| Tu Ai-yu 涂阿玉 | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 29 September 1954 Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan | ||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Sporting nationality | Taiwanese | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1974 | ||||
| Former tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour LPGA Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 70 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| LPGA Tour | 1 | ||||
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 69 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T15: 1978 | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T23: 1976, 1980 | ||||
| du Maurier Classic | DNP | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Tu Ai-yu (Chinese: 涂阿玉; pinyin: 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.[1][2]
Tu won the LPGA Tour's qualifying school tournament in January 1976[3] and played on the LPGA Tour from 1976 to 1981. Her 1986 win was as a non-member.[4]