The Hou sisters: it starts with a dream
Yu-Sang, finished T-30 at Q-Series, and is a fifth-year senior while Vivian, who finished T-20, is a junior. (University of Arizona)
Yu-Chiang (Vivian), 21, and 22-year-old Yu-Sang Hou, sisters from Chinese Taipei who study at the University of Arizona, are set to follow in the footsteps of other sister duos on the LPGA Tour, Nelly and Jessica Korda, and Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, after the pair qualified from the tough, LPGA Q-Tour Series.
Yu-Sang, finished T-30 at Q-Series, and is a fifth-year senior while Vivian, who finished T-20, is a junior.
The rules state that as they played Q-Series as amateurs, they have the opportunity to either turn professional now and start competing on the LPGA Tour at the start of 2022 or wait until the end of the collegiate season in May.
“We’re definitely leaning towards turning pro,” Yu-Sang said on Sunday.
“I think it's today. Yeah, like right away,” Vivian told Golf Digest.
“When we were little we’d just talk about it, we both wanted to be on the LPGA Tour”
When asked what she would most like to achieve, Vivian explains:
“I would say try to achieve rookie of the year. That's my biggest goal,” Vivian said. “And then, of course, winning a tournament and just seeing myself and my sister both playing well the first year. That's the biggest goal.”
This is the result of years of hard work and something that Yu-Sang can most certainly call a dream.
“When we were little we’d just talk about it, we both wanted to be on the LPGA Tour,” Yu-Sang said. “It just starts with a dream and then it's a goal, and now we reached our goal. It feels amazing.”
You can read the full interview on Golf Digest.
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