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Lu Liang-Huan

Taiwan · born , Taipei, Taiwan (then under Japanese rule) · died

1runner-up finish

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1971 Open
  • Open top 10s 1974 (T5)

Near misses

  1. 1971 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · runner-up to Lee Trevino · 279
  2. 1974 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T5 · 292 (+8)

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Lee Trevino's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1971 The Open

    Runner-up to Lee Trevino · 279.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1971.

    Career line, 1971–1974

    2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Lu Liang-Huan was born on December 10, 1936, in Taipei, Taiwan (then under Japanese rule). Liang-Huan's best major finish was second, at the 1971 Open.

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    The record

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1971 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · runner-up to Lee Trevino · 279
    2. 1974 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T5 · 292 (+8)

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Other names

    Status

    • professional, turned professional in 1956 Wikipedia

    Died in

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1973 World Friendship winner
    • 1974 Sobu International Open winner
    • 1974 Hiroshima Open winner
    • 1975 Fujisankei Classic winner
    • 1975 Hiroshima Open winner
    • 1977 Shizuoka Open winner
    • 1983 Acom Doubles winner
    • 1987 Shizuoka Open winner
    • 1965 Philippine Open winner
    • 1966 Taiwan Open winner

    Source: Wikipedia: Lu Liang-Huan

    Known for

    • Taiwanese golfer, known as Mister Lu to British golf fans, who won tournaments on the Asian and European circuits between 1959 and 1987. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Lu Liang-Huan
    2. Wikidata: Q2098580
    3. R&A 1974