Danny Chia

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Danny Chia
Personal information
Born	(1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 49)
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	Malaysia
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	2
Other	17
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T55: 2010

Danny Chia (born 29 November 1972) is a Malaysian professional golfer.

Chia was the leading Malaysian amateur in the mid-1990s and turned professional in 1996. He plays on the Asian Tour, where he won the 2002 Taiwan Open. He was the first Malaysian to win on the Tour. He has also won several lower profile professional tournaments in Malaysia and elsewhere.

In 2002, Chia became the second Malaysian to play in The Open Championship (and the first from a mainstream Malaysian background; his predecessor Iain Steel has a Scottish father, and attended school in Scotland and college in the United States, and therefore has a much more traditional golfing pedigree). Chia represented Malaysia in the WGC-World Cup in 2001 and 2002.

Amateur wins (6)[]

• 1993 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
• 1994 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
• 1995 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)

Professional wins (18)[]

Asian Tour wins (2)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Sep 2002	Acer Taiwan Open	+3 (76-70-77-68=291)	2 strokes	Hsieh Yu-shu,
2	3 Oct 2015	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	−3 (67-70-73-73=285)	2 strokes	Liang Wenchong

Asian Development Tour wins (4)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Mar 2013	PGM Northport Glenmarie Masters	−8 (67-68-74-71=280)	1 stroke	Nicholas Fung
2	10 May 2014	PGM Northport Glenmarie Championship (2)	−13 (72-67-68-68=275)	Playoff
3	19 Sep 2015	PGM Bukit Jawi Championship	−21 (67-66-69-65=267)	6 strokes
4	14 May 2016	PGM Bukit Jawi Championship (2)	−18 (71-67-65-67=270)	5 strokes	Gavin Green, Ben Leong

Other wins (13)[]

• 1996 EVA Air Open (Singapore), Jakarta Raya Open (Indonesia)
• 1999 Singapore Mini Tour event, Malaysian Mini Tour event
• 2001 Champion of Champions (Singapore), PNB OOM Challenge (Malaysia)
• 2002 Sime Darby Masters (Malaysia)
• 2003 Genting Masters (Malaysia), Classic I (Malaysia), Classic II (Malaysia)
• 2004 Kinrara Masters (Malaysia)
• 2007 International Championship (Indonesia)
• 2008 Mercedes-Benz Masters (Thailand)

Results in major championships[]

Note: Chia only played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Team appearances[]

Professional

• World Cup (representing Malaysia): 2000, 2001, 2016
• EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2016

References[]

External links[]

• Danny Chia at the Asian Tour official site
• Danny Chia at the Official World Golf Ranking official site