Kim Young

Young Kim
김영
Kim at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980
Chunchon, South Korea
Nationality  South Korea
Career
College Kyung Hee University
Turned professional 1998
Former tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour
Futures Tour
LPGA Tour (2003–2009)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
LPGA of Japan Tour 1
LPGA of Korea Tour 2
Symetra Tour 1
Other 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T16: 2004
Women's PGA C'ship T6: 2003
U.S. Women's Open T10: 2006
Women's British Open T3: 2005

Young Kim (Korean 김영) (born 2 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Kim was born in Chunchon, South Korea. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour winning twice between 1998 and 2001. She won once on the Futures Tour in 2001. She played on the LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2009. She won the 2007 LPGA Corning Classic.

Kim's best ever finish in a major championship was a T3 at the 2005 Women's British Open.

Kim was second to Lorena Ochoa for Rookie of the Year in 2003. She is perhaps best known for her different hat wear.[1] Kim, when asked to describe the headgear she was wearing, called it a 'bucket hat'.[2]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 27 May 2007 LPGA Corning Classic −20 (68-64-68-68=268) 3 strokes United States Paula Creamer
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim

Futures Tour wins (1)

  • 2001 Barona Creek Women's Golf Classic

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (2)

  • 1998–2001 two wins

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

  • 2013 Nichi-Iko Women's Open Golf Tournament

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T16 T19 T19 T49 CUT T30
LPGA Championship T6 T30 T7 T9 WD T34 T31
U.S. Women's Open DNP T20 T38 T10 T25 T31 T40
Women's British Open 9 CUT T3 CUT CUT WD T59

DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

  • Starts – 26
  • Wins – 0
  • 2nd-place finishes – 0
  • 3rd-place finishes – 1
  • Top 3 finishes – 1
  • Top 5 finishes – 1
  • Top 10 finishes – 6
  • Top 25 finishes – 11
  • Missed cuts – 4
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ The All-Starr Blog. "Unsung Stanford Invitational First-round leader, a woman of many hats". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  2. ↑ The All-Starr Blog. "Hats off to Young Kim leads the Stanford International after two rounds by one shot". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2008.


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