Ken Tanigawa

Ken Tanigawa 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.

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.

Tanigawa 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.

Source:

No.

Date

Tournament

Winning score

To par

Margin of
victory

Runner-up

Sep 29, 2018 [PGA Tour Champions season|2018]

67-66-72=205

−10

1 stroke

CUT = missed the halfway cut
''Note: Tanigawa only played in the PGA Championship.''

Results not in chronological order

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
The Tradition		T57	NT	T29	T18		T60	T67
Senior PGA Championship	T23	1	NT	CUT	CUT	T20	T43	T51
Senior Players Championship	T20	T63	T33	T37	49	T53	T70	T18
U.S. Senior Open	T40	T33	NT	CUT	T18	T42	CUT	CUT
The [Senior Open Championship]		T76	NT	T24	CUT	T57	T64	T47

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic