Hsieh Min-Nan

Hsieh Min-Nan
Hsieh Min-Nan
Personal information
Nickname	Tony
Born	9 August 1940
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality	Taiwan
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	25
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	11
Asian Tour	5 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Other	14
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1983
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T31: 1972
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit; champion	1971, 1975, 1977

Hsieh Min-Nan (Chinese: 謝敏男, born 9 August 1940), also known as Tony Hsieh,[1] is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title. He won many other tournaments in Asia and was the Asia Golf Circuit overall champion on three occasions, in 1971, 1975 and 1977.[2][3][4]

Professional wins (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	3 Aug 1975	Kanto Pro Championship	−14 (65-71-67-71=274)
2	25 Jun 1978	Shizuoka Open	−8 (68-68-74-70=280)	3 strokes	Isao Aoki
3	15 Apr 1979	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	−6 (68-66=134)	2 strokes	Fujio Kobayashi
4	16 Sep 1979	Japan PGA Championship	−16 (67-68-66-71=272)	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara
5	15 Jun 1980	Sapporo Tokyu Open	−6 (74-70-68-70=282)	1 stroke	Graham Marsh, Masashi Ozaki
6	30 Aug 1981	KBC Augusta	−9 (69-68-73-69=279)	Playoff	Chen Tze-chung, Nobumitsu Yuhara
7	10 Oct 1982	Tokai Classic	−14 (64-71-72-67=274)	5 strokes	Larry Nelson
8	17 Oct 1982	Golf Digest Tournament	−14 (64-70-65-75=274)	1 stroke	Akira Yabe
9	24 Oct 1982	Bridgestone Tournament	−9 (64-70-71-74=279)	Playoff	Kikuo Arai
10	21 Apr 1985	Bridgestone ASO Open	−8 (66-70-71-73=280)	Playoff	Masahiro Kuramoto
11	4 Aug 1985	NST Niigata Open	−12 (65-70-68-69=272)	Playoff	Yoshihisa Iwashita

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1976	Japan PGA Championship	Shichiro Enomoto, Seiichi Kanai, Haruo Yasuda	Kanai won with par on third extra hole Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole
2	1976	Bridgestone Tournament	Masaji Kusakabe, Takashi Murakami	Murakami won with par on third extra hole Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole
3	1978	Kanto Open	Minoru Hiyoshi, Seiichi Kanai
4	1979	Tohoku Classic	Tōru Nakamura
5	1980	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	Yasuhiro Funatogawa	Lost to par on first extra hole
6	1981	KBC Augusta	Chen Tze-chung, Nobumitsu Yuhara	Won with birdie on second extra hole
7	1982	Bridgestone Tournament	Kikuo Arai	Won with birdie on second extra hole
8	1984	Fujisankei Classic	Tateo Ozaki	Lost to par on first extra hole
9	1985	Bridgestone ASO Open	Masahiro Kuramoto
10	1985	NST Niigata Open	Yoshihisa Iwashita	Won with birdie on first extra hole

this list is incomplete

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

Professional

World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1970, 1971, 1972 (team winners and individual winner), 1973, 1975, 1977, 1984
Double Diamond International (representing the Rest of the World): 1977
Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (non-playing captain, winners), 2005 (non-playing captain, winners)

Nordberg, Olle. "Tour Insider: Mercuries Taiwan Masters". Asian Tour. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
"Min-Nan overall circuit champion". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
"Hsieh again takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
"Min-Nan the overall Asian champion". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 April 1977. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
"Godfrey Takes Hong Kong Open Under Pressure". The Canberra Times. 3 March 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-01-08.

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