Samson Gimson (born 22 January 1964) is a

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Gimson played on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...

from 1993 to 1997, winning once.

Career

Gimson won the gold medal at the

1989 Southeast Asian Games The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was officially opened by 9th Yang ...

Amateur wins

*1986 Hong Kong Amateur *1987 Hong Kong Amateur, Sentosa Invitational, Desaru Amateur *1989 Singapore Open Amateur Championship, Pahang Open Amateur, Perak Amateur Open, Selangor Amateur Open, Southeast Asian Games (gold medal)

Professional wins (9)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

Other wins (8)

*1990 Singapore PGA Championship *1991 Langkawi TDC Tour, Sarawak TDC Tour, Johor TDC Tour, Labuan TDC Tour, Tiger Beer Open *1998 Anderson Consulting Champions of Champions, Emirates PGA Singapore Championship

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(representing Singapore):

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Professional *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

(representing Singapore):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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* Singaporean male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers 1964 births Living people {{Singapore-golf-bio-stub