sentences:  Lin turned professional in 1996, and won for the first time as at the 1998 Hsin Fong Open, a non-tour event in his home country.He has played on the Asian Tour since 1998 and has won four titles, his first coming in 2006 at the Taiwan Open.His second Asian Tour victory came in 2007 at the Brunei Open, and in 2008 he won the inaugural Asian Tour International in Thailand.