Chen Tze-ming

Chen was born in Linkou District, Taipei City, in northern Taiwan. His grandfather farmed the land that would become the Linkou International Golf Club and his father worked as a greenskeeper at the club.^[2] Picking up golf at a young age, his younger brother Tze-chung then followed Tze-ming and picked up the game in his teens, with the brothers often playing together on tour and together in team competitions for Taiwan over their careers.^[2]

Chen gained early notice at the 1978 Malaysian Dunlop Masters, winning by a record 15 strokes, but due to his amateur status, runner-up Simon Owen took home the prize money.^[5] Chen turned professional later that same year.^[6] As a professional, he won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with four of those victories coming in 1992 when he finished third on the end of year money list.^[7] His best finish in a major was a tie for 3rd in the 1985 PGA Championship, with a stellar final round 65 (281 overall, 3 strokes behind winner Hubert Green).^[8][9][10] Of note, the Chen family dominated the final round as the second highest score belonged to his brother Tze-chung, who shot a 66 and finished tied for 23rd.^[11]

Tze-ming also won seven times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1985.^[12][13] As a senior, Chen won the 2002 Japan PGA Senior Championship.

Chen and his brother have run and coached in the junior program at the Linkou Golf Club in Taipei City.^[14] He now lives in Tokyo.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1974, 1976 (individual leader, tie)

Professional

• Dunhill Cup (representing Taiwan): 1985, 1994
• World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1979