Liang Wenchong

Liang Wenchong
Liang Wenchong
Personal information
Born	2 August 1978 (age 46); Zhongshan, China
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	China
Residence	Zhongshan, China
Career
Turned professional	1999
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Asian Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour; OneAsia Tour; Omega China Tour
Professional wins	21
Highest ranking	57 (29 August 2010)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Japan Golf Tour	2
Asian Tour	3
Other	16
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2008
PGA Championship	T8: 2010
U.S. Open	CUT: 2014, 2015, 2018
The Open Championship	T64: 2008
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour; Order of Merit winner
Asian Tour; Order of Merit winner	2007
Asian Tour; Players' Player of the Year	2007
OneAsia Tour; Order of Merit winner	2010

Liang Wenchong (simplified Chinese: 梁文冲; traditional Chinese: 梁文沖; pinyin: Liáng Wénchōng, born 2 August 1978) is a Chinese professional golfer. He was the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the first Chinese golfer to have reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He succeeded his mentor Zhang Lianwei as the top Chinese player.

Professional career

Liang has played on the Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour and OneAsia Tour. He finished 21st on the 2006 Japan Golf Tour money list, after finishing second at the Fujisankei Classic. In 2008 he was second at the Japan PGA Championship. At the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open he finished third in 2008 and second in 2009. In 2014 he finished second at the KBC Augusta.

After more than a dozen top-10 finishes on the Asian Tour, he won the 2007 Clariden Leu Singapore Masters, which was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He was the second golfer from the People's Republic of China to win on the European Tour after Zhang Lianwei. In 2007, Liang won the Order of Merit on the Asian Tour, becoming the first from mainland China to do so.

In 2009, he finished second at the Barclays Singapore Open, a European Tour event. On the 2013 European Tour, he finished third at the Lyoness Open and Avantha Masters.

In August 2007, he became the first golfer from the People's Republic of China to play in the PGA Championship.^[2] He ended up missing the cut. He also received a special invitation to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament.^[3] In July 2008, Liang became the first Chinese golfer to make the cut at a major, The Open Championship at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club. In August 2010, Liang set a new course record at Whistling Straits with his 8-under 64 in the third round of the 2010 PGA Championship, where he finished eighth.

In 2013, Liang won the Resorts World Manila Masters in the Philippines then donated half of his winner's purse of US$135,000 to victims of Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda) that had recently ravaged the country.^[4]

Amateur wins

1996 China Amateur Open Championship
1997 China Amateur Open Championship
1998 China Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (21)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Mar 2007	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters¹	−11 (64-72-68-73=277)	Playoff	Iain Steel

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2007	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters	Iain Steel	Won with par on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Jun 2015	Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills	−14 (67-68-65-70=270)	5 strokes	Brad Kennedy, Ryutaro Nagano, Song Young-han
2	16 Apr 2017	Token Homemate Cup	−16 (69-65-66-68=268)	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2014	RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta	Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Asian Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Mar 2007	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters¹	−11 (64-72-68-73=277)	Playoff	Iain Steel
2	12 Oct 2008	Hero Honda Indian Open	−16 (60-71-71-70=272)	1 stroke	Darren Beck
3	17 Nov 2013	Resorts World Manila Masters	−16 (67-69-67-69=272)	Playoff	Prom Meesawat

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2007	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters	Iain Steel	Won with par on first extra hole
2	2013	Resorts World Manila Masters	Prom Meesawat	Won with birdie on first extra hole

OneAsia Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Oct 2009	Midea China Classic	−14 (69-65-68-68=270)	4 strokes	Zhang Lianwei
2	4 April 2010	Luxehills Chengdu Open	−9 (72-66-67-74=279)	Playoff	Kim Hyung-tae
3	29 Aug 2010	Thailand Open	−18 (67-67-67-69=270)	1 stroke	Namchok Tantipokhakul, Michael Wright
4	14 Oct 2012	Nanshan China Masters	−8 (68-67-68-73=276)	Playoff	Yang Yong-eun

OneAsia Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2010	Luxehills Chengdu Open	Kim Hyung-tae	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2012	Nanshan China Masters	Yang Yong-eun	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Omega China Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	15 Oct 2005	Zhuhai Leg	−11 (68-66-71=205)	4 strokes	Li Chao
2	9 Apr 2006	Hainan Leg	−15 (72-65-65-71=273)	9 strokes	Zhang Lianwei
3	29 Oct 2006	Omega Golf Championship	−15 (70-68-67-68=273)	12 strokes	Li Chao

Other wins (9)

1999 Kunming Classic (China), Dalian Classic (China), Beijing Classic (China), Shenzhen Classic (China)
2000 Shanghai Classic (China), Beijing Classic (China)
2001 Shanghai Classic (China), Davidoff Nations Cup (with Zhang Lianwei)
2002 Dalian Classic (China)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2014	2015	2018
Masters Tournament		CUT
U.S. Open						CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship		T64	CUT				CUT
PGA Championship	CUT			T8	CUT

Top 10

Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Championship		T68		T30
Match Play
Invitational	T61								T75
Champions			T40	T63	T62	T24	T15	T48	T58	T47	T38	T43	T73

Did not play

"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing China): 2000
World Cup (representing China): 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (winners), 2005 (winners)
Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2009 (winners), 2010, 2011, 2013

References

^ "Week 35 2010 Ending 29 Aug 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "Liang Earns Major Invitation to PGA Championship". Asian Tour. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.
^ "Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.
^ Guerrero, Bob (17 November 2013). "Chinese golfer wins Resorts World Manila Masters, donates PhP2.9 million to typhoon relief". Yahoo News.

External links

Liang Wenchong at the Asian Tour official site
Wen-Chong Liang at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Wenchong Liang at the European Tour official site
Liang Wenchong at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Profile on the Omega China Tour's official site (archived)

[w201035-1] "Week 35 2010 Ending 29 Aug 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[2] "Liang Earns Major Invitation to PGA Championship". Asian Tour. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.

[3] "Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.

[4] Guerrero, Bob (17 November 2013). "Chinese golfer wins Resorts World Manila Masters, donates PhP2.9 million to typhoon relief". Yahoo News.

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