Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Kuo Chie-Hsiung
Kuo Chie-Hsiung
Personal information
Born	25 May 1940 (age 85); Taiwan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	Taiwan
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	4
Other	26
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T40: 1972
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit; Order of Merit winner
Asia Golf Circuit; Order of Merit winner	1974

Kuo Chie-Hsiung (Chinese: 郭吉雄, born 25 May 1940) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

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Kuo played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times including three tournaments in a five week span during 1979,^[1] and the Asia Golf Circuit, winning nine tournaments. He was the 1974 Asia Golf Circuit champion after wins in the Indian and Taiwan opens,^[2] 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.^[3] He also led the money list in 1978,^[1] 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.

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
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

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
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
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

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
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

Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Professional wins (30)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (4)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (9)

Other wins (12)

Senior wins (6)

Team appearances

References

External links

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