Yu Chun-an ( born 11 August 1998), commonly known as Kevin Yu, is a Taiwanese

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Amateur career

Yu has represented his country at multiple international competitions. He took the gold medal at the 2013 Asian Youth Games and won individual bronze and team gold at the

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. He competed at the

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. He also competed at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

, winning bronze medals in the

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and

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events. At the

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, he finished fourth in the individual competition and fifth in the team competition. He has also competed at the Nomura Cup (2013, 2015),

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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(2016) and

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(

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). Yu played golf for

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from January 2017, winning three individual collegiate titles and finishing third, behind

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, in the individual competition at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He won the Australian Master of the Amateurs in early 2019. He qualified for the 2020 U.S. Open, his third consecutive qualification in the event.

Professional career

Yu turned professional in 2021. He earned status on the

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for 2021 through the PGA Tour University program. He has two top-10 finishes in his first four starts. In October 2024, Yu won his first PGA Tour event; the

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, winning on the first hole of a playoff against

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Amateur wins

*2013

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(boy's individual), Taiwan National Fall Ranking Tournament, National Middle School - Senior *2014 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, National Summer Ranking - Sixth Selection Tournament, Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship - China, Yeangder Amateur Classic Leg 5 *2015

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, Junior Players Championship *2017 National Invitational Tournament *2018 Bandon Dunes Championship *2019 Australian Master of the Amateurs, ASU Thunderbird Invitational Source:

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Playoff record

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
T = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

* Nomura Cup (representing Chinese Taipei): 2013, 2015 *

(representing Chinese Taipei):

(representing Asia/Pacific team): 2016 *

(representing International team):

(winners) Source:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Kevin Taiwanese male golfers PGA Tour golfers Arizona State Sun Devils men's golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Olympic golfers for Taiwan Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in golf Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games Golfers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Expatriate golfers in the United States Golfers from Scottsdale, Arizona Sportspeople from Taoyuan City 1998 births Living people