{{short description|New Zealand professional golfer (born 2004)}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Fiona Xu | image = | image_size = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|2004}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|2004|||df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = {{NZL}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2023 | tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2025) | extour = Epson Tour (joined 2024) | prowins = 2 | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = | futwins = 2 | otherwins = | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = | lpga = | wusopen = | wbritopen = | evian = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Fiona Xu''' (born 2004) is a New Zealand professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She graduated from the Epson Tour in 2024 after winning the Copper Rock Championship.<ref name=LPGABio>{{cite web |title=Fiona Xu Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/fiona-xu/102318/overview |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=29 August 2025}}</ref>
==Early life and amateur career== Xu was born in Auckland and educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School. She had a successful amateur career and won the New Zealand U16 Championship and New Zealand Women's Amateur, before capturing the 2022 Australian Women's Amateur as the first New Zealander to win the championship since Lydia Ko in 2012.<ref name=newsroom>{{cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Aiden |title=Our new teen golf pro keeping it simple on the tour |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/26/our-new-teen-golf-pro-keeping-it-simple-on-the-tour/ |access-date=29 August 2025 |work=Newsroom |date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
She reached a high of 13th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2023 after finishing second at the Queen Sirikit Cup, third in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific, and fourth individually at the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chapman |first=Grant |title=Auckland's Fiona Xu will join newly anointed Hall of Famer Lydia Ko on the LPGA Tour, after qualifying through the second-tier Epson Tour |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/08/kiwi-fiona-xu-follows-kos-footsteps-onto-lpga-tour-for-2025/ |access-date=29 August 2025 |work=1News |date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
Xu made a number of successful finishes in professional events as an amateur, including 10th at the 2022 Women's Australian Open, and tied sixth at the 2023 Women's Victorian Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiona Xu |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/11030 |publisher=Women's World Golf Rankings |access-date=29 August 2025}}</ref>
==Professional career== Xu turned professional in late 2023 and made her pro debut at the 2023 Women's China Open, where she finished fourth.<ref name=newsroom/> She joined the 2024 Epson Tour after earning status at LPGA qualifying school, where she finished tied 48th. In her rookie season, she was runner-up at the IOA Championship and won the Copper Rock Championship, to finish eighth on the Race for the Card Points List and earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2025 season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guy |first=Barry |title=Auckland's Fiona Xu to join Lydia Ko on LPGA Tour |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/530104/auckland-s-fiona-xu-to-join-lydia-ko-on-lpga-tour |access-date=29 August 2025 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2019 AJGA Lake Las Vegas Junior, Cambridge Classic, North Island Stroke Play Championship, Grant Clements Memorial Tournament *2020 New Zealand Women's Amateur, New Zealand U16 Championship *2022 Australian Women's Amateur
Source:<ref name=wagr>{{cite web |title=Fiona Xu |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/fiona-xu-30975 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=29 August 2025}}</ref>
==Professional wins (2)== ===Epson Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin<br>of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|18 May 2024 |Copper Rock Championship |align=right|67-63-64=194 |align=center|−22 |7 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Kaleigh Telfer |- |align=center|2 |align=right|16 May 2026 |Copper Rock Championship (2) |align=right|68-67-68=203 |align=center|−13 |3 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Menne<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Annabelle Pancake-Webb<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} Maddie Szeryk-DiBello |}
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Queen Sirikit Cup (representing New Zealand): 2022, 2023 *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2022, 2023 *Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia-Pacific): 2023 *Junior Golf World Cup (representing New Zealand): 2023
Source:<ref name=wagr/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPGA Tour player|fiona-xu/102318}} *{{WWGR|11030}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Fiona}} Category:New Zealand female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Auckland Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen