Brandon Wu

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 (1997-02-17) February 17, 1997
Danville, California
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceScarsdale, New York
Career
CollegeStanford University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking79 (June 11, 2023)[1]
(as of October 22, 2023)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2023
U.S. OpenT35: 2019
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019, 2022
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaMixed team

Amateur career

Wu 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

Wu 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 earned his card for the 2021–22 PGA Tour as he finished the 2020–21 combined Korn Ferry Tour season 16th on the points list, recording a win, two runner-up finishes and seven top-10s across 28 starts. In 2022, he finished in a tie for 3rd at the Puerto Rico Open, tied for 2nd at the Mexico Open, and tied for 6th at the Genesis Scottish Open.[2]

Amateur wins
  • 2013 AJGA Junior at Centennial
  • 2017 Porter Cup
  • 2019 The Goodwin

Source:[6]

Professional wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
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 United States Greyson Sigg

Results in major championships
Tournament 20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open T35 CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2023
The Players Championship T19

"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Week 23 2023 Ending 11 Jun 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  2. "Brandon Wu Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. "Men's Golf Roster: Brandon Wu". Stanford University. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  4. "Migliaccio, U.S. team bring home gold medals at Pan-Am Games". AmateurGolf.com. August 11, 2019.
  5. "Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 4, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  6. "Brandon Wu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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