Yeh Wei-tze
| Yeh Wei-tze | ||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Yeh Wei-tze | |||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 1973 Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Taiwan | |||||||||||
| Residence | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1994 | |||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour China | |||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour European Tour Asian Tour | |||||||||||
| Professional wins | 5 | |||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | ||||||||||||
| European Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 | |||||||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other | 2 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Yeh Wei-tze (Chinese: 葉偉志, born 20 February 1973) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
Yeh was born in Taipei. Representing his country as an amateur, Yeh was a member of the 1990 Eisenhower Trophy team, and then again at the 1992 tournament.
Professional career
He turned professional in 1994, played on the Asian Tour and was coached in his early career by pioneering Taiwanese golfer Lu Liang-Huan. In 2000, he won the European Tour 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.[1][2][3]
In 2003, Yeh joined the Japan Golf Tour. He has won twice on that tour, the 2003 ANA Open and the 2006 Sega Sammy Cup.[4][5][6]
Professional wins (5)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Feb 2000 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open1 | −10 (74-68-67-69=278) | 1 stroke |  Craig Hainline,  Pádraig Harrington, Des Terblanche
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1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Sep 2003 | ANA Open | −11 (67-66-72-72=277) | 1 stroke |  Masashi Ozaki, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
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| 2 | 23 Jul 2006 | Sega Sammy Cup | −12 (70-68-72-66=276) | 4 strokes | Hidemasa Hoshino
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Asian PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Feb 2000 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open1 | −10 (74-68-67-69=278) | 1 stroke | Craig Hainline, Pádraig Harrington, Des Terblanche
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1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Taiwan Tour wins (2)
- 2005 Taifong Open
- 2007 Taifong Open
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1990, 1992
References
- ^ "Taiwan's Wei-tze triumphs in Malaysia". www.iol.co.za.
- ^ "Yeh Weh cruising to title". GolfMagic.com.
- ^ "Wei-tze Yeh". European Tour.
- ^ "Yeh Wei-Tze (Taiwan)". www.golflive24.com.
- ^ "Wei-tze Yeh". PGA Tour.
- ^ "Yeh Wei-tze". Golf Channel.
External links
- Yeh Wei-tze at the European Tour official site
- Yeh Wei-tze at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Yeh Wei-tze at the Official World Golf Ranking official site