Brandon Wu (born February 17, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.[2]
| Brandon Wu | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 17, 1997 Danville, California |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Career | |
| College | Stanford University |
| Turned professional | 2019 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Highest ranking | 79 (June 11, 2023)[1] (as of November 17, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2023 |
| U.S. Open | T35: 2019 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2019, 2022 |
Medal record | |
Amateur career
editWu attended boarding school at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and was on the swim team through high school.[2] He attended Stanford University 2015–2019 and played his college golf for the Stanford Cardinal men's golf team. In his senior year, they won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.[3]
Wu played in the 2019 Walker Cup and the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. He teamed with Stewart Hagestad, Emilia Migliaccio, and Rose Zhang to win the mixed team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.[4]
Wu's individual achievements include winning the 2017 Porter Cup. He was a semifinalist at the 2018 Western Amateur and competed in U.S. Amateur in 2018 and again in 2019, where he was the stroke play medalist. He was the qualifying medalist for 2019 Open Championship and tied for 35th in 2019 U.S. Open with rounds of 71-69-71-74 (285, +1). Wu had to miss his graduation from Stanford because he was playing in the final round at Pebble Beach. He received his diploma as he walked off the 18th green.[2]
Professional career
editWu turned professional in 2019 and joined the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour with conditional status from a tied 61st place at the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Final Qualifying Tournament. He did not make a start until the 13th event of the season, the Price Cutter Charity Championship, where he finished tied 9th and earned enough points to climb the priority ranking and compete in four events which granted entry based on the points list. In those four tournaments, he was runner-up at Albertsons Boise Open and won the Korn Ferry Tour Championship.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no graduating class in 2020, and the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season extended into 2021.[5] Wu finished 16th on the points list for the combined 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour season, with the one win and seven top-10's across 28 starts. That performance earned him a spot on the 2021–22 PGA Tour.[6]
Wu's PGA Tour experience began poorly, as he missed the cut in nine of his first 10 tournaments. But he broke that streak with a tie for third at the Puerto Rico Open.[7] A few weeks later, Wu fired a tournament course-record 63 in the final round of the Mexico Open, lifting him into a tie for second, just one stroke behind winner Jon Rahm.[8] He also had top-10 finishes at the Genesis Scottish Open and Wyndham Championship and finished 82nd in the FedEx Cup standings to retain his PGA Tour card.[2]
In the 2022–23 PGA Tour season, Wu made a series of cuts during the fall, but did not have a top-25 finish heading into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February. Wu was in contention throughout the event, and a final-round 66 at Pebble Beach gave him a tie for second, three strokes behind winner Justin Rose.[9] Later in the season, Wu took third place at the Mexico Open and tied for ninth at the RBC Canadian Open as he ended up in 57th place in the FedEx Cup standings.
Amateur wins
edit- 2013 AJGA Junior at Centennial
- 2017 Porter Cup
- 2019 The Goodwin
Source:[10]
Professional wins (1)
editKorn Ferry Tour wins (1)
edit| Legend |
|---|
| Championship Series (1) |
| Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 30, 2020 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | −18 (67-69-69-65=270) | 1 stroke |  Greyson Sigg
|
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Open | T35 | CUT | T70 | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
edit| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T19 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
U.S. national team appearances
editAmateur
- Walker Cup: 2019 (winners)
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the United States): 2019
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Week 23 2023 Ending 11 Jun 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Brandon Wu Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "Men's Golf Roster: Brandon Wu". Stanford University. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Migliaccio, U.S. team bring home gold medals at Pan-Am Games". AmateurGolf.com. August 11, 2019.
- ^ "Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 4, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Preston (August 21, 2021). "Brandon Wu officially receives 2021-22 PGA TOUR card". USA Golf.
- ^ Kelly, Todd (May 1, 2022). "He skipped graduation at Stanford to play in the U.S. Open. Here's 4 other things to know about Brandon Wu, who shot a 63 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta". Golfweek.
- ^ DiMeglio, Steve (May 1, 2022). "Jon Rahm plays up to top billing, wins 'stressful' 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta". Golfweek.
- ^ Woodard, Adam (February 6, 2023). "Justin Rose ends four-year drought with win at 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am". Golfweek.
- ^ "Brandon Wu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
External links
edit- Brandon Wu at the PGA Tour official site
- Brandon Wu at the Official World Golf Ranking official site