Ruixin Liu

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Ruixin Liu
Personal information
Born (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 26)
Shenzhen, China
Sporting nationalityFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) Epson Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour7
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship 73rd: 2024
U.S. Women's Open T33: 2023
Women's British Open DNP
Evian Championship CUT: 2022, 2024
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour Player of the Year 2018

Ruixin Liu (born 13 November 1998) is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was Symetra Tour Player of the Year in 2019. [1] [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Liu grew up in Shenzhen. She started playing golf with her family at an early age and by age nine or ten, she knew she wanted to play golf for the rest of her life. [3] In 2011, she won the Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior. [4]

When she was 13, her family moved to Orlando, Florida, where golf became the family's focus. She began training at the ANNIKA Academy, and in 2013, just one year after moving to Orlando, at age 14, she received an exemption into the Symetra Tour's Volvik Championship, where she made the cut. [3]

In 2014, she won the Suncoast Ladies Tour event at Remington Golf Club, a professional event. She was runner-up at the 2015 ANNIKA Invitational behind Angel Yin. [4]

Professional career

Liu turned professional as an 18-year-old and joined the Symetra Tour in 2017. In her rookie season, she made 15 cuts in 18 events, with her top finish a runner-up at the Island Resort Championship. In 2018, she recorded three victories at the Island Resort Championship, IOA Golf Classic and Symetra Tour Championship. She finished first on the Symetra Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2019. [1]

In 2018, Liu also experienced a medical scare on the course where her heart rate spiked to 140 BPM. After extensive testing, it was determined that she is allergic to 13 different weeds and grasses commonly found on golf courses in the United States. [5]

Liu was a rookie on the 2019 LPGA Tour where her best finish was a tie for 11th at the Marathon Classic in Ohio. [2]

Back on the Symetra Tour, she won the 2020 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship. In 2021, she won both the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic and Casino Del Sol Golf Classic. Her father caddied for her in all six of her Symetra Tour wins. [3] She finished 5th on the money list to re-join the LPGA Tour in 2022. [1]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (8)

Epson Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
124 Jun 2018 Island Resort Championship 68-70-69=207−91 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Lori Beth Adams
Flag of South Korea.svg Min Seo Kwak 		26,250
230 Sep 2018 IOA Golf Classic 66-66-67=199−141 stroke Flag of the Philippines.svg Dottie Ardina
Flag of South Korea.svg Simin Feng
Flag of the United States.svg Dana Finkelstein 		22,500
37 Oct 2018 Epson Tour Championship 64-67-67-71=269−191 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Pavarisa Yoktuan 34,500
426 Jul 2020 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship 66-66-71=203−132 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bailey Tardy 26,250
531 Mar 2021 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic 66-69-67-69=271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Rose Zhang (a)30,000
615 Apr 2021 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic 68-68-70-67=273−15Playoff Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Morgane Métraux 30,000
712 May 2024 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic 64-72-70-64=270−143 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mariel Galdiano 60,000

Other wins (1)

Source: [4]

Results in LPGA majors

! Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUT
U.S. Women's Open T33CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUT73
The Evian Championship CUTCUT
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ruixin Liu Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Ruixin Liu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ruixin Liu: "I am talented enough to be here"". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ruixin Liu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ruixin Liu". Sterling Sports Management. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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