Chen Tze-ming

Chen Tze-ming (Chinese: 陳志明, born 28 September 1952) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Chen Tze-chung, is also a professional golfer.[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Tze-ming
Personal information
Born (1952-09-28) 28 September 1952
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Nationality Taiwan
Career
Turned professional1978
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins21
Highest ranking78 (11 October 1987)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour9
Other10 (regular)
2 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1986
PGA ChampionshipT3: 1985
U.S. OpenCUT: 1986
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1985, 1987, 1993
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit
Order of Merit winner		1985

Chen was born in Taipei. He turned professional in 1978. He won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour; four of those victories were in 1992 when he finished third on the end of year money list.[3] His best finish in a major was a T-3 in the 1985 PGA Championship.[4] He also won seven times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1985.[5]

Professional wins (21)

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

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

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–0)

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

Asia Golf Circuit wins (7)

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
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

Professional

References
  1. "Week 41 1987 Ending 11 Oct 1987" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Ballard, Sarah (16 June 1986). "Golf's own Chen Dynasty". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  3. "1992 Tournament Stats". Japan Golf Tour. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. "Golf Major Championships".
  5. "Norman claims a $225,000 pot The 'Great White Shark' skins his better-fancied rivals". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1985. p. 22. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "Wins Indians Open". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. Pennsylvania. 13 March 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. "Top Man Puts 'Moresby' In Big Time". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 8 June 1978. p. 28. Retrieved 17 January 2020.


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