AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fourth season with the Spartans… PING all-Region pick in 2019-20... Eight career top-10 individual finishes – three in his initial senior season, four as a junior and one as a sophomore... Returns for 2021 spring season as a senior... Ranked as high as #95 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
2019-20: PING all-Region selection, the second player in program history to earn that recognition... In the COVID-19 shortened season, set a program record with a 70.43 scoring average over seven tournaments... Yu's -1.14 average versus par also set a program record... Yu's par-3 (3.09, 2nd), par-4 (3.97, 1st) and par-5 (4.64, 5th) scoring all ranked in the top-five in SJSU history... Started his season strong in the fall, with a school record round of 61 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, the second lowest round in the NCAA in 2019-20... Then tallied a round of 64 the following weekend at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational, tied for the third lowest round in program history... Claimed the individual title at the Pacific Invitational with an 11-under par, as the Spartans won the team title as well... In the spring, was invited to play in the Genesis Collegiate Showcase at The Riviera... Bested a field of 13 top collegiate golfers to win the single-round event and earned a spot in the PGA Tour Genesis Open later in the week... At the Genesis Open, played alongside the likes of Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and others... Yu tallied three top-10 finishes in seven tournaments in 2019-20, with a seventh place showing at the season-ending Bandon Dunes Championship... Ranked 35th in the NCAA with a team-high 89 birdies in 21 rounds played... shot par-or-better in 12 of 21 rounds, including eight rounds in the 60s... Over seven straight tournament rounds in October, he averaged a 66... Team counted 20 of his 21 rounds.
2018-19: All-Mountain West… Second on the team in stroke average at 71.84… Ranked consistently in GolfStat’s top-200 throughout the season… #192 heading into the NCAA Austin Regional… Four top-10 individual finishes highlighted by an eight-under par 202 (64-71-67) at the 73rd Western Intercollegiate… Placed second at the Western Intercollegiate for his highest regular-season finish… Led the opening round and would lose a playoff on the fifth extra hole to Stanford’s Isaiah Salinda… 13 of 32 rounds under par… Career best six-under par 64 in the opening round of the 73rd Western Intercollegiate presented by Topgolf… Team counted 30 of his 32 rounds towards the team score.
2017-18: Second on the team in stroke average at 72.69... Co-leader on the team with 11 rounds under par... Five rounds of sub-70 including a team best five-under par 67 at the Mountain West Championship... Best finish was a tie for third at the Mountain West Championship... Totaled three top-20 finishes placing in a 14th place tie at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and tying for 15th at the Bandon Dunes Championship… Team counted 32 of his 33 rounds towards the team score.
AT CALIFORNIA: A member of the Golden Bears teams during the 2016 & 2017 seasons… Redshirt in 2016… Made his presence felt the second half of the 2017 season… Played in six tournaments… Had 12 of his 18 rounds count towards the team score… Stroke average of 74.94 for 18 rounds… Three-under par rounds… Best 18-hole score was 70 on three occasions including a two-under par 70 in the first round of the John Burns Intercollegiate… Best finish was a tie for 35th at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate with a four-over par 217 (70-74-73).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, Calif. … Victoria League Most Valuable Player… 2013 first-team all-Riverside County.
MORE ON SEAN: A communication studies major… Says his favorite club in the bag is his 2-iron… Began playing golf at age 9 in Taiwan... Qualified for stroke play in the 2020 U.S. Amateur... Qualified for match play at the 2013 U.S. Amateur… Tied for fourth at the 2015 Los Angeles City Championship… 2016 Santa Clara County Amateur champion… A hole-in-one at age 16 (1/29/12) at the Heartwell Golf Course in Long Beach, Calif.
| 2019-20 |
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| Golfweek Challenge |
76-74-75=225 (+9) |
T50th |
| Nick Watney Invitational |
71-70-65=206 (-7) |
T11th |
| Alister MacKenzie Invitational |
61*-66-71=198 (-15) |
T2nd |
| Pacific Invitational |
64-69-72=205 (-11) |
1st |
| Southwestern Intercollegiate |
77-68-75=220 (+4) |
T23rd |
| Amer Ari Invitational |
73-67-73=213 (-3) |
T39th |
| Genesis Collegiate Showcase |
70 (-1) |
1st |
| PGA Tour Genesis Open |
78-73=151 (+9) |
Cut |
| Bandon Dunes Championship |
75-65-72=212 (-1) |
T7th |
| TOTALS (21 rounds) |
70.43 average |
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| 2018-19 |
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| GolfWeek Conference Challenge |
69-71=140 |
T5th |
| Husky Invitational |
72-75-81=218 |
T7th |
| Alister MacKenzie Invitational |
67-69-70=206 |
T10th |
| Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational |
68-69-72=209 |
T14th |
| Amer Ari Invitational |
71-67-76=214 |
T37th |
| Southwestern Intercollegiate |
73-77-71=221 |
T20th |
| Bandon Dunes Championship |
77-73-81=231 |
T-62nd |
| Oregon Duck Invitational |
73-73-75=221 |
T-24th |
| The Goodwin |
72-73-71=216 |
T-37th |
| 73rd Western Intercollegiate |
64-71-67=202 |
2nd |
| Mountain West Championship |
74-72-76=222 |
T-46th |
| NCAA Austin, Texas Regional |
71-75-71=217 |
T-20th |
| TOTALS (35 rounds) |
71.88 average |
|
| 2017-18 |
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| GolfWeek Conference Challenge |
74-83-70=227 |
T-60th |
| Alister MacKenzie Invitational |
70-69-69=208 |
T-14th |
| Price’s Give Em Five Invitational |
70-79-77=226 |
T-55th |
| Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational |
74-73-73=220 |
T-51st |
| Amer Ari Invitational |
70-72-74=216 |
T-47th |
| Nevada Match Play Dual |
def. Joey Vrizich,
NEV., 3-2 |
Win |
| Southwestern Intercollegiate |
77-71-77=225 |
T-27th |
| Bandon Dunes Championship |
73-69-70=212 |
T-15th |
| Oregon Duck Invitational |
73-75-73=221 |
T-24th |
| The Goodwin |
71-79-74=214 |
T-32nd |
| 72nd Western Intercollegiate |
72-73-70=215 |
T-41st |
| Mountain West Championship |
74-67-73=214 |
T-3rd |
| TOTALS (33 rounds) |
72.69 average |
|
| SJSU CAREER TOTALS (89 rounds) |
71.84 average |
| 2016-17 (at California) |
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| Arizona Intercollegiate |
82-70-80=232 |
T-64th |
| John A. Burns Intercollegiate |
70-77-77=224 |
T-68th |
| Querencia Cabo Collegiate |
70-74-73=217 |
T-35th |
| Southern Highlands Collegiate |
74-78-78=230 |
T-59th |
| ASU Thunderbird Invitational |
73-71-79=223 |
T-63rd |
| Pac-12 Championships |
73-75-75=223 |
T-40th |
| TOTALS (18 rounds) |
74.94 average |
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