Hailing from Beijing, big things are expected from Wenyi Ding after just one stellar season at the same college as Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm.
Get to know him a little better with this facts about the Chinese star with a future in the pros…
1. Wenyi Ding was born in Beijing, China, on 19 November 2004.
2. Ding went to college at Arizona State in the United States – the same school as Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm.
3. In his first year as a Sun Devil he won Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year – the first man from his college to win both.
4. His first amateur win came in just his second event at the Amer Ari Invitational where he shot 189 to become the first college player to break 190 in the three-round event.
5. Ding won the Southern Amateur Championship in July 2024, coming first from a field of 156.
6. He was the US Junior Amateur champion in 2022 at Bandon Dunes, becoming the first Chinese man to win a USGA title.
Wenyi Ding is set to turn pro
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7. He played in the 2023 US Open in Los Angeles, but missed the cut shooting 72-77.
8. His first start in a regular PGA Tour event came at the 2024 Procore Championship, where he missed the cut.
9. He’s been as high as 4th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
10. He was Arizona State freshman to win first-team All American honors since Alejandro Canizares in 2003.
11. His stellar first year at college saw him top the new Global Amateur Pathway standings and be eligible for a DP World Tour card – but only if he was not in college.
12. In October 2024, Ding announced his intention to quite college, turn pro and take up his DP World Tour card.
13. Ding won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in October 2024 which gave him a place in the 2025 Masters and Open Championship, but he turned both down in order to go through with his plans to turn pro.
Wenyi Ding bio
| Full name | Wenyi Ding |
| Born | 19 November 2004 |
| College | Arizona State |
| Height | 6ft 3in |
| Tour | DP World Tour |
| Turned pro | 2024 |
| Highest amateur ranking | No.4 |
| Majors | 1 (M/C at 2023 US Open) |
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