Brandon Wu

{{Short description|American professional golfer (born 1997)}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Brandon Wu | image = | image_size =  | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|17}} | birth_place = Danville, California, U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | weight =  | sporting_nationality = {{USA}} | residence = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Stanford University | status = | yearpro = 2019 | tour = Korn Ferry Tour | extour = PGA Tour European Tour | prowins = 1 | pgawins =  | eurowins =  | japwins =  | asiawins =  | sunwins =  | auswins =  | nwidewins = 1 | chalwins =  | champwins =  | seneurowins =  | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | masters = DNP | usopen = T35: 2019 | open = CUT: 2019, 2022 | pga = CUT: 2023 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 =  | year1 =  | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lima|Mixed team}} }} '''Brandon Wu''' (born February 17, 1997) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the DP World Tour and previously competed on the PGA Tour. He won the 2020 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.<ref name=pga>{{cite web |title=Brandon Wu Profile |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.52374.brandon-wu.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>

==Early life== Wu was born in California and lived in the state during his early childhood. When he was eight, his family relocated to Beijing and he spent the next five years competing on the junior golf circuit in China.<ref name=China>{{cite web |title=Brandon Wu excited for Volvo China Open debut |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/brandon-wu-excited-for-volvo-china-open-debut/ |publisher=European Tour |date=April 8, 2025}}</ref>

Wu's family moved back to the United States when he was 13, taking up residence in Scarsdale, New York.<ref name="LoHud">{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Mike |title=U.S. Open: Brandon Wu coming home for a victory lap at Winged Foot |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/golf/usopen/2020/09/09/us-open-korn-ferry-tour-brandon-wu-winged-foot/5747592002/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=lohud |date=September 9, 2020}}</ref> He attended boarding school at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and was on the swim team through high school.<ref name=pga/>

==Amateur career== He attended Stanford University from 2015 to 2019 and played his college golf for the Stanford Cardinal men's golf team. In his senior year, the team won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Golf Roster: Brandon Wu |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/brandon-wu/15603 |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>

Wu played in the 2019 Walker Cup and the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. He teamed with Stewart Hagestad, Emilia Migliaccio, and Rose Zhang to win the mixed team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/25403/Migliaccio--U-S--team-bring-home-gold-medals-at-Pan-Am-Games |title=Migliaccio, U.S. team bring home gold medals at Pan-Am Games |website=AmateurGolf.com |date=August 11, 2019}}</ref>

Wu's individual achievements include winning the 2017 Porter Cup. He was a semifinalist at the 2018 Western Amateur 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 2019 Open Championship 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.<ref name=pga/>

==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 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

The victory in the Tour Championship qualified Wu for the 2020 U.S. Open, which was contested at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, near his family's home in Scarsdale.<ref name=LoHud/> However, Wu missed the cut in the tournament.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no Korn Ferry Tour graduating class in 2020, and the season extended into 2021.<ref name=merge>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/news/2020/05/04/korn-ferry-tour-announces-new-restart-schedule-combined-2020-21-season-five-new-events.html |title=Korn Ferry Tour announces new restart schedule and combined 2020-21 season |publisher=PGA Tour |date=May 4, 2020 |accessdate=April 27, 2022}}</ref> Wu finished 16th on the points list for the combined 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour season, with the one win and seven top-10's across 28 starts. That performance earned him a spot on the 2021–22 PGA Tour.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Preston |title=Brandon Wu officially receives 2021-22 PGA TOUR card |url=https://www.usagolf.org/news/features/2021/august/21/brandon-wu-officially-receives-2021-22-pga-tour-card |publisher=USA Golf |date=August 21, 2021}}</ref>

===2021-24: PGA Tour membership=== Wu's PGA Tour experience began poorly, as he missed the cut in nine of his first 10 tournaments. But in March 2022, he broke that streak with a tie for third at the Puerto Rico Open.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kelly |first=Todd |title=He skipped graduation at Stanford to play in the U.S. Open. Here's 4 other things to know about Brandon Wu, who shot a 63 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/05/01/pga-tour-brandon-wu-stanford-63-mexico-open/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=May 1, 2022}}</ref> A few weeks later, Wu fired a tournament course-record 63 in the final round of the Mexico Open, lifting him into a tie for second, just one stroke behind winner Jon Rahm.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=DiMeglio |first=Steve |title=Jon Rahm plays up to top billing, wins 'stressful' 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/05/01/pga-tour-jon-rahm-2022-mexico-open-vidanta/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=May 1, 2022}}</ref> He also had top-10 finishes at the Genesis Scottish Open and Wyndham Championship and finished 82nd in the FedEx Cup standings to retain his PGA Tour card.<ref name=pga/>

In the 2022–23 PGA Tour season, Wu made a series of cuts during the fall, but did not have a top-25 finish heading into the AT&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 winner Justin Rose.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Woodard |first=Adam |title=Justin Rose ends four-year drought with win at 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/02/06/pga-tour-justin-rose-wins-2023-pebble-beach-leaderboard/ |magazine=Golfweek |date=February 6, 2023}}</ref> Later in the season, Wu took third place at the Mexico Open and tied for ninth at the RBC Canadian Open as he ended up in 57th place in the FedEx Cup standings.

In 2024, Wu's fortunes took a downturn as he made only 15 of 30 cuts on the PGA Tour, with a best result of 10th at the ISCO Championship. He finished 153rd in the FedEx Cup standings and lost his PGA Tour card. Wu decided against a return to the Korn Ferry Tour and instead opted to play in 2025 on the DP World Tour.<ref name=China/>

Wu's 2025 season was highlighted by his participation in the Volvo China Open, which served as a sort of homecoming.<ref name=China/> He finished tied for 10th in the event, his best performance of the season. But the rest of the year went poorly for Wu, who made just 10 cuts in 26 events<ref>{{cite web |title=Wins & Results - Brandon Wu |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/brandon-wu-43417/results?tour=dpworld-tour |publisher=DP World Tour |accessdate=29 December 2025}}</ref> and finished 155th in DP World Tour Race to Dubai season ranking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Race to Dubai Rankings (2025) |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/rankings/overview/rankings/#season:2025; |publisher=DP World Tour |accessdate=29 December 2025}}</ref>

==Amateur wins== *2013 AJGA Junior at Centennial *2017 Porter Cup *2019 The Goodwin

Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/brandon-wu-11574 |title=Brandon Wu |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=April 28, 2022}}</ref>

==Professional wins (1)== ===Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Legend |- style="background:#D6E8FF;" | Championship Series (1) |- | Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |-style="background:#D6E8FF;" |align=center|1 |align=right|Aug 30, 2020 |Korn Ferry Tour Championship |−18 (67-69-69-65=270) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Greyson Sigg |}

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |T35 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T70 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |}  {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

==Results in The Players Championship== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2023!!2024 |- |align=left|The Players Championship |T19 |CUT |} CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

==U.S. national team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Walker Cup: 2019 (winners) *Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the United States): 2019

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{PGATour player|52374}} *{{EuroTour player|43417}} *{{OWGR|25213}}

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