Hsieh Yung-yo

{{short description|Taiwanese professional golfer (born 1934)}}

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Hsieh Yung-yo ({{zh|t=謝永郁}}, born 23 October 1934) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Hsieh had great success playing throughout Asia, winning 16 national opens.{{cite web |url=https://www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/from-the-uk-to-nigeria-to-taiwan-weve-crowned-the-king-of-golfs-national-opens/ |title=From the UK to Nigeria to Taiwan, we've crowned the king of golf's national opens |website=Australian Golf Digest |date=3 July 2019 |first=Shane |last=Ryan |accessdate=19 February 2020}} Most of those victories were on the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit, where he was also the circuit champion on four occasions.{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19700302-1.2.153 |title=Yung Yo's S'pore Open by 2 strokes |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=2 March 1970 |page=24 |via=National Library Board |accessdate=19 February 2020}} He also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.

Professional wins (26)

=PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|25 May 1975

|Pepsi-Wilson Tournament

|−5 (72-75-66-70=283)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Graham Marsh, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toshiaki Sekimizu

align=center|2

|align=right|6 Jul 1975

|ANA Sapporo Open

|−11 (71-70-66-70=277)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Takashi Murakami

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–2)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|1974

|Pepsi-Wilson Tournament

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Graham Marsh

|Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

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|align=center|2

|1981

|Yomiuri Open

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Namio Takasu

|Lost to par on third extra hole

=Asia Golf Circuit wins (13)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|10 Mar 1963

|Hong Kong Open

|−16 (65-70-70-67=272)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tomoo Ishii

align=center|2

|align=right|22 Mar 1964

|Hong Kong Open (2)

|−15 (65-70-68-66=269)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Murray

align=center|3

|align=right|21 Mar 1965

|Thailand Open

|−5 (72-71-70-70=283)

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung, {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} Dionisio Nadales,
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Koichi Ono, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hideyo Sugimoto,
{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shigeru Uchida

align=center|4

|align=right|2 Apr 1967

|Taiwan Open

|−11 (69-71-70-67=277)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Lu Liang-Huan

align=center|5

|align=right|3 Mar 1968

|Singapore Open

|−9 (70-68-66-71=275)

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Han Chang-sang, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kenji Hosoishi

align=center|6

|align=right|31 Mar 1968

|Taiwan Open (2)

|−6 (282)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

align=center|7

|align=right|23 Mar 1969

|Thailand Open (2)

|−11 (66-71-70-70=277)

|8 strokes

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Hsu Chi-san

align=center|8

|align=right|22 Feb 1970

|Philippine Open

|−6 (73-70-67-72=282)

|6 strokes

|{{flagicon|PHI|1936}} Eleuterio Nival, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Haruo Yasuda

align=center|9

|align=right|1 Mar 1970

|Singapore Open

|−8 (67-71-70-68=276)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Haruo Yasuda

align=center|10

|align=right|23 Feb 1975

|Hong Kong Open (3)

| +8 (70-71-76-71=288)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Ted Ball, {{flagicon|USA}} Gaylord Burrows,
{{flagicon|AUS}} Stewart Ginn

align=center|11

|align=right|20 Feb 1977

|Philippine Open (2)

|−7 (68-68-72-73=281)

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Hsieh Min-Nan, {{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

align=center|12

|align=right|26 Feb 1978

|Hong Kong Open (4)

|−4 (65-68-70-72=275)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Kim Seung-hack

align=center|13

|align=right|9 Apr 1978

|Taiwan Open (4)

|−5 (73-72-68-70=283)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (3–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|1964

|Hong Kong Open

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Murray

|Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

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|align=center|2

|1967

|Taiwan Open

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Lu Liang-Huan

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

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|align=center|3

|1978

|Taiwan Open

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

|Won with par on seventh extra hole

= Japanese circuit wins (7) =

=Other Asian wins=

this list may be incomplete

=Senior wins=

Team appearances

References

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