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Tu Ai-yu
涂阿玉
Personal information
Born (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954 (age 70)
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
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
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)

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 with birdie on first hole

Legends Tour (1)

  • 2005 World Ladies Senior Open

References