Hsieh Yung-yo

Hsieh Yung-yo
Hsieh Yung-yo
Personal information
Born	22 October 1934 (age 87)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality	Taiwan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	26
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
Asian Tour	13 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T29: 1970
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit; champion
Asia Golf Circuit; champion	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)[]

Japan Golf 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	Graham Marsh,
2	6 Jul 1975	ANA Sapporo Open	−11 (71-70-66-70=277)	2 strokes	Takashi Murakami

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

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

Asia Golf Circuit wins (13)[]

Japanese circuit wins (7)[]

1967 Chunichi Crowns
1969 Kanto Open
1970 Kanto Open, Wizard Tournament
1971 Kanto Open
1972 Hiroshima Open, World Friendship Tournament

Other Asian wins[]

this list may be incomplete

Senior wins[]

1984 ROC PGA Senior Championship, Japan PGA Senior Championship

Team appearances[]

World Cup (representing Chinese Taipei): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1978

References[]

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Yung-Yo fires eagle to signal victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 March 1968. p. 20 – via National Library Board.
^ "Sports Corner (Golf)". Sydney Morning Herald. March 2, 1970. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

Hsieh Yung-yo at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Hsieh Yung-yo at the Taiwan PGA official site

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[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.

[3] "Yung-Yo fires eagle to signal victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 March 1968. p. 20 – via National Library Board.

[4] "Sports Corner (Golf)". Sydney Morning Herald. March 2, 1970. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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