Yeh Wei-tze
FullnameYeh Wei-tze
Birth date20 February 1973 (age 53)
Birth placeTaipei, Taiwan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
ResidenceTaipei, Taiwan
Yearpro1994
ExtourEuropean Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
PGA Tour China
Taiwan PGA Tour
Prowins6
Eurowins1
Japwins2
Asiawins1
Otherwins3

Yeh Wei-tze (traditional 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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
113 Feb 2000Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open1−10 (74-68-67-69=278)1 strokeCraig Hainline, Pádraig Harrington,
Des Terblanche

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
121 Sep 2003ANA Open−11 (67-66-72-72=277)1 strokeMasashi Ozaki, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
223 Jul 2006Sega Sammy Cup−12 (70-68-72-66=276)4 strokesHidemasa Hoshino

Asian PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
113 Feb 2000Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open1−10 (74-68-67-69=278)1 strokeCraig Hainline, Pádraig Harrington,
Des Terblanche

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Taiwan PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
123 Feb 2015Golden Eagle Open−6 (70-68-70-74=282)3 strokesHsieh Tung-hung

Other wins (2)

  • 2005 Taifong Open
  • 2007 Taifong Open

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  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