Chen Tze-ming

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Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chen Tze-ming (Template:Zh, 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

Early life

Chen was born in Linkou District, Taipei City, in northern Taiwan. His grandfather farmed the land that would become the Linkou International Golf Club and his father worked as a greenskeeper at the club.[1] Picking up golf at a young age, his younger brother Tze-chung then followed Tze-ming and picked up the game in his teens, with the brothers often playing together on tour and together in team competitions for Taiwan over their careers.[1]

Professional career

Chen gained early notice at the 1978 Malaysian Dunlop Masters, winning by a record 15 strokes, but due to his amateur status, runner-up Simon Owen took home the prize money.[4] Chen turned professional later that same year.[5] As a professional, he won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with four of those victories coming in 1992 when he finished third on the end of year money list.[6] His best finish in a major was a tie for 3rd in the 1985 PGA Championship, with a stellar final round 65 (281 overall, 3 strokes behind winner Hubert Green).[7][8][9] Of note, the Chen family dominated the final round as the second highest score belonged to his brother Tze-chung, who shot a 66 and finished tied for 23rd.[10]

Tze-ming also won seven times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1985.[11][12] As a senior, Chen won the 2002 Japan PGA Senior Championship.

Personal life

Chen and his brother have run and coached in the junior program at the Linkou Golf Club in Taipei City.[13] He now lives in Tokyo.

Professional wins (21)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Aug 1982 KBC Augusta −7 (68-71-70=209)* 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton
2 1 May 1983 Chunichi Crowns E (71-67-71-71=280) Playoff Template:Flagicon Kikuo Arai, Template:Flagicon David Ishii
3 20 Nov 1983 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −2 (74-71-71-70=286) Playoff Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
4 26 May 1985 Pepsi Ube Open −20 (65-71-66-66=268) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Katsunari Takahashi
5 24 May 1987 Pepsi Ube Open (2) −10 (69-72-70-67=278) Playoff Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Makino
6 8 Mar 1992 Daiichi Cup −11 (66-71-70-70=277) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Roger Mackay
7 12 Apr 1992 Pocari Sweat Open −11 (69-67-66=202)* 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Saburo Fujiki, Template:Flagicon Yoshinori Kaneko,
Template:Flagicon Hirofumi Miyase, Template:Flagicon Kiyoshi Murota,
Template:Flagicon Nobuo Serizawa, Template:Flagicon Koichi Suzuki,
Template:Flagicon Akihito Yokoyama
8 30 Aug 1992 Daiwa KBC Augusta −12 (72-69-68-67=276) Playoff Template:Flagicon Bradley Hughes, Template:Flagicon Norikazu Kawakami
9 6 Dec 1992 Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup −8 (72-70-66-72=280) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (4–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1983 Chunichi Crowns Template:Flagicon Kikuo Arai, Template:Flagicon David Ishii Won with par on second extra hole
2 1983 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Template:Flagicon Tom Watson Won with par on first extra hole
3 1987 Pepsi Ube Open Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Makino Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1992 Daiwa KBC Augusta Template:Flagicon Bradley Hughes, Template:Flagicon Norikazu Kawakami Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 20 Apr 1980 Korea Open −4 (68-72-74=214)* 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Choi Sang-ho, Template:Flagicon Hisao Inoue,
Template:Flagicon Kim Suk-bong, Template:Flagicon Park Jung-woong,
Template:Flagicon Yeom Se-woon
2 1 Mar 1981 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open E (70-71-69-69=279) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Graham Marsh
3 19 Apr 1981 Korea Open (2) −3 (71-67-70-76=285) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Hsu Chi-san
4 11 Apr 1982 Taiwan Open +1 (69-72-75-73=289) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Chien Shun-lu (a), Template:Flagicon Kuo Chie-Hsiung
5 27 Mar 1983 Thailand Open −5 (70-73-68-72=283) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lou Graham, Template:Flagicon Lu Chien-soon,
Template:Flagicon Frankie Miñoza
6 31 Mar 1985 Singapore Open −10 (67-69-68-70=274) Playoff Template:Flagicon Greg Turner
7 15 Mar 1987 Thai International Thailand Open (2) −12 (70-66-70-66=272) Playoff Template:Flagicon Somsak Srisanga

**Note: The 1980 Korea Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1985 Singapore Open Template:Flagicon Greg Turner Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1987 Thai International Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Somsak Srisanga Won with birdie on third extra hole

Other wins (3)

this list may be incomplete

Senior wins (2)

this list may be incomplete

Results in major championships

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T3 CUT

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  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
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Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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