Tu Ai-yu

{{Short description|Taiwanese professional golfer}}

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涂阿玉

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|9|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan

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| nationality = Taiwanese

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| yearpro = 1974

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| extour = LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour

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| lpgawins = 1

| jlpgawins = 69

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| nabisco = DNP

| lpga = T15: 1978

| wusopen = T23: 1976, 1980

| dumaurier = DNP

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Player of the Year

| year1 = 1991

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leading money winner

| year2 = 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991

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Tu Ai-yu ({{zh|t=涂阿玉|s=涂阿玉|p=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 71 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |title=LPGA All-Time Winners List |access-date=25 July 2010 |archive-date=29 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 |access-date=25 July 2010 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Tu won the LPGA Tour's qualifying school tournament in January 1976{{Cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/lpga_q_school.htm |title=LPGA Tour Qualifying School |access-date=25 July 2010 |archive-date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202082046/http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/lpga_q_school.htm |url-status=dead }} and played on the LPGA Tour from 1976 to 1981. Her 1986 win was as a non-member.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |title=LPGA All-Time Records |access-date=25 July 2010 |archive-date=15 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415045540/http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Professional wins

=LPGA of Japan Tour (69)=

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

=LPGA Tour (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runners-up

1

|8 Nov 1986

|Mazda Japan Classic

|−3 (68-69-76=213)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Cathy Gerring
{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Pearson
{{flagicon|USA}} Mary Beth Zimmerman

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result

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|1

|1986

|Mazda Japan Classic

|{{flagicon|USA}} Cathy Gerring
{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Pearson
{{flagicon|USA}} 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

References

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