FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
Battle Creek Country Club | Battle Creek, Mich. | August 16-18
Hometown/Resides: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Birthdate: October 28, 1997; currently 21 years, 9 months and 21 days
Qualified for Epson Tour: Finished T36 at the Final Stage of the 2015 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 status for the 2016 LPGA Tour season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: December 2014/2015 rookie on Ladies European Tour
VICTORIES
Epson Tour: First career victory
LPGA Tour: N/A
Previous Win: 2014 Xiamen Open on the Ladies European Tour (LET) as an amateur
VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD
With her win, Cheng jumps to No. 3 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $86,218 total season earnings.
MONEY
With her win, Cheng collects a winner’s check of $18,750; she has earned $86,218this season and $117,658 in her Epson Tour career (2019 is second full season competing on the “Road to the LPGA”).
PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES
Epson Tour: 2nd in the 2019 Donald Ross Classic
LPGA Tour: T31 at the 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR
Seventeen events played and sixteen cuts made; $86,218 with one victory and six top-10s
OF NOTE
- Cheng, 21, is a native of Taipei, Chinese Taipei
- Four-time winner on the LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) as an amateur
- Won the 2014 Xiamen Open as an amateur in her Ladies European Tour (LET) debut
- Member of Team Chinese Taipei in the 2016 UL International Crown with a 2-2-0 record
- Nine starts on the LPGA Tour as an amateur with best finish of T15 at 2014 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by Taiwan Mobile
- Finished T36 at the Final Stage of the 2015 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 status for the 2016 LPGA Tour season
- Total of 33 starts on the LPGA Tour since rookie year of 2016 with career-best result of T31 in the 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer
- Eight top-10 finishes in 38 career starts on the Epson Tour and stepped into winner’s circle for first time in her professional career at the 2019 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
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