Yu Liu (born 15 November 1995) is a Chinese

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and member of the

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Amateur career

Liu was born in

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and had a successful junior career where she won several tournaments in the U.S. and China. She reached the semifinals of the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship in 2011, won by Ariya Jutanugarn. Liu attended

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and played golf with the Duke Blue Devils women's golf team for the 2013–14 season, where she was named

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Rookie of the Year. Liu secured her first victory in a professional tournament at the 2013 Srixon XXIO Ladies Open on the

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Professional career

Liu turned professional in 2014 and joined the Symetra Tour in 2015. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Florida's Natural Charity Classic,

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and Symetra Tour Championship. She won the

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to become the third player from China to ever win on the Symetra Tour, joining Yueer Cindy Feng (2014) and Hong Mei Yang (2004). She finished fifth on the money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2018. In her rookie LPGA Tour season, she made 21 cuts in 27 events, to finish 49th on the money list and third in the Rookie of the Year standings. She had three top-10 finishes including a tie for 7th at the 2018 Women's British Open. In 2019, she finished tied 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and was runner-up at the

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. She finished 20th on the money list and reached a high of 31st in the

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. By 2021, she had pocketed almost $2 million in career earnings.

Amateur wins

*2009 CITIC Bank China Amateur Tour Final *2010 CITIC Bank China Amateur Tour Final, Tee Up Junior Challenge, Killington Junior Golf Championship *2011 Under Armour/Vicky Hurst Championship *2012 Chongqing Challenge *2014 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Source:

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

China LPGA Tour wins (1)

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Srixon XXIO Ladies Open (as an amateur)

Results in LPGA majors

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

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing China):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Yu Chinese female golfers Duke Blue Devils women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Beijing 1995 births Living people