Chen Ching-Po | |
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Personal information | |
Born | 1 October 1931 |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) |
Sporting nationality | Taiwan |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 16 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T15: 1963 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T33: 1956 |
Chen Ching-Po (born 1 October 1931) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He represented Chinese Taipei in 11 successive Canada Cup tournaments from 1956 to 1966 and won the Japan Open Golf Championship in 1959.
He was described as the "Ben Hogan of Asia" by Gene Sarazen due to the similarities between their swings. [1]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 7 Apr 1968 | Yomiuri International | −5 (68-75-68-72=283) | 2 strokes | Tomoo Ishii |
Tournament | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
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Masters Tournament | T15 | T44 | T39 | T22 | T46 | T35 | |||||||
The Open Championship | T33 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Chen only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.
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