Lu Chien-soon

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lu.

Lu Chien-soon (Chinese: 盧建順, born 28 December 1959) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Lu Chien-soon
Personal information
Born	(1959-12-28) 28 December 1959 (age 65) Taipei, Taiwan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Taiwan
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Career
Turned professional	1982
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit Nationwide Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	36
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour	1
Other	14
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 1984
The Open Championship	T29: 1983
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit winner 1983, 1988

Lu won 20 tournaments in his native Taiwan.^[1][2] He also had success elsewhere in Asia, especially on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he won seven national opens between 1983 and 1989 and was the overall circuit champion twice, in 1983 and 1988.^[3][4] He also played on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1992, where his best finish was T-5 at the Ben Hogan Louisiana Open. He played on the Japan Golf Tour in 2001, where his best finish as a member was T-11 at the NST Niigata Open Golf Championship, he had previously finished T-9 at the 1985 Golf Digest Tournament as a non-member.

After being sidelined for eight years (2001–08) with back problems,^[1][2] he returned to competition in 2009. He qualified for the Champions Tour via qualifying school. His best finishes are T-2 at the 2010 JELD-WEN Tradition, 2nd at the 2011 Montreal Championship and T-2 at the 2012 Regions Tradition. He won the 2011 Fubon Senior Open on the European Senior Tour.

Professional wins (15)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Mar 1983	Singapore Open	−5 (71-72-70-66=279)	Playoff	Bill Brask
2	4 Mar 1984	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	−9 (69-69-75-72=275)	2 strokes	Terry Gale, Sam Torrance
3	11 Mar 1984	Thailand Open	−10 (69-67-71-71=278)	6 strokes	Wayne Grady
4	7 Apr 1985	Indonesia Open	−14 (67-69-72-66=274)	1 stroke	Frankie Miñoza
5	3 Apr 1988	Charminar Challenge Indian Open	−11 (68-68-70-75=281)	5 strokes	Kirk Triplett
6	19 Mar 1989	Singapore Open	−7 (69-69-67-72=277)	1 stroke	Carlos Espinosa
7	9 Apr 1989	Taiwan Open	−9 (70-69-68=207)*	1 stroke	Chen Liang-hsi

*Note: The 1989 Taiwan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1983	Singapore Open	Bill Brask	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Asian Development Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	23 Nov 2012	Yeangder ADT1	−19 (66-63-68=197)*	5 strokes	Lin Wen-tang

*Note: The 2012 Yeangder ADT was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Jul 2009	Mercedes-Benz Masters Malaysia	−11 (68-68-70-71=277)	Playoff	Antonio Lascuña

Other Asian wins (4)

• 1985 HP Open
• 1989 Rolex Masters (Singapore)
• 1990 Kaohsiung Open
• 1998 Taiwan Open

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Nov 2011	Fubon Senior Open	−12 (64-71-69=204)	5 strokes	Lorens Chan (a)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

• 2017 Japan PGA Senior Championship

Team appearances

Professional

• Dunhill Cup (representing Taiwan): 1989
• World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1989, 1994