Lam Chih Bing

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Lam Chih Bing
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Born (1976-12-29) 29 December 1976 (age 47)
Nationality  Singapore
Residence Singapore
Career
College University of Arizona
University of Leicester
Turned professional 1999
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 83rd: 2008
PGA Championship DNP

Lam Chih Bing (born 29 September 1976) is an Singaporean professional golfer.

Lam was a scratch golfer at seventeen, and attended the University of Arizona in the United States before completing an MBA at the University of Leicester in England, following his ambition to become a fund manager.[1] Instead he began a professional golf career, joining the Asian Tour in 2001. In his first seven seasons Lam struggled to retain his card, never finishing inside the top 60 on the Order of Merit, but 2008 was his breakthrough year, with four top-10s and a maiden tour win at the prestigious season-ending Volvo Masters of Asia.

Lam made news following a strange occurrence at the 2013 Hong Kong Open. Anthony Kang was the first alternate, but withdrew and volunteered to caddy for Unho Park. Finland's Joonas Granberg was disqualified for going to the wrong tee. Jeppe Huldahl was originally called to replace him, but since Granberg was an Asian Tour member and the Dane was a member of the European Tour, Huldahl was pulled off the course and third alternate Lam scrambled to the first tee and shot a first round 66 (-4) and tie for third. Three consecutive 72's caused him to fall to a T65 finish.

Professional wins (9)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory
Runner-up
1 21 Dec 2008 Volvo Masters of Asia –14 (69-66-72-67=274) 2 strokes Thailand Chapchai Nirat

Other wins (8)

  • 2000 PFP Classic (Malaysia), Malaysian PGA Championship
  • 2001 Genting Masters (Malaysia)
  • 2003 Tiger Challenge, Accenture Champion of Champions (both Singapore)
  • 2007 Bilt Open (India)
  • 2008 Singapore PGA Championship, Mercedes-Benz Indonesian Masters

Results in major championships

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT 83 DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

External links


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