When Kevin Yu, a 26-year-old Taiwanese golf pro, first entered the gates of the Country Club of Jackson for the Sanderson Farms Championship last week, his dad, Tommy, was driving.
“My dad pulled into the first empty parking spot he saw,” Kevin Yu said. “I told him we couldn’t park there because there was a sign that said the spot was reserved for past champions.”
With no hesitation, Tommy Yu began backing the rental car out and replied to his son, “That’s OK, then we will park in this spot next year.”
Now then, here is the rest of that story: Kevin Yu, whose real name is Yu Chun-an, can park anywhere he wants to park at next year’s Sanderson Farms Championship at CCJ. He earned that privilege by shooting a final round 67, then winning a one-hole playoff with Beau Hossler to claim the first prize of $1,368,000 and his first PGA TOUR victory. The victory also means a two-year tour exemption and entry into The Masters, the Players Championship and the PGA Championship.