Taiwanese rising star Kevin Yu is tomorrow to make his Masters Tournament debut at Augustus National Golf Club in Georgia.
The 26-year-old in October last year beat out Californian Beau Hossler at the Sanderson Farms Championship to win his first PGA Tour title and earn his spot among the 95 players competing at this year’s Masters.
He is just the third Taiwanese to qualify for the prestigious tournament, following T.C. Chen, who finished tied for 12th in 1987 after earning a spot by winning the Los Angeles Open that same year, and C.T. Pan, who tied for seventh at the 2020 Masters.
Photo: AFP
Pan, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, earned his Masters berth after winning the RBC Heritage in 2019.
Yu, who turned professional in 2021 and last year represented Taiwan at the Paris Games, was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University and in November 2020 became the top-ranked amateur in the world, according to the Masters Web site.
The Web site of Golf Digest on Monday named Yu as one of the five players to pick for people making a Masters betting pool.
Yu, who has finished in the top 20 of four tournaments this year, has long drives that could benefit him on Augustus’ par-five holes, the magazine said.
PGA tour statistics rank Yu ninth for total driving with a score of 95 and ninth in eagles per hole with a score of 78.8.
Betsperts Golf’s “Rabbit Hole” data platform ranked Yu in the top 10 in ball-striking over the past six months.
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
RSS