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.
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.
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. She tied for 4th at the LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour for the 2022 season. 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. In September, she led the Kroger Queen City Championship, before finishing in a tie for 5th.
Professional wins (7) Symetra Tour wins (3) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner(s)-up 1 31 Jul 2016 Kansas City Championship 68-67=135 −9 1 stroke Jackie Stoelting Emma Talley 2 4 Oct 2020 Symetra Classic 64-68-70=202 −14 1 stroke Lucy Li 3 29 Aug 2021 Circling Raven Championship 67-65-68=200 −16 1 stroke Demi Runas Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to inclement weather.
Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (4) No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner(s)-up 1 25 Dec 2020 Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open 67-69-70=206 −10 8 strokes Hsu Wei-ling 2 10 Jan 2021 Hitachi Ladies Classic 68-65-69=202 −14 7 strokes Yu-Sang Hou (a) 3 31 Dec 2022 CTBC Invitational 74-73-72=219 +3 2 strokes Wu Chia-yen 4 7 Jan 2024 Hitachi Air Conditioning Ladies Classic 72-68-67=207 −9 2 strokes Babe Liu
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT49T40T76T59U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT50CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT60CUTT21CUTT35T61The Evian ChampionshipT4072NTCUTT36T7T43Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT71CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 4The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 5Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1Totals 0 0 0 0 1 2 32 15
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