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Chen Ching-Po
Personal information
Born (1931-10-01) 1 October 1931 (age 93)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sporting nationality Taiwan
Career
StatusProfessional
Professional wins16
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT15: 1963
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT33: 1956

Chen Ching-Po (born 1 October 1931) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He represented Chinese Taipei in 11 successive Canada Cup tournaments from 1956 to 1966 and won the Japan Open Golf Championship in 1959.

He was described as the "Ben Hogan of Asia" by Gene Sarazen due to the similarities between their swings.[1]

Professional wins (16)

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Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 Apr 1968 Yomiuri International −5 (68-75-68-72=283) 2 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii

Other wins (11)

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Senior wins (4)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Masters Tournament T15 T44 T39 T22 T46 T35
The Open Championship T33
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Chen only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ Boudewyn, Norman (24 January 1965). "Top Prizes Attract Top Men As Far East Golf Grows". The Straits Times. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-11-27 – via National Library Board Singapore.
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