| Ding Wenyi | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 19 November 2004 Beijing, China | ||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  China | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Arizona State University | ||||
| Turned professional | 2024 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Ding Wenyi (Chinese :丁文一; born 19 November 2004) is a Chinese professional golfer.
Ding was born in Beijing, China, where his father, Feng, worked as a football coach. [1]
Ding won the Chinese Amateur Open three times, in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [2] In 2020, he finished as runner-up in the Volvo China Open on the China Tour, [1] and the following year won the tour's Boao Classic. In 2022, he won the U.S. Junior Amateur, defeating Caleb Surratt, 3 and 2, in the final. In 2023, he enrolled at Arizona State University. That year, he was also runner-up in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, losing in a playoff, and had two top-ten finishes in professional tournaments in China, at the Hainan Open on the Challenge Tour and the Volvo China Open on the Asian Tour. In 2024, he won the Amer Ari Invitational, the Southern Amateur and the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, was crowned the Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year, and named a first-team All American. Having left college to meet eligibility requirements, [3] he finished top of the Global Amateur Pathway rankings to gain status on the DP World Tour for 2025. He reached a high of third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [4] [5]
In October 2024, Ding turned professional and confirmed that he would be joining the European Tour. By turning professional, he forfeited exemptions into the Masters Tournament and U. S. Open gained from his Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship win. His first tournament as a professional was the Hangzhou Open on the Challenge Tour, where he finished in a tie for 11th place. [4]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 1 May 2021 | Boao Classic (as an amateur) | −23 (67-67-64-67=265) | 4 strokes | Chen Peicheng (a) |
| Tournament | 2023 |
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| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the halfway cut