Tu Ai-yu

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Tu Ai-yu
涂阿玉
Personal information
Born (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954 (age 67)
Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationalityTaiwanese
Career
Turned professional1974
Former tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour (1981–2008)
LPGA Tour (1976–81)
Professional wins70
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour69
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipT15: 1978
U.S. Women's OpenT23: 1976, 1980
du Maurier ClassicDNP
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year
1991
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991

Tu Ai-yu (Chinese: 涂阿玉; pinyin: Tú ā-yù, born 29 September 1954) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) and the LPGA Tour.

Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward. She was the leading money winner on the LPGA of Japan Tour seven times (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991).

One of Tu's JLPGA wins was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour, the 1986 Mazda Japan Classic.[1][2]

Tu won the LPGA Tour's qualifying school tournament in January 1976[3] and played on the LPGA Tour from 1976 to 1981. Her 1986 win was as a non-member.[4]

Professional wins[]

LPGA of Japan Tour (69)[]

  • 1974 (1) Tokai Classic
  • 1975 (1) Hiroshima Women's Open
  • 1976 (2) Hiroshima Women's Open, Toyotomi Ladies
  • 1977 (2) Chinese Women's Open, Hiroshima Women's Open
  • 1978 (1) Tokai Classic
  • 1979 (3) Lake Suwa Women's Open, Sanyo Queens, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
  • 1980 (1) Junon Women's Open
  • 1981 (1) Lake Suwa Women's Open
  • 1982 (9) Mitsukoshi Ladies Open, Nasu Ogawa Ladies, World Ladies Golf Tournament, Mitsubishi Fanta Database Ladies, Hokkaido Women's Open, Lady Isuzu Cup, Miyagi TV Cup Ladies Open, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup, Sanyo Queens
  • 1983 (9) Mizuno Golf, Dunlop Ladies Open, Japan Women's Open, Kumamoto Chuou Ladies Cup, Sanin Ladies, Hokuriku Queens, Tsumura Itsuki Classic, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup, Saikai National Park Ladies Open
  • 1984 (7) Okinawa Makiminato Ladies, Uniden Hiroshima Women's Open, Sanin Ladies, Mitsubishi Fanta Database Ladies, Takara Shuzo Invitational, Kosaido Asahi Golf Cup, Sanyo Queens
  • 1985 (7) Tokushima Tsukinomiya Ladies Open, Nasu Ogawa Ladies, Roku Konishi Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament, Junon Women's Open, Fujisankei Ladies Classic, Itoen Ladies, Japan LPGA Championship
  • 1986 (9) Kibun Ladies Classic, Yamaha Cup Ladies, Nasu Ogawa Ladies, Yakult Mirumiru Ladies, Sanin Ladies, Japan Women's Open, Hokkaido Women's Open, Mazda Japan Classic (co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour), Saikai National Park Ladies Open
  • 1987 (1) Hokkaido Women's Open
  • 1988 (2) Marcoux Ladies, Qtai Queens
  • 1989 (5) Tohato Ladies, Nasu Ogawa Ladies, Toyo Suisan Ladies Open, Itoen Ladies, Kosaido Asahi Golf Cup
  • 1990 (1) Kibun Ladies Classic
  • 1991 (2) Toto Motors Ladies, Japan Women's Open
  • 1992 (3) Yamaha Cup Ladies, Yonex Ladies Open, Karasuyamajo-Itsuki Classic
  • 1993 (1) Tohato Ladies
  • 2002 (1) Saishunkan Ladies Hinokuni Open

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.

LPGA Tour (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 8 Nov 1986 Mazda Japan Classic −3 (68-69-76=213) Playoff United States Cathy Gerring
United States Becky Pearson
United States Mary Beth Zimmerman

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1986 Mazda Japan Classic United States Cathy Gerring
United States Becky Pearson
United States Mary Beth Zimmerman
Won with bogey on fourth extra hole
Pearson and Zimmerman eliminated by birdie on first hole

Legends Tour (1)[]

  • 2005 World Ladies Senior Open

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