- Lu Liang-Huan
Lu Liang-Huan (born 1936), or "Mr. Lu" as he came to be known to British golf fans, was a successful
Taiwan ese golfer who won several important tournaments on the Asian and European circuits between 1959 and 1979.Lu was born in
Taipei . He became the first winner of the Hong Kong Open in 1959, the tournament devised by former Australian Open championEric Cremin and featuring, among others, Bob Charles andKel Nagle . He would become a regular winner on the Asian circuit (as it was known before the establishment of the formalAsian Tour in 1995), winning his own country's national Open on two occasions. The also played on theJapan Golf Tour , winning eight times.His finest year was 1971, when he finished runner-up to
Lee Trevino in the The Open atRoyal Birkdale , then the following week won the French Open at Biarritz. In 1972, he and countrymanHsieh Min-Nan teamed up to win the World Cup at Royal Melbourne, Taiwan's sole victory in the event.Japan Golf Tour wins (8)
*1973-1984 "7 wins, missing 4" [ [http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG05020500Tour.do?playerCd=10004&playerKbnCd=0 Japan Golf Tour - Lifetime record] ]
*1974Hiroshima Open
*1975Fujisankei Classic ,Hiroshima Open
*1987Shizuoka Open Other wins (12)
*1959 Hong Kong Open
*1965 Philippine Open
*1966 Republic of China Open
*1971 French Open, Thailand Open,The Crowns Tournament (Japan)
*1972 World Cup (team withHsieh Min-Nan ),Panama Open
*1974 Philippine Open, Hong Kong Open
*1978 Philippine Open
*1979 Republic of China OpenReferences
External links
* [http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG05020200Profile.do?playerCd=10004 Profile on Japan Golf Tour's official site]
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