Hsieh Yung-yo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsieh.
Hsieh Yung-yo
Personal information
Born (1934-10-22) 22 October 1934 (age 90)
Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality Taiwan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins26
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour13 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT29: 1970
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit
Order of Merit winner		1964, 1965, 1968,
1969

Hsieh Yung-yo (Chinese: 謝永郁, born 23 October 1934) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Hsieh had great success playing throughout Asia, winning 16 national opens.[1] Most of those victories were on the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit, where he was also the circuit champion on four occasions.[2] He also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.

Professional wins (26)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 25 May 1975 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament −5 (72-75-66-70=283) 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh, Japan Toshiaki Sekimizu
2 6 Jul 1975 ANA Sapporo Open −11 (71-70-66-70=277) 2 strokes Japan Takashi Murakami

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1974 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Australia Graham Marsh Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
2 1981 Yomiuri Open Japan Namio Takasu Lost to par on third extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (13)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 10 Mar 1963 Hong Kong Open −16 (65-70-70-67=272) 3 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii
2 22 Mar 1964 Hong Kong Open (2) −15 (65-70-68-66=269) Playoff Australia Alan Murray
3 21 Mar 1965 Thailand Open −5 (72-71-70-70=283) 6 strokes Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung, Philippines Dionisio Nadales,
Japan Koichi Ono, Japan Hideyo Sugimoto,
Japan Shigeru Uchida
4 2 Apr 1967 Taiwan Open −11 (69-71-70-67=277) Playoff Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
5 3 Mar 1968 Singapore Open −9 (70-68-66-71=275) 6 strokes South Korea Han Chang-sang, Japan Kenji Hosoishi
6 31 Mar 1968 Taiwan Open (2) −6 (282) 1 stroke Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung
7 23 Mar 1969 Thailand Open (2) −11 (66-71-70-70=277) 8 strokes Taiwan Hsu Chi-san
8 22 Feb 1970 Philippine Open −6 (73-70-67-72=282) 6 strokes Philippines Eleuterio Nival, Japan Haruo Yasuda
9 1 Mar 1970 Singapore Open −8 (67-71-70-68=276) 2 strokes Australia David Graham, Japan Haruo Yasuda
10 23 Feb 1975 Hong Kong Open (3) +8 (70-71-76-71=288) 1 stroke Australia Ted Ball, United States Gaylord Burrows,
Australia Stewart Ginn
11 20 Feb 1977 Philippine Open (2) −7 (68-68-72-73=281) 5 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan, Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung
12 26 Feb 1978 Hong Kong Open (4) −4 (65-68-70-72=275) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Seung-hack
13 9 Apr 1978 Taiwan Open (4) −5 (73-72-68-70=283) Playoff Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (3–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1964 Hong Kong Open Australia Alan Murray Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 1967 Taiwan Open Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1978 Taiwan Open Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung Won with par on seventh extra hole

Japanese circuit wins (7)

Other Asian wins

this list may be incomplete

Senior wins

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ Ryan, Shane (3 July 2019). "From the UK to Nigeria to Taiwan, we've crowned the king of golf's national opens". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Yung Yo's S'pore Open by 2 strokes". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 March 1970. p. 24. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.


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