| Chen Tze-ming | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 28 September 1952 Taipei, Taiwan | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Taiwan | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1978 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asia Golf Circuit | ||
| Professional wins | 21 | ||
| Highest ranking | 78 (11 October 1987)[1] | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 9 | ||
| Other | 10 (regular) 2 (senior) | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1986 | ||
| PGA Championship | T3: 1985 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1986 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1985, 1987, 1993 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Chen Tze-ming (Chinese: 陳志明, born 28 September 1952) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asia Golf Circuit, Asian Tour and the European Tour. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Chen Tze-chung, is also a professional golfer who has won tournaments on the Japanese, Asian and American tours.[2]
For his country, Chen represented Taiwan at the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy, a world amateur team tournament, and then again in 1976, playing with his brother as Tze-ming posted the lowest individual score at +1. Chen also represented Taiwan as a professional in the 1979 World Cup, and in 1985 and 1994 at the Alfred Dunhill Cup tournament, a country-based team golf competition, again playing alongside his brother.[3][4]
- ^ "Week 41 1987 Ending 11 Oct 1987" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Ballard, Sarah (16 June 1986). "Golf's own Chen Dynasty". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Dunhill Cup". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 18 October 1985. p. 84 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dunhill Cup rosters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. 14 September 1994. p. D-2 – via newspapers.com.