Lu Chien-soon (, born 28 December 1959) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Career Lu won 20 tournaments in his native Taiwan. He also had success elsewhere in Asia, especially on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he won seven national opens between 1983 and 1989 and was the overall circuit champion twice, in 1983 and 1988. He also played on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1992, where his best finish was T-5 at the Ben Hogan Louisiana Open. He played on the Japan Golf Tour in 2001, where his best finish as a member was T-11 at the NST Niigata Open Golf Championship, he had previously finished T-9 at the 1985 Golf Digest Tournament as a non-member.
After being sidelined for eight years (2001–08) with back problems, he returned to competition in 2009. He qualified for the Champions Tour via qualifying school. His best finishes are T-2 at the 2010 JELD-WEN Tradition, 2nd at the 2011 Montreal Championship and T-2 at the 2012 Regions Tradition. He won the 2011 Fubon Senior Open on the European Senior Tour.
Professional wins (15) Asia Golf Circuit wins (7) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up113 Mar 1983Singapore Open−5 (71-72-70-66=279)Playoff Bill Brask24 Mar 1984Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open−9 (69-69-75-72=275)2 strokes Terry Gale, Sam Torrance311 Mar 1984Thailand Open−10 (69-67-71-71=278)6 strokes Wayne Grady47 Apr 1985Indonesia Open−14 (67-69-72-66=274)1 stroke Frankie Miñoza53 Apr 1988Charminar Challenge Indian Open−11 (68-68-70-75=281)5 strokes Kirk Triplett619 Mar 1989Singapore Open−7 (69-69-67-72=277)1 stroke Carlos Espinosa79 Apr 1989Taiwan Open−9 (70-69-68=207)1 stroke Chen Liang-hsi
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11983Singapore Open Bill BraskWon with birdie on second extra hole
Asian Development Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Nov 2012Yeangder ADT1−19 (66-63-68=197)5 strokes Lin Wen-tang 1Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan PGA Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up118 Jul 2009Mercedes-Benz Masters Malaysia−11 (68-68-70-71=277)Playoff Antonio Lascuña
Other Asian wins (4) 1985 HP Open 1989 Rolex Masters (Singapore) 1990 Kaohsiung Open 1998 Taiwan Open
European Senior Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up120 Nov 2011Fubon Senior Open−12 (64-71-69=204)5 strokes Lorens Chan (a)
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) 2017 Japan PGA Senior Championship
Team appearances Professional Dunhill Cup (representing Taiwan): 1989 World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1989, 1994
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External links
Lu Chien-soon at the Taiwan PGA official site