Brandon Wu (born February 17, 1997) is an American

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who currently plays on the

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and previously competed on the

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. He won the 2020

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Early life

Wu was born in California and lived in the state during his early childhood. When he was eight, his family relocated to

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and he spent the next five years competing on the junior golf circuit in China. Wu's family moved back to the United States when he was 13, taking up residence in

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. He attended boarding school at

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and was on the swim team through high school.

Amateur career

He attended

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from 2015 to 2019 and played his college golf for the Stanford Cardinal men's golf team. In his senior year, the team won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Wu played in the

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and the

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. He teamed with

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Emilia Migliaccio Emilia Migliaccio (born April 25, 1999) is an American amateur golfer. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. Migliaccio, Brandon Wu, Stewart Hagestad and Rose Zhang also wo ...

, and

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to win the mixed team gold medal at the

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. Wu's individual achievements include winning the 2017

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. He was a semifinalist at the 2018

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and competed in

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in 2018 and again in 2019, where he was the stroke play medalist. He was the qualifying medalist for

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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.

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

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, 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

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and won the

. The victory in the Tour Championship qualified Wu for the 2020 U.S. Open, which was contested at

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, near his family's home in Scarsdale. However, Wu missed the cut in the tournament. Due to the

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, there was no Korn Ferry Tour graduating class in 2020, and the season extended into 2021. Wu finished 16th on the points list for the combined

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season, with the one win and seven top-10's across 28 starts. That performance earned him a spot on the

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. 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

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. 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

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. He also had top-10 finishes at the Genesis Scottish Open and

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and finished 82nd in the

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standings to retain his PGA Tour card. In the

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season, Wu made a series of cuts during the fall, but did not have a top-25 finish heading into the

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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

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. Later in the season, Wu took third place at the Mexico Open and tied for ninth at the

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as he ended up in 57th place in the FedEx Cup standings. In 2024, Wu's fortunes took a downturn as he made only 15 of 30 cuts on the PGA Tour, with a best result of 10th at the ISCO Championship. He finished 153rd in the FedEx Cup standings and lost his PGA Tour card. Wu decided against a return to the Korn Ferry Tour and instead opted to play in 2025 on the

Amateur wins

*2013 AJGA Junior at Centennial *2017

*2019 The Goodwin Source:

Professional wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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(winners) *

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(representing the United States):

References

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