Jang Yu-bin (; born 11 June 2002) is a South Korean

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. He won the

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Order of Merit in 2024, and was a gold medalist in the team event at the 2022 Asian Games.

Early life and family

Jang was born in

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

, South Korea. He took up golf at an early age, supported by his grandmother, a former

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player. He went to the Korea National Sport University.

Amateur career

Jang had a successful amateur career, winning several ranking tournaments, including the 2022 World University Golf Championship. He was part of the gold medal winning South Korean team in the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023), playing alongside

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, Im Sung-jae and Cho Woo-young. Also in 2023, while still an amateur, he won the KPGA Gunsan CC Open on the

. He reached a high of 35 in the

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Professional career

Jang turned professional in October 2023, and joined the

. In 2024, he successfully defended the KPGA Gunsan CC Open, as well as winning the Baeksang Holdings-Asiad CC Busan Open and had several runner-up finishes, on his way to winning the 2024 Order of Merit and Player of the Year award. In December 2024, he dropped out of the final qualifying stage for the

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in order to join

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as a member of the Iron Heads GC alongside Kevin Na.

Amateur wins

*2020 Bitgoeuljungheung Cup *2021 Bitgoeuljungheung Cup *2022 KGA President Cup Amateur Championship, World University Golf Championships, Song Am Cup, National Sports Festival Source:

Professional wins (3)

Korean Tour wins (3)

Korean Tour playoff record (2–1)

Team appearances

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(representing Asia-Pacific): 2023 (winners) *

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(representing South Korea):

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(winners)

References

External links

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official site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jang, Yu-bin South Korean male golfers LIV Golf players Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province 2002 births Living people 21st-century South Korean sportsmen