Pei-Yun Chien

{{Short description|Taiwanese professional golfer}} {{Family name hatnote|Chien|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Pei-Yun Chien | image = | image_size =  | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | death_date =  | death_place = | height = 5 ft 5 in | weight = | nationality = {{TPE}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2012 | tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2017)<br>Taiwan LPGA Tour | extour = Symetra Tour (joined 2012) | prowins = 7 | lpgawins = | letwins =  | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins = 3 | otherwins = 4 | majorwins =  | anainspiration = T40: 2024 | lpga = T21: 2022 | wusopen = T50: 2019 | evian = T7: 2024 | wbritopen = T71: 2024 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = Taiwan LPGA Tour<br> Order of Merit winner | year1 = 2014, 2024 | award2 =  | year2 = | awardssection =  | show-medals =  | medaltemplates =  }} '''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.<ref name="LPGA">{{cite web |title=Peiyun Chien Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/peiyun-chien/98158/bio |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="LPGA"/>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chien wins Circling Raven Championship on Symetra Tour |url=https://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/chien-wins-circling-raven-championship-on-symetra-tour/article_ca3939d8-34ee-579c-9031-23bf417ad47e.html |publisher=KXLY |first=Keith |last=Osso |date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> She tied for 4th at the LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour for the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peiyun Chien Coming Up "Money" at Q-Series |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2021/pieyun-chien-coming-up-money-at-q-series |publisher=LPGA Tour |date=2 December 2021 |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/36249862/peiyun-chien-leads-chevron-nelly-korda-tied-2nd |title=Peiyun Chien leads Chevron, Nelly Korda tied for 2nd |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=20 April 2023 |access-date=November 24, 2023}}</ref> In September, she led the Kroger Queen City Championship, before finishing in a tie for 5th.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peiyun Chien surges to the top of Kroger Queen City Championship leaderboard at 14-under |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/golf/2023/09/08/peiyun-chien-leads-kroger-queen-city-championship-after-second-round/70798337007/ |newspaper=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=8 September 2023 |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>

==Professional wins (7)== ===Symetra Tour wins (3)=== *2016 Kansas City Championship *2020 Symetra Classic *2021 Circling Raven Championship

===Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (4)=== *2020 Taiwan Mobile Ladies Open *2021 Hitachi Ladies Classic *2022 CTBC Invitational *2024 Hitachi Air Conditioning Ladies Classic

==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T49 |T40 |T76 |T59 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |CUT |CUT |CUT |T50 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |T60 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T21 |CUT |T35 |T61 | |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T40 |72 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T36 |style="background:yellow;"|T7 |T43 | |- |align=left|Women's British Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |T71 |CUT | |}  {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> NT = no tournament<br/> "T" = tied

===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 4 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 4 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 |- !Totals !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1 !! 2 !! 31 !! 15 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{LPGA player|peiyun-chien/98158}} *{{WWGR|4354}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chien, Pei-Yun}} Category:Taiwanese female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Olympic golfers for Taiwan Category:Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Golfers from Taipei Category:1990 births Category:Living people