Tze-Ming Chen

Tze-Ming Chen
Personal information
Born	28 September 1952 (1952-09-28) (age 59) Taipei
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Nationality	Taiwan
Career
Turned professional	1978
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	9
Other	7 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1986
U.S. Open	CUT: 1986
The Open Championship	CUT: 1985, 1987, 1993
PGA Championship	T3: 1985

Tze-Ming Chen (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, Tze-Chung Chen, is also a professional golfer.

Chen was born in Taipei. He turned professional in 1978. He won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. His best finish in a major was a T3 in the 1985 PGA Championship.^[1]

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf Tour wins (9)

• 1982 (1) KBC Augusta
• 1983 (2) Chunichi Crowns, Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
• 1985 (1) Pepsi Ube Open
• 1987 (1) Pepsi Ube Open
• 1992 (4) Daiichi Cup, Pocari Sweat Open, Daiwa KBC Augusta, Nippon Series

Other wins (7)

this list may be incomplete

• 1980 Korean Open
• 1981 Hong Kong Open, Korean Open
• 1982 Taiwan Open
• 1983 Thailand Open
• 1985 Singapore Open
• 1987 Thailand Open

Senior wins (2)

this list may be incomplete

• 2002 Japan PGA Senior Championship
• 2003 Castle Hill Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
The Masters	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	T3	CUT	DNP	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

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1976 (individual winner, tie)

References

1. ^ "Golf Major Championships". http://golfmajorchampionships.com/players?player=2789. 

External links

• Tze-Ming Chen at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Profile on 2004 Senior PGA Championship site

Persondata
Name	Chen, Tze-Ming
Alternative names	Chen, T.M.
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	28 September 1952
Place of birth	Taipei, Taiwan
Date of death
Place of death