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Yuxin Lin

Height:
6-0
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Beijing, China

CAREER: Yuxin Lin, from Beijing, China, earned GCAA All-American third team and All-West Region honors as a 2020 freshman in a season that saw him co-lead USC with a 70.67 stroke average, post a team-best four top 15 finishes, finish second on the team with seven rounds in the 60s and registering the squad’s only first. His co-medalist honor came in the season-finale where he led Troy to its first win of the season at the Southern Highlands Collegiate at 8-under 208 (67-67-75) before falling in a playoff … He was among USC's top two finishers in all five of his starts, which included a tie for 12^th at the Maui Jim at 7-under 203 (66-68-69), a tie for 14^th at the Southwestern Invitational at 1-over 217 (78-70-69) and a tie for 14^th at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate at 1-over 217 (67-78-72) … Lin played in the Genesis Collegiate Showcase in February. In the team competition, he joined Trojan pro Yikeun Chang as well as USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn to win the exhibition team competition at 10-under 61. Individually, Lin tied for sixth at 4-over 75 … Lin, who was named to the 2020 Arnold Cup International side, overcame a two-shot deficit in regulation and then won a two-hole playoff to capture the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 19. Lin became just the second two-time winner of the event while earning berths into the 2020 Masters and Open Championships … Lin played in the PGA LatinoAmerica’s Alpharetta Classic where he was low amateur, tying for fourth at 15-under 201 (67-69-65). In November, he played in his second career Masters, finishing at 8-over 152 (79-73). He posted an eagle on 15 in the first round and closed with a par back 9 in the second, though he missed the cut. Ahead of that, he played in the Azalea Invitational, where he tied for eighth at 3-under 281 (66-75-70-70). Lin transferred out of USC in December of 2020.

AMATEUR CAREER: Lin comes to USC with a host of international experience at the game's highest levels, having played in more than 40 pro events. Lin, ranked just outside of the top 100 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings before entering college, is one of China's most accomplished amateurs who qualified for both the 2018 Masters and the 2018 Open Championship after winning the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur. He then duplicated the feat shortly after beginning school at USC, becoming just the second two-time winner of the event and doing so on home soil in Shanghai. He earned exemptions again into the 2020 Masters and Open Championships. Lin, who won the 2015 China Amateur Futures Tour Final, tied for ninth at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur and also played in 2018 at the Volvo China Open and the Maybank Championship. In 2017, he tied for seventh at the Hainan Open, tied for 34^th at the Macao Open and tied for 47^th at the Shenzhen International.