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

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2020

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Amateur career

Wu attended boarding school at

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and was on the swim team through high school. He attended Stanford University 2015–2019 and played his college golf for the

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team. In his senior year, they won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. Wu played in the 2019 Walker Cup and the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. 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 won ...

, 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 U.S. Amateur 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 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

. Due to the

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, there was no graduating class in 2020, and the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season extended into 2021. Wu earned his card for the

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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

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, tied for 2nd at the Mexico Open, and tied for 6th at the

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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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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(winners) *

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(representing the United States):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Brandon American male golfers Stanford Cardinal men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Pan American Games medalists in golf Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Golfers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Golfers from California People from Danville, California People from Scarsdale, New York 1997 births Living people