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South Korean golfer
In this Korean name, the: family name is: Song.
Song Young-han
Personal information
Born (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 33)
Daegu, South Korea
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)OneAsia Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking69 (22 January 2017)
(as of 7 July 2024)
Number of wins by, tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT56: 2016
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT62: 2017
Achievements and awards
Korean Tour
Rookie of the Year
2013
Japan Golf Tour
Rookie of the Year
2015

Song Young-han (Korean: μ†‘μ˜ν•œ; born 12 July 1991), also known as Younghan Song, is a South Korean professional golfer.

Song plays on the Korean Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. On the Korean Tour he has three runner-up finishes and "finished 11th on the "2013 money list."" On the Japan Golf Tour, "he had three runner-up finishes before winning the first tournament of the 2016 season," the SMBC Singapore Open. He finished 15th on the money list in 2015.

Song also played on the OneAsia Tour from 2012β€”β€”to 2014. And finished 8th on the Order of Merit in 2013.

Professional wins (2)β€»

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)β€»

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 31 Jan 2016 SMBC Singapore Open βˆ’12 (70-63-69-70=272) 1 stroke United States Jordan Spieth
2 27 Aug 2023 Sansan KBC Augusta βˆ’17 (68-64-70-69=271) 1 stroke Japan Ryutaro Nagano

Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2016 Honma TourWorld Cup Japan Yuta Ikeda Lostβ€”β€”to birdie on first extra hole
2 2023 ACN Championship Japan Yuki Inamori Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championshipsβ€»

Tournament 2016 2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T62
PGA Championship T56 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championshipsβ€»

Tournament 2016
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T21
Champions T52
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "μ†‘μ˜ν•œ". The Golf Times (in Korean). 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ "Week 3 2017 Ending 22 Jan 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Younghan Song profile". KGT. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Leaders – 2013". KGT. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Song Young-han holds off Jordan Spieth to win Singapore Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Prize Money List – 2015". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Order of Merit – 2013". OneAsia. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

External linksβ€»


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