the highlight being a tie for 7th in the2020 Masters Tournament, his first appearance at theAugusta, 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]
In August 2021, Pan earned a bronze medal in the2020 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]
Source:[19]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Apr2019 | RBC Heritage | −12 (71-65-69-67=272) | 1 stroke |  Matt Kuchar |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Jul2015 | The Players Cup | −15 (71-67-65-66=269) | 2 strokes |  Robert S. Karlsson,J. J. Spaun |
| 2 | 13 Sep 2015 | Cape Breton Celtic Classic | −19 (67-68-68-66=269) | Playoff |  Taylor Pendrith |
Web.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 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 toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T46 | T72 | C | CUT | CUT | T42 | T69 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | |||
| Match Play | NT1 | ||
| Invitational | T48 | T72 | |
| Champions | T22 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
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