Seungsu Han
| Seungsu Han | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Han Seung-su |
| Born | September 10, 1986 Incheon, South Korea |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Nevada-Las Vegas |
| Turned professional | 2009 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour Korean Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Highest ranking | 78 (January 7, 2018)[1] (as of October 27, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T50: 2018 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 2006 Porter Cup
Professional wins (4)
[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]| 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. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Tour wins (1)
[edit]| 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 | Kang Kyung-nam
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Korean Tour wins (3)
[edit]| 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 | Park Sang-hyun
|
| 2 | Jun 25, 2023 | Kolon Korea Open1 | −6 (66-69-72-71=278) | 6 strokes | Kang Kyung-nam
|
| 3 | May 26, 2024 | KB Financial Liiv Championship | −11 (72-67-67-71=277) | 1 stroke | 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 | Kim Yeong-su
|
Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Week 1 2018 Ending 7 Jan 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "2005-06 Men's Golf Roster Seung-su Han". University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Seungsu Han at the PGA Tour official site
- Seungsu Han at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Seungsu Han at the Official World Golf Ranking official site