Kuo Chie-Hsiung

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

Career

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, 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. He also led the money list in 1978, but was again runner-up in the points race.

Kuo also had a great deal of success in his homeland and won many other tournaments throughout Asia.

Professional wins (30)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (4)

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Tournament shortened to 54/63 holes due to weather.</small><br> ¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–0)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (9)

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–3)

Other wins (12)

• 1967 ROC PGA Championship
• 1972 ROC PGA Championship
• 1974 ROC PGA Championship
• 1977 Kaohsiung Open, Dunhill International Match-Play (Philippines)
• 1978 Kaohsiung Open
• 1986 Chiang Kei-Shek Memorial Tournament
• 1987 Tamsui Open
• 1988 Mercuries Taiwan Masters
• 1989 BMW Open, Beihai Open
• 1991 Kaohsiung Open

Senior wins (6)

• 1992 Japan BMW Seniors Open
• 1993 Japan Nagoya TV Cup Seniors
• 1995 Japan Nagoya TV Cup Seniors, Kuo-Hua Match Play, PGA Seniors and Womens Championship
• 1999 PGA Seniors and Womens Championship

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1962, 1964

Professional

• World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
• Dunhill Cup (representing Taiwan): 1990

References

External links

• Kuo Chie-Hsiung at the Taiwan PGA official site (in Chinese)
• Asian Senior Masters profile