Danny Chia

Danny Chia
Personal information
Born	29 November 1972 (1972-11-29) (age 38)
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	Malaysia
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour	1
Other	13
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T55: 2010
PGA Championship	DNP

Danny Chia (born 29 November 1972) is a Malaysian professional golfer.

Chia was the leading Malaysian amateur in the mid-1990s and turned professional in 1996. He plays on the Asian Tour, where he won the 2002 Taiwan Open. He was the first Malaysian to win on the Tour. He has also won several lower profile professional tournaments in Malaysia and elsewhere.

In 2002, Chia became the second Malaysian to play in The Open Championship (and the first from a mainstream Malaysian background; his predecessor Iain Steel has a Scottish father, and attended school in Scotland and college in the United States, and therefore has a much more traditional golfing pedigree). Chia represented Malaysia in the WGC-World Cup in 2001 and 2002.

Amateur wins (6)

• 1993 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
• 1994 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
• 1995 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)

Professional wins (14)

Asian Tour wins (1)

• 2002 Taiwan Open

Other wins (13)

• 1996 EVA Air Open (Singapore), Jakarta Raya Open (Indonesia)
• 1999 Singapore Mini Tour event, Malaysian Mini Tour event
• 2001 Champion of Champions (Singapore), PNB OOM Challenge (Malaysia)
• 2002 Sime Darby Masters (Malaysia)
• 2003 Genting Masters (Malaysia), Classic I (Malaysia), Classic II (Malaysia)
• 2004 Kinrara Masters (Malaysia)
• 2007 International Championship (Indonesia)
• 2008 Mercedes-Benz Masters (Thailand)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T55
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

• World Cup (representing Malaysia): 2001, 2002

External links

• Danny Chia at the Asian Tour official site
• Danny Chia at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Chia, Danny
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	29 November 1972
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death