Kevin Yu is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour who enjoyed a noteworthy amateur career, earning his PGA Tour card for the first time ahead of the 2022/23 season. Get to know him better with these facts...
Kevin Yu Facts
1. Yu was born in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei on August 11, 1998.
2. Although he goes by Kevin Yu, his birth name is Chun An Yu.
3. He is five feet nine inches tall.
4. Yu played golf from an early age and had his father as his first coach. He won his first tournament at age eight.
5. In 2013, Yu won gold at the Asian Youth Games. He also took home a bronze medal at the Asian Games the following year, an event won by current PGA Tour player and Yu's mentor, C.T Pan.
6. He first came to the United States at age 13 to compete in AJGA events over the summer. His breakthrough moment, though, would come in 2015 when he won the Junior Players Championship, aged 17.
7. From 2017, Yu attended Arizona State University (ASU) to play collegiate golf.
8. He won in just his third collegiate event, becoming just the sixth Arizona State University freshman to win a tournament and the first since Jon Rahm in 2012-13.
9. Yu would go on to win three individual collegiate titles, also finishing third behind Matthew Wolf at the 2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's Golf Championship.
10. He reached number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, with his 586 birdies throughout his time at ASU second only to Rahm.
11. Yu appeared three times at the US Open as an amateur - between 2018 and 2020 - but failed to make the cut in each edition.
12. Outside of golf, one of his biggest hobbies is fishing.
13. He turned professional in 2021 and began competing on the Korn Ferry Tour. Yu finished 20th in the Korn Ferry Tour standings the very next season to earn his PGA Tour card.
14. In his first season on the PGA Tour, Yu finish 99th in the FedEx Cup standings, recording three top-ten finishes.
15. 2024 turned out to be Yu's breakthrough year on the PGA Tour. He enjoyed three top-10s in his first seven starts - culminating in a T3rd at the American Express - before going on to claim his maiden PGA Tour title at the Sanderson Farms Championship, defeating Beau Hossler in a playoff.
