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Nationality
  
Taiwanese

Height
  
1.68 m

Professional wins
  
70

Women's PGA C'ship
  
T15: 1978

Role
  
Golfer

LPGA tour wins
  
1


ANA Inspiration
  
DNP

Name
  
Tu Ai-yu

LPGA of Japan tour wins
  
69

Other
  
1

du Maurier Classic
  
DNP

Former tours
  
LPGA

Turned professional
  
1974

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Born
  
29 September 1954 (age 69) Fengyuan, Taiwan (
1954-09-29
)

U.S. Women's Open
  
T23: 1976, 1980

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.

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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.

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

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 Tournament, 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)

    LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

    Legends Tour (1)

  • 2005 World Ladies Senior Open
  • References

    Tu Ai-yu Wikipedia