Seungsu Han

Seungsu Han (born September 10, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the 2017 Casio World Open and the end-of-season 2020 LG Signature Players Championship on the Korean Tour

Seungsu Han
Personal information
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986
Incheon, South Korea
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Canadian Tour
Asian Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking78 (January 7, 2018)[1]
(as of January 31, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT50: 2018
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Amateur career

Han was born in South Korea. He attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.[2] Han turned professional after earning a place on the 2009 Nationwide Tour.

Professional career

Han had an unsuccessful first season on the Nationwide Tour, making the cut in only 6 out of 24 events he played and failing to retain his place on the tour. He played on the Asian Tour in 2010, again with little success. He played a few events on the Canadian Tour in 2012 and on the Japan Golf Tour in 2014.

Han played on the Japan Golf Tour again in 2016 with more success and has played regularly on the tour since then. His best season on the tour was 2017 when he won the Casio World Open, was runner-up twice and third a further three times. He finished the season 5th in the money list. He was also a runner-up in the Genesis Championship on the 2017 Korean Tour. His good performances in 2017 lifted him into the top 100 of the world rankings in late 2017 and for the first half of 2018, earning him an invitation to the 2018 PGA Championship, his first major championship. After a first round 74 he had a 66 to just make the cut and after further rounds of 66 and 72 he finished in a tie for 50th place.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Nov 26, 2017 Casio World Open −13 (71-73-65-66=275) 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa, Brendan Jones,
Kim Kyung-tae, Ryuko Tokimatsu

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Fujisankei Classic Satoshi Kodaira, Ryu Hyun-woo Ryu won with par on first extra hole
2 2019 ANA Open Yosuke Asaji, Terumichi Kakazu,
Shaun Norris, Ryuko Tokimatsu
Asaji won with birdie on first extra hole

Korean Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 8 Nov 2020 LG Signature Players Championship −17 (66-69-70-66=271) 1 stroke Park Sang-hyun

References

  1. "Week 1 2018 Ending 7 Jan 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. "2005-06 Men's Golf Roster Seung-su Han". University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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