Hsieh Chin-sheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsieh.

Hsieh Chin-sheng
Personal information
Born (1963-02-05) 5 February 1963 (age 61)
Sporting nationality Taiwan
Career
Turned professional1986
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Asian Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Other10
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open Championship1988: T67

Hsieh Chin-sheng (Chinese: 謝錦昇, born 5 February 1963) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He won twice on the 1988 Asia Golf Circuit, the Hong Kong Open and the Philippine Open.

Amateur career

Hsieh played for the Republic of China in the 1985 Nomura Cup in Australia, where the team finished second, and in the 1986 Eisenhower Trophy in Venezuela, where they finished third.[1][2] He had the fourth best individual score in the Eisenhower Trophy event.[2]

Professional career

Hsieh turned professional in 1986 after the Eisenhower Trophy. He played on the Asia Golf Circuit in 1987 but his best result was in the NST Niigata Open on the Japan Golf Tour where he was a joint runner-up behind Tadao Nakamura.[3]

Hsieh won the first two events of the 1988 Asia Golf Circuit season, the Hong Kong Open and the Philippine Open. He won the Hong Kong Open by a stroke from Lu Chien-soon.[4] The following week he won the Philippine Open, five ahead of Steve Bowman.[5] Two weeks later he was joint runner-up in the Malaysian Open, a stroke behind Tray Tyner.[6] He finished the season in second place in the Asian Golf Circuit Order of Merit.[7]

Hsieh continued to play on the Asian Golf Circuit until the end of 1993. He didn't win again on the tour but was runner-up a number of times. In both 1990 and 1991 he was a runner-up in the Maekyung Open in Korea. In 1992 he was runner-up in the Philippine Open and in the Malaysian Open, behind Vijay Singh, while in 1993 he lost in a playoff for the Thailand Open.[8] He was also runner-up to Daniel Chopra in the 1995 Republic of China Open.[9]

From 1994 to 2003 Hsieh played mostly on the Japan Golf Tour. This best season on the tour was his first, 1994, when he finished 19th in the money list.[10] He was runner-up that season in the Dunlop Open, an event that was also on the Asia Golf Circuit, and in the Tokai Classic behind Corey Pavin.[11] Earlier in 1994 Hsieh had also performed well in the Johnnie Walker Classic, a European Tour event played in Thailand. He had finished tied for 6th place despite a final round 74.[12] In 1998 Hsieh was runner-up in the Omega PGA Championship, an Asian Tour event.[13] From 2004 Hsieh played in a limited number of Asian events but with little success.

Personal life

His older brother, Hsieh Yu-shu, is also a professional golfer.

Professional wins (12)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 14 Feb 1988 Unisys Hong Kong Open −10 (70-71-66-67=274) 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Chien-soon
2 21 Feb 1988 Coca-Cola Philippine Open −5 (68-69-74-72=283) 5 strokes United States Steve Bowman

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1992 Philippine Open Taiwan Wang Ter-chang Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1993 Thai International Thailand Open United States Steve Flesch, Australia Craig Mann Mann won with birdie on second extra hole
Flesch eliminated by par on first hole

Taiwan wins (10)

  • 1988 Taichung Open
  • 1989 Tamsui Open
  • 1990 Lin Kuo Open
  • 1991 Shin Fong Open, Tamsui Open
  • 1992 ROC PGA Championship & Sunrise Open, Chang Hwa Open, Sun Home Open
  • 1993 ROC PGA Championship & Pearl Height Open
  • 1995 Mercuries Taiwan Masters

Results in major championships

Tournament 1988
The Open Championship T67

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Asia-Pacific Men's Team Championship (Nomura Cup) Australian Representatives and Records" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Record Book 1986 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ^ "1987 NST Niigata Open". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Hsieh title with birdie blitz". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 15 February 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google Archive.
  5. ^ "Frankie Leads Filipino Charge". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 22 February 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google Archive.
  6. ^ Rokk, Lazarus (7 March 1988). "Texas Hurrah". New Straits Times. Malaysia. p. 28. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google Archive.
  7. ^ "Minoza 10th". Manila Standard. Philippines. 26 April 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google Archive.
  8. ^ "Play-off to Mann". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 March 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 10 April 1995. p. 46. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google Archive.
  10. ^ "1994 Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Chin-Sheng Hsieh Tour 1994". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 7 February 1994. p. 41. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  13. ^ "World at a glance – Golf". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 7 December 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 14 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.