Yeh Wei-tze
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Yeh Wei-tze is a Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

ese professional golf
Golf
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er.

Yeh was born in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

. He turned professional in 1994 and played on the Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

 during his early career. In 2000 he won the European Tour co-sanctioned Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open to earn a two year exemption on that tour. The win also helped him to second place on the Davidoff Asian PGA Order of Merit that season.

In 2003 Yeh joined the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...

. He has won twice on that tour, the 2003 ANA Open
ANA Open
The is a Japan Golf Tour event. ANA is an acronym for All Nippon Airways, the tournament's sponsor. First played in 1973, it is usually held in September each year. The host venues are the Sapporo golf club Wattsu and Yuni courses. The tournament record is 268 , set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994...

 and the 2006 Sega Sammy Cup.

European Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of VictoryRunners-up
1 13 Feb 2000
2000 European Tour
The 2000 European Tour was the 29th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.The Order of Merit was won by England's Lee Westwood who won six times during the season to end Colin Montgomerie's seven year reign as Europe's number one....

Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open -10 (74–68–67–69=278) 1 stroke   Craig Hainline,   Pádraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...

,
  Des Terblanche
Des Terblanche
Desmond Terblanche is a South African professional golfer who plays currently on the Sunshine Tour. He has won 12 times on the Sunshine Tour, along with three wins on the Asian Tour....


Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No. DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of VictoryRunner(s)-up
1 21 Sep 2003 ANA Open
ANA Open
The is a Japan Golf Tour event. ANA is an acronym for All Nippon Airways, the tournament's sponsor. First played in 1973, it is usually held in September each year. The host venues are the Sapporo golf club Wattsu and Yuni courses. The tournament record is 268 , set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994...

-11 (67–66–72–72=277) 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
Masashi Ozaki
is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...

,   Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama is a Japanese professional golfer.Yoneyama was born in Kanagawa Prefecture.Yoneyama has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings...

2 23 Jul 2006 Sega Sammy Cup -12 (70-68-72-66=276) 4 strokes   Hidemasa Hoshino
Hidemasa Hoshino
is a Japanse golfer.Hoshino was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. He has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*2003 The Crowns*2006 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic...


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