Personal information | |
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Born | Beijing, China | 7 July 1997
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2017 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour China LPGA Tour Epson Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 1 |
Epson Tour | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T9: 2025 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T45: 2025 |
U.S. Women's Open | T19: 2024 |
Women's British Open | T19: 2025 |
Evian Championship | T61: 2023 |
Liu Yan (born 7 July 1997) is a Chinese professional golfer. In 2017, Liu turned professional and joined the Ladies European Tour. In 2023, she joined the LPGA Tour.
Liu was born in Beijing, China on 7 July 1997. [1] She began playing golf at age 11, [2] after being introduced to the game by her mother, a keen amateur player. [3] At age 19, she turned professional, joining the Ladies European Tour. [1] Liu later admitted she was not ready for the competition, returning to China to compete on the China LPGA Tour. [4] In 2019, she recorded her first professional win, at the 2019 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open. [1] [5]
Liu joined the Epson Tour in 2020. [2] In 2022, Liu won the Four Winds Invitational, her first win on the Epson Tour. [6] That year, Liu finished ninth in the Epson Tour money list and earned her LPGA Tour card. [7]
During her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, she made a hole-in-one at the 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship and finished T3 at the 2023 ShopRite LPGA Classic. [1] During her rookie season, she golfed in 23 events and made 14 cuts. [7]
During the 2025 Chevron Championship, Liu made an albatross to give her an early lead in the event. [8] [9] The rare feat had only been accomplished 30 times on the LPGA Tour between 1971 and 2023. [10]
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | T9 | ||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T19 | ||||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T45 | |||||||
The Evian Championship | NT | T61 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
Women's British Open | CUT | T19 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied