| Brandon Wu | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1997-02-17)February 17, 1997 (age 28) Danville, California |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Career | |
| College | Stanford University |
| Turned professional | 2019 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Highestranking | 79 (June 11, 2023)[1] (as of November 24, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2023 |
| U.S. Open | T35: 2019 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2019, 2022 |
Medal record | |
Brandon Wu (born February 17, 1997) is an Americanprofessional golfer who plays on thePGA Tour. He won the 2020Korn Ferry Tour Championship.[2]
Wu attended boarding school atDeerfield Academy inMassachusetts and was on the swim team through high school.[2] He attendedStanford University 2015–2019 and played his college golf for theStanford Cardinal men's golf team. In his senior year, they won theNCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.[3]
Wu played in the2019 Walker Cup and the2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. He teamed withStewart Hagestad,Emilia Migliaccio, andRose Zhang to win the mixed team gold medal at the2019 Pan American Games.[4]
Wu's individual achievements include winning the 2017Porter Cup. He was a semifinalist at the 2018Western Amateur and competed inU.S. Amateur in 2018 and again in 2019, where he was the stroke play medalist. He was the qualifying medalist for2019 Open Championship and tied for 35th in2019 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.[2]
Wu turned professional in 2019 and joined the2020 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, thePrice 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 atAlbertsons Boise Open and won theKorn Ferry Tour Championship.
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, there was no graduating class in 2020, and the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour season extended into 2021.[5] Wu finished 16th on the points list for the combined2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour season, with the one win and seven top-10's across 28 starts. That performance earned him a spot on the2021–22 PGA Tour.[6]
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 thePuerto Rico Open.[7] A few weeks later, Wu fired a tournament course-record 63 in the final round of theMexico Open, lifting him into a tie for second, just one stroke behind winnerJon Rahm.[8] He also had top-10 finishes at theGenesis Scottish Open andWyndham Championship and finished 82nd in theFedEx Cup standings to retain his PGA Tour card.[2]
In the2022–23 PGA Tour season, Wu made a series of cuts during the fall, but did not have a top-25 finish heading into theAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 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 winnerJustin Rose.[9] Later in the season, Wu took third place at the Mexico Open and tied for ninth at theRBC Canadian Open as he ended up in 57th place in the FedEx Cup standings.
Source:[10]
| Legend |
|---|
| Championship Series (1) |
| Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 30,2020 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | −18 (67-69-69-65=270) | 1 stroke |  Greyson Sigg |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Open | T35 | CUT | T70 | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T19 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Amateur
