Hsieh Min-Nan
Appearance
Hsieh Min-Nan | |
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Personal information | |
Born | 9 August 1940 |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
Sporting nationality | Taiwan |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 25 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 11 |
Other | 14 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 1983 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T31: 1972 |
Hsieh Min-Nan (Chinese: 謝敏男; born 9 August 1940) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title. He won many other tournaments in Asia and won the Asian Circuit Order of Merit three times (1971, 1975, 1977).
Professional wins
Japan Golf Tour wins (11)
- 1975 (1) Kanto Pro Championship
- 1978 (1) Shizuoka Open
- 1979 (1) Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament, Japan PGA Championship
- 1980 (1) Sapporo Tokyu Open
- 1981 (1) KBC Augusta
- 1982 (3) Tokai Classic, Golf Digest Tournament, Bridgestone Tournament
- 1985 (2) Bridgestone ASO Open, NST Niigata Open
Japanese circuit wins (2)
- 1968 Kanto Open
- 1972 Bridgestone Tournament
Asian circuit wins (7)
- 1972 Thailand Open,[1] Sobu International Open
- 1977 Taiwan Open
- 1978 Hong Kong Open
- 1980 Philippine Masters
- 1982 Philippine Open
- 1992 Mercuries Taiwan Masters
Other wins
this list is incomplete
- 1972 World Cup (team with Lu Liang-Huan and individual)
- 1973 Republic of China PGA Championship
- 1974 Okinawa TV Cup
- 1983 Republic Of China PGA Championship
Team appearances
this list may be incomplete
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1962, 1964 (individual leader)
Professional
- World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (team winners and individual winner), 1973, 1975, 1977, 1984
- Double Diamond International (representing the Rest of the World): 1977
- Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (non-playing captain, winners), 2005 (non-playing captain, winners)
References
- ^ "Godfrey Takes Hong Kong Open Under Pressure". The Canberra Times. 3 March 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
External links
- Hsieh Min-Nan at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Hsieh Min-Nan at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Profile at 2007 Asian Senior Masters site