Hsieh Yung-yo

Hsieh Yung-yo
Personal information
Born (1934-10-22) 22 October 1934 (age 89)
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 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.

  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.