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Shannon Tan

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Shannon Tan
Personal information
Born (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20)
Singapore
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationality Singapore
Career
CollegeTexas Tech University
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2024)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT60: 2024
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2024

Shannon Tan (born 9 April 2004) is a Singaporean professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2023 Singapore Ladies Masters on the China LPGA Tour, and in 2024 won the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in her LET debut.[1]

Early life and amateur career

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Tan was introduced to golf by her father when she was five.[2] When she was 14, her parents quit their jobs and moved the family to Australia to support her golf development.[3] In 2018, she triumphed at the Tasmanian Amateur Championship, defeating Isabelle Simpson, 9 and 8, in the final.[4] She represented Singapore at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy and at the Queen Sirikit Cup (the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship) between 2018 and 2022, where she was individual runner-up in 2021, a stroke behind Mizuki Hashimoto.[5]

Tan attended Charters Towers State High School in Queensland, Australia before enrolling at Texas Tech University in the fall of 2022, to start playing with the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's golf team.[6] She closed out her freshman year by finishing tied-fourth at the NCAA Division I regionals.[7]

In July 2023, Tan won the Singapore Ladies Masters at Laguna National, a China LPGA Tour event, while still an amateur. She became only the second Singaporean to win on the CLPGA after Amanda Tan won the 2017 Beijing Heritage.[2][8]

Professional career

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Tan turned professional in January 2024 after she earned her card for the Ladies European Tour (LET) by finishing tied 8th at Q-School, the first Singaporean to earn an LET card.[9]

In January, she was runner-up at the Webex Players Series Murray River, two strokes behind Kazuma Kobori in her professional debut. In February, she won the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in her LET debut.[1] By April, she climbed into the top-200 on the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time.

Amateur wins

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  • 2018 Tasmanian Amateur Championship
  • 2020 EFG Singapore Junior Masters, SGA 4th National Ranking Game
  • 2021 Singapore Junior Development Tour Ranking Series 2, Singapore Junior Masters Spring Tournament, LLDSports International Invitational Series, CarTimes Singapore Junior Development Tour Championship, Singapore Junior Development Tour International Series, EFG Singapore Junior Masters

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Professional wins (2)

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Ladies European Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up
1 11 Feb 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open 73-70-67-70=280 −12 4 strokes Italy Alessandra Fanali

China LPGA Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up
1 9 Jul 2023 Singapore Ladies Masters
(as an amateur)
68-72-66=206 −10 1 stroke China Ji Yu-ai

Results in LPGA majors

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Tournament 2024
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open T60
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

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Source:[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ganesan, Deepanraj (11 February 2024). "Teenage Singaporean golfer Shannon Tan lands historic win on Ladies European Tour debut". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ang, Ervin (9 July 2023). "Amateur Shannon Tan wins inaugural Singapore Ladies Masters". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (18 February 2024). "Shannon Tan's parents quit their jobs, moved to Australia to support her golfing dreams". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Shannon Tan Wins 2018 Salamanca Inn Women's Amateur Championship of Tasmania". Singapore Golf Association. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ Robert, Godfrey (1 June 2022). "Singapore teen golfer Shannon Tan buoyed by runner-up finish at Queen Sirikit Cup". The Business Times. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Golf Roster". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (11 May 2023). "Singapore golfer Shannon Tan finishes joint fourth in NCAA Division 1 regionals". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Amateur Shannon Tan sweeps the pros and makes history by winning inaugural Singapore Ladies Masters". The Star. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  9. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (21 December 2023). "Singapore golfer Shannon Tan earns card to play on 2024 Ladies European Tour". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Shannon Tan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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