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JP Méhu Bio
The Miami-based Japes Golf creator who represented Haiti on the world stage, founded FIU’s club golf program and made history at the Latin America Amateur Championship.
Quick answer: Jean-Philippe “JP” Méhu is a Miami-based golfer, entrepreneur and golf creator known online as Japes Golf. He represents Haiti in international amateur competition and became the first player representing Haiti to make the cut at the Latin America Amateur Championship. Méhu also founded Florida International University’s club golf program, appeared as a Your Golf Tour wildcard and joined the 2026 cast of Big Break x Good Good.
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JP Méhu at a Glance
JP Méhu and the Canceled Big Break Season
Méhu was selected as one of 12 contestants for Big Break x Good Good, filmed at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas. Golf Channel’s official profile presented him as a creator who travels to notable golf destinations while continuing to test his game in international amateur and creator competition.
Golf Channel canceled the season on August 27, 2026, before any episodes aired, after the competition’s intended PGA Tour exemption could no longer be fulfilled. Méhu’s selection remains part of his 2026 story, but there is no televised result or elimination order to report. See My9Iron’s cancellation and cast page or Golf Channel’s announcement.
Watch the preseason profile: Big Break x Good Good: Meet the Players — JP Méhu.
Representing Haiti on the World Stage
Méhu’s competitive identity is unusual in creator golf. Although Miami is listed as his hometown, he has represented Haiti in major international amateur events. That record predates Japes Golf and gives his Big Break appearance a deeper competitive foundation than a typical social-media résumé.
His verified international appearances include two World Amateur Team Championships and three consecutive Latin America Amateur Championships from 2022 through 2024. Those starts placed him in fields drawn from national golf federations around the world.
Public records reviewed for this profile do not establish JP’s exact birthplace, date of birth or complete family background. This profile therefore distinguishes between his Miami hometown and his documented representation of Haiti without speculating beyond the competitive record.
JP Méhu at the Latin America Amateur Championship
The defining result of Méhu’s amateur career came at the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship in Puerto Rico. He opened with rounds of 74 and 72, becoming the first player representing Haiti to make the cut in the championship’s history. He followed with rounds of 79 and 75 to finish 51st at 12-over 300.
The importance of the result goes beyond one made cut. The LAAC was created by the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the USGA, and its champion receives opportunities at some of golf’s largest championships. Méhu did not contend for the title, but completing all four rounds established a new benchmark for Haiti. The championship’s country records list his 2023 finish as Haiti’s best result.
| Year | Result | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Missed cut | 75–84 |
| 2023 | 51st | 74–72–79–75 |
| 2024 | Missed cut | 82–79 |
His three appearances show both sides of international amateur golf: two difficult missed cuts surrounding a breakthrough week that became part of Haitian golf history.
Two World Amateur Team Championship Appearances
Before his LAAC breakthrough, Méhu twice represented Haiti in the World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The event brings together national teams for four rounds of stroke play, with each country’s two lowest scores counting each day.
In 2016, Méhu recorded rounds of 81, 77, 82 and 83. He returned in 2018 at Carton House in Ireland, where Haiti’s team consisted of Méhu, Maurice Pasha Brandt and Roger Saint-Fort. JP shot 79, 77, 82 and 82 and posted Haiti’s lowest individual total.
Those appearances are important context. They show that Méhu was competing under Haiti’s flag years before his audience grew through destination videos and creator tournaments.
Building His Game in Florida
The Florida State Golf Association lists Miami as Méhu’s hometown and documents his progression through state junior competition. He qualified for the Florida Boys’ Junior Amateur in both 2017 and 2018, finishing tied for 57th in 2017 before improving to tied for 34th in 2018 with rounds of 75, 73 and 76.
The junior results are not the centerpiece of his résumé, but they connect his Florida development to the international opportunities and lower scores that followed.
Founding FIU’s Club Golf Program
Méhu attended Florida International University and founded its club golf program. He competed for FIU in National Collegiate Club Golf Association events rather than on the university’s NCAA varsity team—a distinction that is frequently blurred in short online biographies.
