Shannon Tan (born 11 May 2004) is a golfer from

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. In 2023, she won the Singapore Ladies Masters on the

China LPGA Tour The China LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organized by the China Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. Founded in late 2008, the China LPGA Tour hosted six professional events in 2009, eight events the following year, and 12 e ...

and became the first Singaporean to earn a card for the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

Career

Tan was introduced to golf by her father when she was five. In 2018, she triumphed at the Tasmanian Amateur Championship, defeating Isabelle Simpson, 9 and 8, in the final. She represented Singapore at the

2018 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 29 August – 1 September at Carton House Golf Club on its Montgomerie and O'Meara courses in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It was the 28th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Esp ...

and at the

Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...

(the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship) between 2018 and 2022, where she was individual runner-up in 2021, a stroke behind Mizuki Hashimoto. Tan attended

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before enrolling at

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in the fall of 2022, to start playing with the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's golf team. She closed out her freshman year by finishing tied-fourth at the

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Division I regionals. In July 2023, Tan won the Singapore Ladies Masters at Laguna National, a

event, while still an amateur. She became only the second Singaporean to win on the CLPGA after Amanda Tan won the 2017 Beijing Heritage. In December 2023, Tan earned her card for the

by finishing tied 8th at Q-School, the first Singaporean to earn an LET card.

Amateur wins

*2018 Tasmanian Amateur Championship *2020 EFG Singapore Junior Masters, SGA 4th National Ranking Game *2021 Singapore Junior Development Tour Ranking Series 2, Singapore Junior Masters Spring Tournament, LLDSports International Invitational Series, CarTimes Singapore Junior Development Tour Championship, Singapore Junior Development Tour International Series, EFG Singapore Junior Masters Source:

Professional wins (1)

China LPGA Tour (1)

Team appearances

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Singapore):

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(representing Singapore): 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 *

Patsy Hankins Trophy The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup, corresponding to the men's Bonallack Trophy. The competition opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue a ...

(representing Asia/Pacific): 2023 Source:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Shannon Singaporean female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Texas Tech Red Raiders women's golfers 2004 births Living people