Wang Jeung-hun

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Wang Jeung-hun
Personal information
Born (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 (age 28)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour China
Professional wins4
Highest ranking39 (29 January 2017)[1]
(as of 24 March 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Asian Tour1
Sunshine Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2017
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2016, 2017
U.S. OpenCUT: 2017
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2016, 2017
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year
2016

Wang Jeung-hun or Wang Jung-hoon (Korean: 왕정훈; born 7 September 1995) is a South Korean professional golfer. He plays on the European and Asian Tours. He is from Seoul, South Korea.

In 2016, he won the European Tour's Trophée Hassan II on a sponsor exemption.[2] He made a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat Nacho Elvira. The following week, he won again at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, a co-sanctioned event on the European, Sunshine and Asian Tours. He claimed a one stroke victory over Siddikur Rahman. His third European Tour win came at the 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters where he beat Joakim Lagergren and Jaco van Zyl in a playoff.

Prior to the European and Asian Tours, he played on PGA Tour China and won the tour's first event in 2014.

Amateur wins[edit]

  • 2010 Carlubang Amateur Open, YoungIn Univ. President Cup, Sports Chosun Cup
  • 2011 DHL-WWW Philippine Amateur, Philippine Amateur

Professional wins (4)[edit]

European Tour wins (3)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 May 2016 Trophée Hassan II −5 (71-68-74-70=283) Playoff Spain Nacho Elvira
2 15 May 2016 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open1 −6 (69-70-71-72=282) 1 stroke Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman
3 29 Jan 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −16 (67-72-67-66=272) Playoff Sweden Joakim Lagergren, South Africa Jaco van Zyl

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2016 Trophée Hassan II Spain Nacho Elvira Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Sweden Joakim Lagergren, South Africa Jaco van Zyl Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 May 2016 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open1 −6 (69-70-71-72=282) 1 stroke Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour

PGA Tour China wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 20 Apr 2014 Mission Hills Haikou Open −23 (67-63-69-66=265) 10 strokes China Zhang Xinjun

Results in major championships[edit]

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

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

Results in World Golf Championships[edit]

Tournament 2016 2017
Championship 71
Match Play T58
Invitational T66
Champions T70
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances[edit]

Professional

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Week 04 2017 Ending 29 Jan 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Jeunghun Wang – Wins". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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