Chen Tze-ming (Chinese: 陳志明, born 28 September 1952) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Japan Golf Tour, Asia Golf Circuit, Asian Tour and the European Tour. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Chen Tze-chung, is also a professional golfer who has won tournaments on the Japanese, Asian and American tours.^[2]

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Chen Tze-ming
Personal information
Born	(1952-09-28) 28 September 1952 (age 71) Taipei, Taiwan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Taiwan
Career
Turned professional	1978
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins	21
Highest ranking	78 (11 October 1987)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	9
Other	10 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1986
PGA Championship	T3: 1985
U.S. Open	CUT: 1986
The Open Championship	CUT: 1985, 1987, 1993
Achievements and awards
Asia Golf Circuit Order of Merit winner 1985

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For his country, Chen represented Taiwan at the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy, a world amateur team tournament, and then again in 1976, playing with his brother as Tze-ming posted the lowest individual score at +1. Chen also represented Taiwan as a professional in the 1979 World Cup, and in 1985 and 1994 at the Alfred Dunhill Cup tournament, a country-based team golf competition, again playing alongside his brother.^[3][4]

Chen was born in Linkou District, Taipei City, in northern Taiwan. His grandfather farmed the land that would become the Linkou International Golf Club and his father worked as a greenskeeper at the club.^[2] Picking up golf at a young age, his younger brother Tze-chung then followed Tze-ming and picked up the game in his teens, with the brothers often playing together on tour and together in team competitions for Taiwan over their careers.^[2]

Chen gained early notice at the 1978 Malaysian Dunlop Masters, winning by a record 15 strokes, but due to his amateur status, runner-up Simon Owen took home the prize money.^[5] Chen turned professional later that same year.^[6] As a professional, he won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with four of those victories coming in 1992 when he finished third on the end of year money list.^[7] His best finish in a major was a tie for 3rd in the 1985 PGA Championship, with a stellar final round 65 (281 overall, 3 strokes behind winner Hubert Green).^[8][9][10] Of note, the Chen family dominated the final round as the second highest score belonged to his brother Tze-chung, who shot a 66 and finished tied for 23rd.^[11]

Tze-ming also won seven times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1985.^[12][13] As a senior, Chen won the 2002 Japan PGA Senior Championship.

Chen and his brother have run and coached in the junior program at the Linkou Golf Club in Taipei City.^[14] He now lives in Tokyo.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

this list may be incomplete

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Taiwan): 1974, 1976 (individual leader, tie)

Professional

• Dunhill Cup (representing Taiwan): 1985, 1994
• World Cup (representing Taiwan): 1979