Hsieh Min-Nan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hsieh.
Hsieh Min-Nan
Personal information
NicknameTony
Born (1940-08-09) 9 August 1940 (age 84)
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality Taiwan
Career
Turned professional1965
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins53
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour11
Asian Tour5 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Other37
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1983
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT31: 1972
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit
Order of Merit winner		1971, 1975, 1977

Hsieh Min-Nan (Chinese: 謝敏男, born 9 August 1940), also known as Tony Hsieh,[1] is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Professional career

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 was the Asia Golf Circuit overall champion on three occasions, in 1971, 1975 and 1977.[2][3][4]

Professional wins (53)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Aug 1975 Kanto Pro Championship −14 (65-71-67-71=274) 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki, Japan Masashi Ozaki
2 25 Jun 1978 Shizuoka Open −8 (68-68-74-70=280) 3 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
3 15 Apr 1979 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament −6 (68-66=134) 2 strokes Japan Fujio Kobayashi
4 16 Sep 1979 Japan PGA Championship −16 (67-68-66-71=272) 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
5 15 Jun 1980 Sapporo Tokyu Open −6 (74-70-68-70=282) 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh, Japan Masashi Ozaki
6 30 Aug 1981 KBC Augusta −9 (69-68-73-69=279) Playoff Taiwan Chen Tze-chung, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
7 10 Oct 1982 Tokai Classic −14 (64-71-72-67=274) 5 strokes United States Larry Nelson
8 17 Oct 1982 Golf Digest Tournament −14 (64-70-65-75=274) 1 stroke Japan Akira Yabe
9 24 Oct 1982 Bridgestone Tournament −9 (64-70-71-74=279) Playoff Japan Kikuo Arai
10 21 Apr 1985 Bridgestone Aso Open −8 (66-70-71-73=280) Playoff Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
11 4 Aug 1985 NST Niigata Open −12 (65-70-68-69=272) Playoff Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (4–7)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1976 Japan PGA Championship Japan Shichiro Enomoto, Japan Seiichi Kanai,
Japan Haruo Yasuda 		Kanai won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole
2 1976 Bridgestone Tournament Japan Masaji Kusakabe, Japan Takashi Murakami Murakami won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole
3 1978 Kanto Open Japan Minoru Hiyoshi, Japan Seiichi Kanai
4 1979 Tohoku Classic Japan Tōru Nakamura Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5 1980 Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa Lost to par on first extra hole
6 1981 KBC Augusta Taiwan Chen Tze-chung, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara Won with birdie on second extra hole
7 1982 Niigata Open Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto Lost to par on fourth extra hole
8 1982 Bridgestone Tournament Japan Kikuo Arai Won with birdie on second extra hole
9 1984 Fujisankei Classic Japan Tateo Ozaki Lost to par on first extra hole
10 1985 Bridgestone Aso Open Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
11 1985 NST Niigata Open Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 26 Mar 1972 Thailand Open −10 (71-68-70-69=278) 6 strokes Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san
2 23 Apr 1972 Sobu International Open −9 (71-72-72-64=279) 2 strokes Philippines Ben Arda
3 27 Feb 1977 Hong Kong Open E (70-70-70-70=280) 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
4 10 Apr 1977 Taiwan Open −12 (71-67-68-70=276) 2 strokes Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung
5 21 Feb 1982 Philippine Open +4 (72-72-76-72=292) Playoff Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1975 Taiwan Open Philippines Ben Arda, Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung Kuo won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 1982 Philippine Open Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san Won with par on third extra hole
3 1982 Malaysian Open United States Denny Hepler, United States David Ogrin Hepler won with birdie on second extra hole

Other Japan wins (6)

Other Taiwan wins (9)

  • 1973 Republic of China PGA Championship
  • 1974 Tamsui Open
  • 1983 Republic Of China PGA Championship, Kaohsiung Open
  • 1984 Phoenix Cup Open
  • 1986 Vuitton Pro Tournament
  • 1988 Tamsui Open
  • 1992 Mercuries Taiwan Masters
  • 1995 Kaohsiung Open

Other wins (3)

Senior wins (19)

  • 1990 Ashitaka Senior Tournament
  • 1991 Maruman Senior Tournament
  • 1992 Phoenix Cup Senior Open
  • 1993 Dai-ichi Life Cup, Noboru Goto Memorial Tokyu Senior Cup, Green Standard Group Cup
  • 1994 Green Standard Group Cup
  • 1995 HTB Senior Classic, Daxi Senior Open
  • 1996 Hongxi Daxi Senior Open
  • 1998 HTB Senior Classic
  • 1999 Guohua Match Play
  • 2000 Japan Grand Senior Tournament
  • 2002 Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
  • 2006 Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
  • 2008 Kanto Pro Gold Senior Championship, Handa Cup
  • 2009 Handa Cup
  • 2010 Kanto Pro Gold Senior Championship

Team appearances

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ Nordberg, Olle. "Tour Insider: Mercuries Taiwan Masters". Asian Tour. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Min-Nan overall circuit champion". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  3. ^ "Hsieh again takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  4. ^ "Min-Nan the overall Asian champion". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 April 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.


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