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Ssu-Chia Cheng - Wikipedia

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Ssu-Chia Cheng

Personal information

Born

October 27, 1997 (age 27)
Taipei, Taiwan

Height

5 ft 4 in (163 cm)

Sporting nationality

Chinese Taipei

Career

Turned professional

2015

Current tour(s)

LPGA Tour (joined 2016)

Former tour(s)

Ladies European Tour (joined 2015)
Symetra Tour

Professional wins

Number of wins by tour

Ladies European Tour

Ladies Asian Golf Tour

Epson Tour

Other

Best results in LPGA major championships

Chevron Championship

DNP

Women's PGA C'ship

CUT: 2021, 2024

U.S. Women's Open

CUT: 2016, 2018, 2021, 2024

Women's British Open

T66: 2015

Evian Championship

T55: 2015

Medal record

Youth Olympic Games

	2014 Nanjing	Girls' individual

Ssu-Chia Cheng (Chinese: 程思嘉; born 27 October 1997) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.^[1]

Early life and amateur career

Cheng started playing golf at the age of 8 and as an amateur won four events on the Taiwan LPGA Tour, three of which were co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. She became the first amateur in Taiwan to capture three wins.^[2] She won her first Ladies European Tour event as an amateur at 17, the Xiamen Open International in Xiamen, China.^[3]

Starting in 2012 at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, she also made nine career starts on the LPGA Tour as an amateur, with best finish a tie for 15th at the 2014 LPGA Taiwan Championship.^[1]

Cheng represented her country at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, and the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, winning the girls' individual silver at the latter.^[4]

Professional career

Cheng turned professional at 18 and in 2015, her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, she came close to defending her title at the Xiamen Open International, finishing runner-up. She was also T4 at the Sanya Ladies Open, and ended the season 14th on the Order of Merit.^[5]

In January 2016, she climbed into the top 100 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time.^[6]

Cheng joined the LPGA Tour in 2016 where she made 7 cuts in 16 events, and finished 122nd in the ranking. Her best finish was T31 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She was a member of the Chinese Taipei team at the 2016 International Crown with a 2–2–0 record.^[1]

In 2017, she played 16 events and made only one cut, on home soil at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship. Relegated to the Symetra Tour in 2018, she made 12 cuts in 19 starts with only one top-10 result, a T4 at the Island Resort Championship.

Cheng staged a turnaround in form in 2019, and made 21 cuts in 22 starts on the Symetra Tour with seven top-10 performances including her first win as a professional at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship.^[7] She led the Symetra Tour with sub-par holes (260) and eagles (9), and was second in birdies (251). She ended the season fourth on the money list to earn LPGA membership for the 2020 season.^[1]

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

2014 Xiamen Open International (as an amateur)^

^Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour.

Epson Tour wins (2)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)

2014 Xiamen Open International^

^Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (3)

2013 Chung Cheng Ladies Open (as an amateur)^, Fubon Ladies Open (as an amateur)^
2014 Jing-Du Construction Charity Ladies Open (as an amateur)^

^Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan LPGA Tour.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament	2015	2016	2018	2020	2021	2024
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open		CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT
Women's PGA Championship					CUT	CUT
The Evian Championship	T55			NT	CUT
Women's British Open	T66				CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Chinese Taipei): 2012, 2014

Professional

International Crown (representing Chinese Taipei): 2016

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ssu-Chia Cheng Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "2014 Taiwan LPGA Tour Jing-Du Construction Final-round Recap". Taiwan LPGA. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Results 2014 Xiamen Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Nanjing Games – Girls Stroke Play". IGF. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Player Profile Ssu-Chia Cheng". USGA. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Player Profile Ssu-Chia Cheng". WWGR. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Taiwanese golfer Cheng Ssu-chia grabs first professional victory". Taiwan News. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

External links

Ssu-Chia Cheng at the LPGA Tour official site
Ssu-Chia Cheng at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site

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