Hsu Sheng-san (, born 16 April 1942) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Outside of Taiwan, Hsu played primarily on the Asia Golf Circuit winning seven tournaments and heading the Order of Merit in 1976, 1978 and 1982. His 1982 campaign started by losing out in a playoff at the opening event, the Philippine Open, having held a five stroke lead going into the final round, but he went on to win in

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in consecutive weeks through the middle of the circuit to build a dominant position in the standings. Hsu also played on the

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, winning once. Hsu's first two victories in professional tournaments were as an amateur, in 1966 at the Okinawa Open, and in 1967 at the Philippine Open.

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

Japanese circuit wins (1)

*1966 Okinawa Open (as an amateur)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (7)

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

Philippine Open (as an amateur) *

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Indonesia Open *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

Malaysian Open * 1978 Thailand Open * 1982 Indian Open, Singapore Open, Thailand Open

Other wins (9)

*1969 ROC PGA Championship *1976 ROC PGA Championship *1980 Kaohsiung Open *1981 ROC PGA Championship, Kaohsiung Open *1982 Kaohsiung Open *1984 Kaohsiung Open *1985 ROC PGA Championship *1987 ROC PGA Championship

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Taiwan):

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

, 1966,

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

Professional *

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(representing Taiwan):

, 1978,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

References

External links

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Hsu Sheng-san
at the Taiwan PGA official site Taiwanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers 1942 births Living people {{Taiwan-golf-bio-stub