Anthony Kang
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Anthony Kang is a Korean-American professional golfer
Professional golfer
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Kang was born in South Korea
South Korea
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, moving to live in the United States
United States
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 at the age of 10, where he attended Oregon State University
Oregon State University
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Kang turned professional in 1996. He has been a member of the Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

 since 1998 where he has won over a million US dollars
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 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
PGA European Tour
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, and the win also gave him a two year exemption on that tour.

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1 15 Feb 2009
2009 European Tour
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Maybank Malaysian Open -17 (74-66-64-67=271) 1 stroke   David Horsey
David Horsey (golfer)
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  Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one...

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  Jyoti Randhawa
Jyoti Randhawa
Jyoti Singh Randhawa is an Indian professional golfer who was ranked in the top 100 of the world and is the third-highest Indian in the world rankings.-Career:...

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  Miles Tunnicliff
Miles Tunnicliff
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Asian Tour wins (3)

  • 1999 Casino Filipino Philippine Open
    Philippine Open (golf)
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  • 2001 Myanmar Open
    Myanmar Open
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  • 2009 Maybank Malaysian Open (co-sanctioned with European Tour)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2001
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
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T74
The Open Championship
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DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
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DNP


DNP = Did not play

WD = withdrew

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

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