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Danny Chia

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Danny Chia
Personal information
Full nameDanny Chia Chee Wing
Born (1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 51)
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Malaysia
ResidenceKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Development Tour
ASEAN PGA Tour
Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
Professional wins28
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other26
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT55: 2010
Achievements and awards
Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
Order of Merit winner
2015
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese謝志榮[1]
Simplified Chinese谢志荣
Hanyu PinyinXiè Zhìróng
Hokkien POJChiā Chì-êng

Danny Chia Chee Wing (born 29 November 1972) is a Malaysian professional golfer.

Chia was the leading Malaysian amateur in the mid-1990s and turned professional in 1996. He plays on the Asian Tour, where he won the 2002 Taiwan Open. He was the first Malaysian to win on the Tour. He has also won several lower profile professional tournaments in Malaysia and elsewhere.

In 2002, Chia became the second Malaysian to play in The Open Championship (and the first from a mainstream Malaysian background; his predecessor Iain Steel has a Scottish father, and attended school in Scotland and college in the United States, and therefore has a much more traditional golfing pedigree). Chia represented Malaysia in the WGC-World Cup in 2001 and 2002.

Amateur wins

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  • 1993 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
  • 1994 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)
  • 1995 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia)

Professional wins (28)

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Asian Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 22 Sep 2002 Acer Taiwan Open +3 (76-70-77-68=291) 2 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Yu-shu, Taiwan Lin Chie-hsiang
2 3 Oct 2015 Mercuries Taiwan Masters −3 (67-70-73-73=285) 2 strokes China Liang Wenchong

Asian Development Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Mar 2013 Northport Glenmarie Masters1 −8 (67-68-74-71=280) 1 stroke Malaysia Nicholas Fung
2 10 May 2014 Northport Glenmarie Championship1 (2) −13 (72-67-68-68=275) Playoff Thailand Sattaya Supupramai
3 19 Sep 2015 Bukit Jawi Championship1 −21 (67-66-69-65=267) 6 strokes United States Casey O'Toole
4 14 May 2016 Bukit Jawi Championship1 (2) −18 (71-67-65-67=270) 5 strokes Malaysia Gavin Green, Malaysia Ben Leong

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

ASEAN PGA Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 8 Sep 2007 International Championship +3 (71-74-76-70=291) 3 strokes Malaysia Anis Helmi Hassan, Indonesia Suprapto (a)
2 30 Nov 2008 Mercedes-Benz Masters Thailand −8 (64-71-69-72=276) 2 strokes Malaysia S. Siva Chandhran, Thailand Nakul Vichitryuthasastr

Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour wins (13)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 30 Dec 2010
(2011 season)
Impian Masters −13 (68-71-70-66=275) Playoff Malaysia Airil Rizman
2 23 Jun 2011 Clearwater Classic −16 (69-68-69-66=276) 4 strokes Malaysia Rashid Ismail
3 6 Jan 2013 I&P Kinrara Classic −11 (72-63-72-66=273) 2 strokes Malaysia S. Siva Chandhran
4 9 Mar 2013 Northport Glenmarie Masters1 −8 (67-68-74-71=280) 1 stroke Malaysia Nicholas Fung
5 10 May 2014 Northport Glenmarie Championship1 (2) −13 (72-67-68-68=275) Playoff Thailand Sattaya Supupramai
6 10 Jan 2015 Panasonic Open Malaysia Tournament of Champions −16 (71-64-67-70=272) 8 strokes Singapore Mardan Mamat
7 7 Jun 2015 Matchplay Championship 5 and 3 Malaysia R. Nachimuthu
8 19 Sep 2015 Bukit Jawi Championship1 −21 (67-66-69-65=267) 6 strokes United States Casey O'Toole
9 14 May 2016 Bukit Jawi Championship1 (2) −18 (71-67-65-67=270) 5 strokes Malaysia Gavin Green, Malaysia Ben Leong
10 28 Jul 2017 CIMB National Championship −8 (68-70-73-69=280) Playoff Malaysia Gavin Green
11 3 Mar 2018 Johor Championship I −13 (70-71-70-64=275) Playoff Malaysia Shahriffuddin Ariffin
12 11 Mar 2023 Tun Ahmad Sarji Trophy −7 (70-71-70-70=281) 4 strokes Malaysia Ervin Chang, Malaysia Paul San
13 13 Jul 2023 Corolla Cup −12 (68-67-69=204) 4 strokes Malaysia Marcus Lim (a)

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Development Tour

Other wins (11)

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  • 1996 EVA Air Open (Singapore), Jakarta Raya Open (Indonesia)
  • 1999 Singapore Mini Tour event, Malaysian Mini Tour event
  • 2001 Champion of Champions (Singapore), PNB OOM Challenge (Malaysia)
  • 2002 Sime Darby Masters (Malaysia)
  • 2003 Genting Masters (Malaysia), Classic I (Malaysia), Classic II (Malaysia)
  • 2004 Kinrara Masters (Malaysia)

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
The Open Championship CUT CUT T55

Note: Chia only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2015
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions 67
  Did not play

Team appearances

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Professional

References

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  1. ^ "台灣名人賽 馬來西亞選手謝志榮首輪領先 潘政琮暫列第七". Xin Media. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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