His NCCGA record was consistently strong. Across seven listed regional tournaments, Méhu earned six All-Tournament selections, produced a 70.23 scoring average and twice posted a competitive low round of 66. His best listed 36-hole total came at Forest Lake in fall 2023, where rounds of 68 and 66 produced a six-under 134.
| NCCGA category | Recorded mark |
|---|---|
| Listed regional tournaments | 7 |
| All-Tournament selections | 6 |
| Scoring average | 70.23 |
| Low round | 66 |
| Best listed 36-hole total | 134 |
In a separate fall 2023 result, Méhu tied for third individually at the NCCGA National Championship with an even-par 144. Founding a program and then producing one of the circuit’s strongest scoring records became an early sign of the entrepreneurial and competitive paths he would later combine through golf content.
Japes Golf and ParYard
Méhu publishes as Japes Golf, building content around destination courses, competitive matches, golf instruction and the experience of playing difficult or unusual venues. His videos frequently combine travel storytelling with the perspective of a high-level amateur golfer trying to score rather than simply tour a property.
His public Japes Golf profile lists a plus-6.2 handicap. That figure is best understood as a self-published profile snapshot, not a permanent tournament classification. His channel and social accounts provide the clearer long-term identity: an accomplished player using creator golf to travel, compete and build an audience.
Méhu is also a founder of ParYard Golf, a golf-content business focused on travel, resort experiences and destination-based collaborations. ParYard extends the same idea seen in Japes Golf—using strong play and engaging locations to connect competitive golf with travel media.
That creator career is not separate from his competitive ambitions. Golf Channel’s Big Break profile specifically presents JP as someone who has learned how to make a living around the game while continuing to chase evidence that his playing ability belongs on a larger stage.
The JapesGolf episode below is a clear example of his core format. Méhu turns a dramatic destination—the meeting point of volcanic terrain and the ocean—into a scoring challenge, so the course, the travel and his competitive game all carry the story.
JP Méhu as a Your Golf Tour Wildcard
George Bryan selected Méhu as Team George’s wildcard for the inaugural Your Golf Tour event at Pursell Farms in 2026. JP joined a team built around George, Luke Toomey, Taco Golf and Josh Kelley for the wildcard portion of the competition.
Team George entered the back-nine alternate-shot stage in fourth place and did not advance to the final matches. The appearance was nevertheless an important expansion of JP’s creator profile, placing him inside a tournament featuring established names such as Wesley Bryan, Grant Horvat, Brad Dalke, Sean Walsh and Peter Finch.
A separate June 2026 creator event supplied another glimpse of his scoring ceiling. In a filmed YouTube Golf Amateur Championship round at Streamsong Black, Méhu shot a five-under 68, highlighted by a six-under front-nine 30. It was a video-documented creator-event round, not an official professional-tour result.
The Scratch Golf Show’s wildcard introduction documents how Méhu entered the YGT field and presents the plus-handicap competitive identity that made him a natural selection for Team George.
Three Snapshots of JP Méhu’s Creator Style
These Shorts show the range of Méhu’s audience-facing work: equipment comparisons, destination golf and difficult-course challenges. They are included as examples of his creator career, not as evidence of a permanent equipment setup or an official tournament record.
Cheapest Driver vs. Current Driver
Published August 2, 2025; 784,543 views and 12K likes when reviewed. This is an example of JP’s high-performing comparison content—not confirmation of his current driver.
A Standout Destination Hole
Published August 16, 2026; 31,666 views and 626 likes when reviewed. The clip reflects the travel-and-course side of the JapesGolf identity.
An 8,102-Yard Course Challenge
Published July 26, 2026; 69,619 views and 1K likes when reviewed. It captures JP’s recurring interest in difficult venues and score-driven challenges.
What Clubs Does JP Méhu Play?
Méhu published a dedicated 2026 bag breakdown filmed at The Abaco Club in the Bahamas during his YGT wildcard period. His equipment deserves its own dated research page rather than an abbreviated table inside this biography.
See the complete model, loft and available shaft breakdown on My9Iron’s JP Méhu Clubs and Specs page. That companion page documents what JP showed and explained in the video without presenting the setup as a permanent or confirmed Big Break bag.
The clubs-and-specs page is the companion equipment record for this biography.