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 was the leading Malaysian amateur in the mid-1990s and turned professional in 1996. Chia represented Malaysia in the WGC-World Cup in 2001 and 2002. 1993 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia) Asian Tour wins (2) Asian Development Tour wins (3) Other wins (13) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Professional World Cup (representing Malaysia): 2000, 2001 EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2016.
1993 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia) 1994 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia) 1995 Malaysian Amateur Championship, Selangor Amateur Open (Malaysia) 2002 Acer Taiwan Open 2015 Mercuries Taiwan Masters 2013 PGM Northport Glenmarie Masters 2014 PGM Northport Glenmarie Championship 2015 PGM Bukit Jawi Championship 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) 2007 International Championship (Indonesia) 2008 Mercedes-Benz Masters (Thailand).
