Kuo Chie-Hsiung | |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1940 |
Birth Place: | Taiwan |
Weight: | 70kg (150lb) |
Status: | Professional |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour Asia Golf Circuit |
Prowins: | 30 |
Japwins: | 4 |
Otherwins: | 26 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T40: 1972 |
Pga: | DNP |
Award1: | Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit winner |
Year1: | 1974 |
Kuo Chie-Hsiung (born 25 May 1940) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Kuo played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times including three tournaments in a five week span during 1979, and the Asia Golf Circuit, winning nine tournaments. He was the 1974 Asia Golf Circuit champion after wins in the Indian and Taiwan opens,[1] and narrowly missed out of defending the championship the following year when topped the money list but finished half a point behind Hsieh Min-Nan despite winning three tournaments during the season.[2] He also led the money list in 1978,[3] but was again runner-up in the points race.[4]
Kuo also had a great deal of success in his homeland and won many other tournaments throughout Asia.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 23 Apr 1978 | Dunlop International Open1 | −23 (69-66-64-66=265) | 11 strokes | Bob Byman | |
2 | 7 Oct 1979 | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | −4 (68-73-69-38=248)* | Playoff | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | |
3 | 21 Oct 1979 | Golf Digest Tournament | −10 (69-68-69=206)* | 3 strokes | Fujio Kobayashi | |
4 | 4 Nov 1979 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −3 (71-70-70-74=285) | Playoff | Isao Aoki, Koichi Uehara, Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1979 | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole | |
2 | 1979 | Japan Open Golf Championship | Isao Aoki, Koichi Uehara, Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Aoki and Uehara eliminated by birdie on first hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 31 Mar 1974 | Indian Open | −5 (71-72-74-70=287) | 2 strokes | Mya Aye, Brian Jones, Don Klenk | |
2 | 7 Apr 1974 | Taiwan Open | −6 (69-70-72-71=282) | 2 strokes | Lu Liang-Huan | |
2 | 16 Feb 1975 | Philippine Open | −12 (73-67-70-66=276) | 8 strokes | Ben Arda | |
4 | 6 Apr 1975 | Taiwan Open (2) | −11 (68-69-69-71=277) | Playoff | Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-Nan | |
5 | 13 Apr 1975 | Korea Open | −4 (74-70-69-71=284) | Playoff | Art Russell | |
6 | 2 Apr 1978 | Indonesia Open | −9 (71-67-68-69=275) | 3 strokes | Hsu Sheng-san, Eleuterio Nival | |
7 | 23 Apr 1978 | Dunlop International Open1 | −23 (69-66-64-66=265) | 11 strokes | Bob Byman | |
8 | 2 Mar 1980 | Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open | −5 (72-67-68-67=274) | 2 strokes | Lu Liang-Huan | |
9 | 13 Apr 1980 | Taiwan Open (3) | −11 (69-71-66-71=277) | 4 strokes | Mike Krantz, Lu Liang-Huan |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1972 | Taiwan Open | Haruo Yasuda | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole | |
2 | 1975 | Indian Open | Ted Ball | Lost to birdie on first extra hole | |
3 | 1975 | Taiwan Open | Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-Nan | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole | |
4 | 1975 | Korea Open | Art Russell | Won after concession on second extra hole | |
5 | 1978 | Taiwan Open | Hsieh Yung-yo | Lost to par on seventh extra hole |
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