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Lin Xiyu ( zh, 林希妤; born 25 February 1996), also known as Xi Yu Lin and by her English name Janet, is a Chinese
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who plays on the
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. She won the bronze medal at the
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.


Professional career

Lin turned professional in 2011 and began playing on the China LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times. She began playing on the
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in 2013 and won the Sanya Ladies Open back to back in 2014 and 2015. Lin began playing on the
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in 2014 and finished tied 5th at the 2015 Blue Bay LPGA. She has made multiple holes-in-one on the LPGA Tour and has lost two playoffs. Lin competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
, finishing 38th. In 2023, Lin won the individual title at the weather-shortened Aramco Team Series event at
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in a playoff against
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. Lin competed at the
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, winning the bronze medal.


Professional wins (9)


Ladies European Tour wins (3)

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–0)


China LPGA Tour wins (7)

*2012 (2) Tian Jing Challenge; Srixon XXIO Ladies Open *
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
(1) Sanya's Hills Ladies Classic *
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
(2) Sanya's Hills Ladies Classic; Sanya Ladies Open^ *
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
(1) Sanya Ladies Open^ *
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
(1) Macalline Women's China Open ^ Co-sanctioned by
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, Ladies Asian Golf Tour and China LPGA Tour.


ALPG Tour wins (1)

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Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)


Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied


Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2021 Chevron – 2023 U.S. Women's Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2021 U.S. Women's Open – 2021 Women's PGA)


World ranking

Position in
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at the end of each calendar year.


Team appearances

Professional *
International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. Beginning in 2025, the field ...
(representing China):
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 ...
,
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Xiyu Chinese female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Olympic golfers for China Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for China Golfers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Guangzhou 1996 births Living people 21st-century Chinese sportswomen