Yeh Wei-tze (, born 20 February 1973) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

Yeh was born in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

. Representing his country as an amateur, Yeh was a member of the

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team, and then again at the 1992 tournament.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1994, played on the

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and was coached in his early career by pioneering Taiwanese golfer

Lu Liang-Huan Lu Liang-Huan (, 10 December 1936 – 15 March 2022), also known as Mister Lu (Mr Lu) to British golf fans, was a successful Taiwanese golfer who won several important tournaments on the Asian and European circuits between 1959 and 1987. Earl ...

. In 2000, he won the

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co-sanctioned Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open, only the second Taiwanese player to win on that tour following Lu, who won the French Open in 1971. The win also helped Yeh to second place on the Davidoff Asian PGA Order of Merit that season. In 2003, Yeh joined the

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. He has won twice on that tour, the 2003

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and the 2006 Sega Sammy Cup.

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Asian PGA Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Taiwan Tour wins (2)

*2005 Taifong Open *2007 Taifong Open

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Taiwan):

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, 1992

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeh, Wei-tze Taiwanese male golfers European Tour golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Golfers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Sportspeople from Taipei 1973 births Living people