University of Minnesota Athletics

2025-26 Men's Golf Roster

Wu_Chun-Ta
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Wu_Chun-Ta
Wu_Chun-Ta
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Wu_Chun-Ta

Chun-Ta Wu

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Manly Vale, Australia
  • High School:
    NBSC Manly Selective Campus
2025-26 | SOPHOMORE
All-Big Ten Second Team
Big Ten Conference Golfer of the Week (March 12)
Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar

Academic All-Big Ten
Preseason B1G Golfer to Watch
• Played in all 12 tournaments and advanced to the NCAA Columbus Regional, totaling 39 rounds, and led the team at six events
• Recorded three top-10 performances and had five finishes inside the top 20 for the year
• Finished with the Gophers' lowest scoring average of 70.7 thanks to 19 rounds of even par or better
• Fired a season-low round of 64 (-8) during The Johnnie-O at Sea Island Invitational where he earned medalist honors behind a tournament-record 18-under-par total

Spring 2026
• Concluded the season at the NCAA Columbus Regional (May 18-20), finishing tied for 51st with a score of 15-over-par (75-79-74–228)
• Turned in a top-10 finish at the Big Ten Men’s Golf Championships (May 1-3), placing ninth with a score of 1-under-par (69-72-68–209)
• Finished 12th at the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (Apr. 18-19), carding a score of 5-over-par (75-70-73–218)
• Posted a 2-under-par total (74-72-68–214) at the Robert Kepler Invitational (Apr. 11-12) to finish tied for 25th
• Competed at the Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" Collegiate (Mar. 23-24), recording a score of 1-under-par (71-71-73–215) to tie for 22nd
• Captured individual medalist honors at The Johnnie-O at Sea Island (Mar. 9-10), winning the 84-player field with a tournament-record 18-under-par score (64-67-67–198)
• His 54-hole total included all three rounds in the 60s at Sea Island Resort and a total of 23 birdies and one eagle
• Opened March with a fifth-place finish at the Colleton River Collegiate (Mar. 1-2), firing a 5-under-par score (65-74-72–211)
• Began the spring season at the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 9-11), finishing tied for 42nd with a score of 3-under-par (74-66-73–213)

Fall 2025
• Concluded the fall season at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 19-20) with a score of 5-under-par (70-68-73–211), tying for 18th place overall
• Placed 34th at the Marquette Intercollegiate (Oct. 5-7) with a mark of 13-over-par (79-74-76–229)
• Registered a team-best score of 2-under-par (72-70-72–214) at the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 29-30), placing 30th overall
• Shot 5-over-par (73-74-74–221) at the Badger Invitational (Sept. 22-23), finishing in 40th place among all golfers
• Opened the fall season at Gopher Invitational (Sept. 7-8) with a finish of 9-over-par (71-78-73–222), tying for 50th place


2024-25 | FRESHMAN
• One of two Gophers to compete in all 11 tournaments and twice led the team during an event this season
• Ranked second on the team with a 72.93 scoring average across 33 rounds, while totaling a team-best 12 rounds under par
• Carded his lowest round of the season of 7-under-par (64) in the final round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 8) from The Meadow Club
• Tallied a top-10 finish to go with placing in the top 20 three times
Spring 2025
• Finished his first year by tying for 50th (72-72-77--221) at the Big Ten Conference Championships (Apr. 25-27)
• Closed the Robert Kepler Invitational (Apr. 18-19) in a tie for 47th place (78-77-76--231)
• Posted a 27th-place finish (76-77-69--223) during the Hawkeye Invitational (Apr. 13-14)
• Ended the Bell Bank "Pay it Forward" Collegiate (Mar. 24-25) in 34th place (71-74-74--219)
• Played the Desert Mountain Collegiate (Mar. 8-9) to his first collegiate top-10 result, placing seventh (70-73-70--213)
• Turned in a 63rd-place effort (78-75-80--233) at the Colleton River Collegiate (Mar. 2-3)
• Opened the spring by finishing in a tie for 31st (70-74-69--213) during the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 10-12)
Fall 2024
• Ended the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 7-8) in a tie for 13th (71-67-64--202), his lowest 54-hole tournament score of the year
• Earned a tie for 23rd (79-70-70--219) at the Badger Invitational (Sept. 29-Oct. 1)
• Led the Gophers during the Git-R-Done Invitational (Sept. 23-24) behind a 16th-place tie (75-69-70--214)
• Made his collegiate debut at the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 8-9) and finished tied for 27th (74-74-72--220)


HIGH SCHOOL
Son of Martin and Lin Wu
A resident of Manly Vale in New South Wales, Australia, Wu had seven top-five finishes in the 2022-23 calendar year, including wins at the 2022 Bankstown Cup, the 2023 Eastlake Open, the 2023 ACT Week of Golf and the 2023 Adidas Junior 6s Lynwood (Under 18)
Wu is a part of the Long Reef Golf Club and is a three-time Long Reef Junior Champion (2021, 2022, 2023) and a three-time Long Reef Men’s club champion (2021, 2022, 2023)
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