Tiffany Chan tees off on the 6th hole during a Pro-Am for the ShopRite LPGA Classic golf tournament in New Jersey in June. Photo: AP
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Women’s PGA Championship: double-bogey costs Hong Kong’s Tiffany Chan dear in first round
- Tied for fourth heading into the 17th hole, Chan double-bogeyed on the par three and ended one-over-par
- The Minnesota event is one of five majors on the LPGA calendar
Tiffany Chan at the Hong Kong Ladies Open held at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling earlier this year where she finished fifth. She won the competition as an amateur in 2016. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong’s leading golfer Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching was on pace to finish as high as fourth right up until the 17th hole of her first round at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Friday.
The 25-year-old Chan was heading for a great finish before a double bogey on her second to last hole dropped her 28 spots to finish tied for 34th at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota.
As one of the five majors on the LPGA tour, the purse runs to US$3.85 million.
Australian Hannah Green leads the pack as she shot a four-under 68 on the par 72 course. England’s Mel Reid and South Korean Hyo Joo Kim, who both shot 69, are tied for second.
Chan’s first round was up and down as she started the opening hole with a bogey but also collected four birdies until the disastrous par three 17th, a 159-yard hole. Before then she was sitting at two-under, which would have been good enough for a share of fourth place after day one, instead she ended with a one-over-par 73 after following up with another bogey on the 18th. Chan hit 11 of 14 fairways during the round with two saves from bunkers.
So far this season, Chan has missed the cut at both the Meiijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give and the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Chan, who had her rookie year on the LPGA tour in 2018, is ranked 344th in the world.
In her debut season, Chan played in 19 events and made eight cuts before securing a 15th-place finish at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn her card for this season.
During her collegiate career, Chan won back-to-back NJCAA individual national titles in 2014 and 2015 at Daytona State College.
Chan also collected two wins as an amateur on the Taiwan LPGA tour and is a member of the Hong Kong national golf team. So far she has earned US$61,369 in her professional career.