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Yeh Wei-tze

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Yeh Wei-tze
Personal information
Full nameYeh Wei-tze
Born (1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 51)
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationality Taiwan
ResidenceTaipei, Taiwan
Career
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s)PGA Tour China
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour1
Other2
Medal record
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Hiroshima Men's team

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

Early life and amateur career

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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

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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)

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European Tour wins (1)

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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 United States Craig Hainline, Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington,
South Africa Des Terblanche

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

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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 Japan Masashi Ozaki, Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2 23 Jul 2006 Sega Sammy Cup −12 (70-68-72-66=276) 4 strokes Japan Hidemasa Hoshino

Asian PGA Tour wins (1)

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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 United States Craig Hainline, Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington,
South Africa Des Terblanche

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Taiwan Tour wins (2)

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Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "Taiwan's Wei-tze triumphs in Malaysia". www.iol.co.za.
  2. ^ "Yeh Weh cruising to title". GolfMagic.com.
  3. ^ "Wei-tze Yeh". European Tour.
  4. ^ "Yeh Wei-Tze (Taiwan)". www.golflive24.com.
  5. ^ "Wei-tze Yeh". PGA Tour.
  6. ^ "Yeh Wei-tze". Golf Channel.
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