Wu Chia-yen | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 25 March 2004
Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2020 |
Current tour(s) |
LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2023) Taiwan LPGA Tour (joined 2018) |
Professional wins | 10 |
Wu Chia-yen (born 25 March 2004) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
In the quarter-finals of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, Wu prevailed over Lauren Stephenson to win in a 30-hole match, the longest in United States Golf Association history. [1] It broke the previous record of 28 holes set at the 1930 U.S. Amateur and 1960 U.S. Junior Amateur. [2]
At only 13 years and four months, she also became the youngest player in history to advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur. [3]
Wu turned professional in 2020 and won seven times on the Taiwan LPGA Tour before joining the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2023, where she quickly secured three victories on the tour's development circuit, the StepUp Tour. [4]
By the end of 2023, she had advanced to 152nd in the Women's World Golf Rankings, and was the second highest ranked Taiwanese player behind Chien Pei-yun. [5]
Source: [6]
Wu Chia-yen | |
---|---|
Personal information | |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 25 March 2004
Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2020 |
Current tour(s) |
LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2023) Taiwan LPGA Tour (joined 2018) |
Professional wins | 10 |
Wu Chia-yen (born 25 March 2004) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
In the quarter-finals of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, Wu prevailed over Lauren Stephenson to win in a 30-hole match, the longest in United States Golf Association history. [1] It broke the previous record of 28 holes set at the 1930 U.S. Amateur and 1960 U.S. Junior Amateur. [2]
At only 13 years and four months, she also became the youngest player in history to advance to the semi-finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur. [3]
Wu turned professional in 2020 and won seven times on the Taiwan LPGA Tour before joining the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2023, where she quickly secured three victories on the tour's development circuit, the StepUp Tour. [4]
By the end of 2023, she had advanced to 152nd in the Women's World Golf Rankings, and was the second highest ranked Taiwanese player behind Chien Pei-yun. [5]
Source: [6]