Pei-Yun Chien

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chien.

Pei-Yun Chien
Personal information
Born (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 34)
Taipei, Taiwan
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sporting nationality Chinese Taipei
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Taiwan LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2012)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour3
Other4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT40: 2024
Women's PGA C'shipT21: 2022
U.S. Women's OpenT50: 2019
Women's British OpenT71: 2024
Evian ChampionshipT7: 2024
Achievements and awards
Taiwan LPGA Tour
Order of Merit winner		2014

Pei-Yun Chien (born 22 October 1990) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career

Chien started playing golf at the age of 12.[1]

Professional career

Chien played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 before focusing on playing in Asia, where she won the 2014 Taiwan LPGA Tour Order of Merit.

In 2016, she returned to the Symetra Tour and won the inaugural Kansas City Championship to finish 10th on the Symetra Tour money list and earn LPGA status for 2017. In her LPGA Tour rookie season, she tied for 3rd at the Marathon Classic and finished seventh in the rookie of the year standings. In 2018, she had a season-best finish of a tie for 6th at the Lotte Championship.[1]

In Taiwan, where she won the 2020 Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open and the 2021 Hitachi Ladies Classic, and was runner-up at the event the following year, behind Tsai Pei-Ying. In 2021, she played on the Epson Tour, earning a win at the Circling Raven Championship.[2] She tied for 4th at the LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour for the 2022 season.[3] She finished tied 4th at the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational.

In 2023, Chien shot a 5-under-par round of 67 to lead after the first round at the Chevron Championship ahead of six golfers, including world number 2 Nelly Korda.[4] In September, she led the Kroger Queen City Championship, before finishing in a tie for 5th.[5]

Professional wins (7)

Symetra Tour wins (3)

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship CUT CUT CUT T49 T40
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT T50
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT T60 CUT T21 CUT T35
The Evian Championship T40 72 NT CUT T36 T7
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT CUT T71
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Peiyun Chien Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ^ Osso, Keith (29 August 2021). "Chien wins Circling Raven Championship on Symetra Tour". KXLY. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Peiyun Chien Coming Up "Money" at Q-Series". LPGA Tour. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Peiyun Chien leads Chevron, Nelly Korda tied for 2nd". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Peiyun Chien surges to the top of Kroger Queen City Championship leaderboard at 14-under". Cincinnati Enquirer. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.