Tanigawa qualified for the 2018
PGA Tour Champions via
qualifying school, competing as an amateur and turning professional again in 2018. He won on the tour at the
PURE Insurance Championship in September 2018. In January 2019, Tanigawa was awarded the 2018
PGA Tour Champions Rookie of the Year award. On May 26, 2019, Tanigawa won a
senior major tournament, the
KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at
Oak Hill Country Club in
Rochester, New York. Tanigawa came from three strokes behind in the final round and holed a 10-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to edge out
Scott McCarron and claim victory by a single stroke. == Awards and honors ==