YU PING LIN
Birthdate: June 4, 1979
Birthplace: Miaoli, Chinese Taipei
Age: 26
Ht: 5'6"
Home: Walnut, Calif.
Joined LPGA Tour: 2000
LPGA Tour Wins: 0
Player Notes:
Professional
2004 Highlights
• Best finish of the season was a tie for seventh at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic.
• Tied for 11th at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic and tied for 13th at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, where she carded a season-low 67 during the first round.
• Also shot 67 during the third round of the Sybase Classic Presented by Lincoln Mercury.
2004 Stats (Rank)
Rds under par: 21/69 (77)
Rds in the 60s: 10/69 (76)
Birdies: 181 (78)
Eagles: 2 (109)
Greens in reg: 61.4% (112) Driving accuracy: 81.1% (9)
Sand saves: 38.9% (49)
Putts per GIR: 1.83 (72)
Driving avg: 238.7 (146)
Career
•In 2003, best finish was a tie for 11th at the Welch's/Fry's Championship, where she carded career-low 64s in the second and third rounds; notched her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the third round of the Welch's/Fry's Championship.
• In 2002, posted four top-20 finishes, including a season-best tie for 10th at the Wendy's Championship for Children at Tartan Fields.
• In 2001, recorded a career-best tie for third at the Standard Register PING.
• In 2000, recorded her season-best finish at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, where she tied for 17th.
• In 1999, competed on the SBC Futures Tour; qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for fourth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status for the 2000 season.
Amateur
Lin represented her country in the 1998 Women’s World Amateur, where she finished seventh individually. Also in 1998, she placed third at the Asian Games. . .Started playing golf at the age of 15...Credits her grandfather as the individual most influencing her career.