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) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up123 Apr 1978Dunlop International Open1−23 (69-66-64-66=265)11 strokes Bob Byman27 Oct 1979Gene Sarazen Jun Classic−4 (68-73-69-38=248)*Playoff Yasuhiro Funatogawa321 Oct 1979Golf Digest Tournament−10 (69-68-69=206)*3 strokes Fujio Kobayashi44 Nov 1979Japan Open Golf Championship−3 (71-70-70-74=285)Playoff Isao Aoki, Koichi Uehara, Yoshitaka Yamamoto *Note: Tournament shortened to 54/63 holes due to weather. 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11979Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Yasuhiro FunatogawaWon with birdie on fifth extra hole21979Japan Open Golf Championship Isao Aoki, Koichi Uehara, Yoshitaka YamamotoWon with birdie on fourth extra holeAoki and Uehara eliminated by birdie on first hole
Asia Golf Circuit wins (9) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up131 Mar 1974Indian Open−5 (71-72-74-70=287)2 strokes Mya Aye, Brian Jones, Don Klenk27 Apr 1974Taiwan Open−6 (69-70-72-71=282)2 strokes Lu Liang-Huan216 Feb 1975Philippine Open−12 (73-67-70-66=276)8 strokes Ben Arda46 Apr 1975Taiwan Open (2)−11 (68-69-69-71=277)Playoff Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-Nan513 Apr 1975Korea Open−4 (74-70-69-71=284)Playoff Art Russell62 Apr 1978Indonesia Open−9 (71-67-68-69=275)3 strokes Hsu Sheng-san, Eleuterio Nival723 Apr 1978Dunlop International Open1−23 (69-66-64-66=265)11 strokes Bob Byman82 Mar 1980Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open−5 (72-67-68-67=274)2 strokes Lu Liang-Huan913 Apr 1980Taiwan Open (3)−11 (69-71-66-71=277)4 strokes Mike Krantz, Lu Liang-Huan 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–3) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11972Taiwan Open Haruo YasudaLost to birdie on fifth extra hole21975Indian Open Ted BallLost to birdie on first extra hole31975Taiwan Open Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-NanWon with birdie on fourth extra hole41975Korea Open Art RussellWon after concession on second extra hole51978Taiwan Open Hsieh Yung-yoLost to par on seventh extra hole
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 Women Championship 1999 PGA Seniors and Women 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