Pan Cheng-tsung

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

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, His father, a caddie who guided Pan into the sport, died in 2010. Pan was enrolled at the IMG Golf Academy for three years prior to attending the University of Washington.

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

College career Pan played college golf at the University of Washington where he won eight events. 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. He finished tied for 64th in the tournament. 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.

In December 2015, Pan tied for 14th at the final stage of the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament. 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. 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.

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 Augusta, including a final round of 68 (−4). Pan took advantage of the opportunity, trying all the sandwiches at the clubhouse, declaring the egg salad sandwich his favorite.

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.

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

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Professional wins (3) PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour Canada wins (2)

Playoff record Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020.

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

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 1 (three times) Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

"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 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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

Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 2006, 2014

Professional World Cup (representing Taiwan): 2016 Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2019