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Revision as of 23:50, 6 January 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Anthony Kang |
| Born | November 30, 1972 South Korea |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Vereinigte Staaten |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Career | |
| College | Oregon State University |
| Turned professional | 1996 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour (joined 1998) European Tour (joined 2009) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T74: 2001 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Anthony Kang (born November 30, 1972) is a Korean-American professional golfer.
Kang was born in South Korea, moving to live in the United States at the age of 10, where he attended Oregon State University.
Kang turned professional in 1996. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since 1998 where he has won over a million US dollars in prize money.
Kang has had three victories on the Asian Tour, the most recent coming at the 2009 Maybank Malaysian Open, eight years after the previous one. The tournament was co-sanctioned with the European Tour, and the win also gave him a two year exemption on that tour.
Professional wins
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Feb 2009 | Maybank Malaysian Open | -17 (74-66-64-67=271) | 1 stroke |  David Horsey,  Prayad Marksaeng, Jyoti Randhawa, Miles Tunnicliff
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Asian Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 30 May 1999 | Casino Filipino Philippine Open | -15 (68-72-67-66=273) | 1 stroke |  James Kingston,  Kazuyoshi Yonekura
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| 2 | 11 Feb 2001 | London Myanmar Open | -6 (74-71-71-66=282) | 2 strokes |  Charlie Wi
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| 3 | 15 Feb 2009 | Maybank Malaysian Open (co-sanctioned by the European Tour) |
-17 (74-66-64-67=271) | 1 stroke | David Horsey, Prayad Marksaeng, Jyoti Randhawa, Miles Tunnicliff
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Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2001 |
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| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T74 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
External links
- Anthony Kang at the Asian Tour official site
- Anthony Kang at the European Tour official site
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