Taiwan golf legend Lu Lianghuan, who won the runner-up in the British Open in 1971, passed away yesterday due to multiple organ failure at the age of 86. The Taiwan golf industry was saddened to hear the news.
Lv Lianghuan, who was born on December 10, 1936, won the Hong Kong Open in 1959, and then competed on the Asian Tour and European Tour. He won 8 championships on the Japanese Tour in his career, and his most glorious moment was in 1971. , that year he played the leading role at the Royal Birkdale Stadium of the British Open of the PGA Tour. Although he lost to Trevino and only won the runner-up, he was the first in the four major championships of that era. Asian players who have achieved such excellent results have also laid an immortal foundation for future Asian players.
Lu Lianghuan won the French Open again that year, and won the World Cup championship with Xie Minnan the following year. He was a pioneer in the early golf industry in Taiwan, and also gave Taiwan the reputation of the “Asian golf kingdom” in the 1970s.
Lu Lianghuan has devoted his life to promoting Taiwan golf, and he has continued to play as a Changchun player even after retiring from his professional status. Lv Wenhuan’s close disciples, and the two also cherish the teacher’s promotion.
Lu Lianghuan was selected into the “Asia-Pacific Golf Hall of Fame” by the Asia-Pacific Golf Summit in 2010. In recent years, due to his advanced age and illness, he has rarely appeared in public. The last time he appeared in public was in 2013 by the National Sports University Sports Museum. He curated the “Special Exhibition of Golf King Lu Lianghuan’s Artifacts”.