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

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 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)

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PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

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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,   Toshiaki Sekimizu
2 6 Jul 1975 ANA Sapporo Open −11 (71-70-66-70=277) 2 strokes   Takashi Murakami

PGA of Japan 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)

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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   Tomoo Ishii
2 22 Mar 1964 Hong Kong Open (2) −15 (65-70-68-66=269) Playoff   Alan Murray
3 21 Mar 1965 Thailand Open −5 (72-71-70-70=283) 6 strokes   Kuo Chie-Hsiung,   Dionisio Nadales,
  Koichi Ono,   Hideyo Sugimoto,
  Shigeru Uchida
4 2 Apr 1967 Taiwan Open −11 (69-71-70-67=277) Playoff   Lu Liang-Huan
5 3 Mar 1968 Singapore Open −9 (70-68-66-71=275) 6 strokes   Han Chang-sang,   Kenji Hosoishi
6 31 Mar 1968 Taiwan Open (2) −6 (282) 1 stroke   Kuo Chie-Hsiung
7 23 Mar 1969 Thailand Open (2) −11 (66-71-70-70=277) 8 strokes   Hsu Chi-san
8 22 Feb 1970 Philippine Open −6 (73-70-67-72=282) 6 strokes   Eleuterio Nival,   Haruo Yasuda
9 1 Mar 1970 Singapore Open −8 (67-71-70-68=276) 2 strokes   David Graham,   Haruo Yasuda
10 23 Feb 1975 Hong Kong Open (3) +8 (70-71-76-71=288) 1 stroke   Ted Ball,   Gaylord Burrows,
  Stewart Ginn
11 20 Feb 1977 Philippine Open (2) −7 (68-68-72-73=281) 5 strokes   Hsieh Min-Nan,   Kuo Chie-Hsiung
12 26 Feb 1978 Hong Kong Open (4) −4 (65-68-70-72=275) 1 stroke   Kim Seung-hack
13 9 Apr 1978 Taiwan Open (4) −5 (73-72-68-70=283) Playoff   Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (3–0)

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

Japanese circuit wins (7)

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Other Asian wins

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this list may be incomplete

Senior wins

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Team appearances

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References

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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.
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