Kho Taichi | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Hong Kong | 13 November 2000||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Career | |||
College | University of Notre Dame | ||
Turned professional | 2023 | ||
Current tour(s) | Asian Tour | ||
Professional wins | 2 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Asian Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2023 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 許 龍 一 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 許龙一 | ||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||
Kanji | 許 龍一 | ||||||||||
Hiragana | きょ たいち | ||||||||||
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Kho Taichi ( Chinese: 許龍一; born 13 November 2000) is a Hong Kong professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He claimed his first win as a professional in his fourth professional start at the 2023 World City Championship, also becoming the first player from Hong Kong to win on the Asian Tour. [1]
Kho attended the University of Notre Dame from 2018 to 2022. [2] [3] In November 2021, Kho finished runner-up at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. He was defeated in a playoff by Keita Nakajima. [4]
Kho turned professional in February 2023, making his first start as a professional at the Singapore Classic on the European Tour. [5] In March, he won the weather-shortened World City Championship on the Asian Tour. The tournament was played at the Hong Kong Golf Club (Kho's home club). He shot two rounds of 64 and a final-round 70 to win by two shots ahead of Michael Hendry. The win also marked the first victory by a Hong Kong player on the Asian Tour. [1] Additionally, he secured a place in the 2023 Open Championship. [6] Kho was named as the Asian Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2023 season. [7]
Source: [8]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 26 Mar 2023 | World City Championship | −12 (64-64-70=198)* | 2 strokes |
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*Note: The 2023 World City Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 1 Oct 2023 | Asian Games | −27 (62-60-70-69=261) | 1 stroke |
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Tournament | 2023 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut