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Seungsu Han

Seungsu Han
Personal information
Full nameHan Seung-su
Born (1986-09-10) September 10, 1986 (age 38)
Incheon, South Korea
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking78 (January 7, 2018)[1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Asian Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT50: 2018
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2023

Han Seung-su (born September 10, 1986), commonly known as Seungsu Han, is a Korean-American professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He has also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning the 2017 Casio World Open. He also won the 2023 Kolon Korea Open.

Early life and amateur career

Han was born in South Korea. He attended IMG Academy and was the first and only player to win all 5 AJGA Majors in one year during 2002. He also attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.[2]

Professional career

Han turned professional after earning a place on the 2009 Nationwide Tour. He 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 (4)

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 Japan Ryo Ishikawa, Australia Brendan Jones,
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae, Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2017 Fujisankei Classic Japan Satoshi Kodaira, South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo Ryu won with par on first extra hole
2 2019 ANA Open Japan Yosuke Asaji, Japan Terumichi Kakazu,
South Africa Shaun Norris, Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
Asaji won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jun 25, 2023 Kolon Korea Open1 −6 (66-69-72-71=278) 6 strokes South Korea Kang Kyung-nam

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Korean Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Nov 8, 2020 LG Signature Players Championship −17 (66-69-70-66=271) 1 stroke South Korea Park Sang-hyun
2 Jun 25, 2023 Kolon Korea Open1 −6 (66-69-72-71=278) 6 strokes South Korea Kang Kyung-nam
3 May 26, 2024 KB Financial Liiv Championship −11 (72-67-67-71=277) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Yeun-sub

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 LG Signature Players Championship South Korea Kim Yeong-su Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PGA Championship T50
The Open Championship NT CUT

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Han only played in the PGA Championship and The Open Championship.

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.