Lu Chien-soon (, born 28 December 1959) is a Taiwanese

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. Lu won 20 tournaments in his native Taiwan. He also had success elsewhere in Asia, especially on the

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, where he won seven national opens between 1983 and 1989 and was the overall circuit champion twice, in 1983 and 1988. He also played on the

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(now Nationwide Tour) in 1992, where his best finish was T-5 at the Ben Hogan Louisiana Open. He played on the

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in 2001, where his best finish as a member was T-11 at the

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, he had previously finished T-9 at the 1985

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as a non-member. After being sidelined for eight years (2001–08) with back problems, he returned to competition in 2009. He qualified for the

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via

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. His best finishes are T-2 at the 2010

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, 2nd at the 2011 Montreal Championship and T-2 at the 2012

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. He won the 2011

Fubon Senior Open The Fubon Senior Open was a men's golf tournament on the European Senior Tour. The tournament was held from 2011 to 2013 at Miramar Golf Country Club, north-west of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The event was co-sanctioned with the Senior PGA of Taiwa ...

on the

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Professional wins (15)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (7)

''*Note: The 1989 Taiwan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

Asian Development Tour wins (1)

''*Note: The 2012 Yeangder ADT was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the Taiwan PGA Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (1)

Other Asian wins (4)

*1985 HP Open *1989 Rolex Masters (Singapore) *1990 Kaohsiung Open *1998 Taiwan Open

European Senior Tour wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

*2017

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Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing Taiwan):

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(representing Taiwan):

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

References

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Lu Chien-soon
at the Taiwan PGA official site * Taiwanese male golfers Asian Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Sportspeople from Taipei 1959 births Living people {{Taiwan-golf-bio-stub