| Lu Liang-Huan 呂良煥 |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 December 1936 Taipei |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 22 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 8 |
| Other | 14 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | 37th: 1972 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | 2nd: 1971 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Lu Liang-Huan (Chinese: 呂良煥, born 10 December 1936), or "Mr. Lu" as he came to be known to British golf fans, was a successful Taiwanese golfer who won several important tournaments on the Asian and European circuits between 1959 and 1979.
Lu was born in Taipei. He became the first winner of the Hong Kong Open in 1959, the tournament devised by former Australian Open champion Eric Cremin and featuring, among others, Bob Charles and Kel Nagle. He would become a regular winner on the Asian circuit (as it was known before the establishment of the formal Asian Tour in 1995), winning his own country's national Open on two occasions. The also played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning eight times.
His finest year was 1971, when he finished runner-up to Lee Trevino in the The Open at Royal Birkdale, then the following week won the French Open at Biarritz. In 1972, he and countryman Hsieh Min-Nan teamed up to win the World Cup at Royal Melbourne, Taiwan's sole victory in the event.
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