Jimin Kang

Jimin Kang
강지민
 Golfer 

Kang during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1980-01-28) 28 January 1980
South Korea
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional 2002
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (200204)
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Symetra Tour 4
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T8: 2009
Women's PGA C'ship T7: 2010
U.S. Women's Open T16: 2007
Women's British Open T27: 2010
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Player of the Year
2004

Jimin Kang (Korean: 강지민, born 28 January 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.

Kang had a distinguished amateur career[1] including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur.[2] She attended Arizona State University.[1] She turned professional in 2002.[1]

Kang played on the Futures Tour from 2002 to 2004, winning three times. In 2004, she won the Player of the Year honors and the money list title to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2005.[1]

Kang won the 2005 LPGA Corning Classic, which included a hole-in-one at the short 15th hole in the final round.[3]

In 2013, Kang was forced to take time off from golf after her immune system shut down and played the 2014 on the LPGA Tour and 2015 seasons on the Symetra Tour.

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 29 May 2005 LPGA Corning Classic −15 (69-70-68-66=273) 2 strokes South Korea Meena Lee
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
2 24 Oct 2010 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia −9 (70-69-65=204) 1 stroke United States Juli Inkster

Symetra Tour wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 1999 2000
ANA Inspiration DNP CUT
LPGA Championship DNP DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T45 26 CUT T8 T27 T18 CUT
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T33 WD T36 T25 CUT T7 T25 CUT
U.S. Women's Open DNP CUT CUT DNP CUT DNP T16 68 T17 DNP CUT T21
Women's British Open ^ DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T28 T59 CUT T27 WD CUT
Tournament 2013 2014 2015
ANA Inspiration CUT T46 DNP
Women's PGA Championship DNP T62 DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP WD
Women's British Open ^ DNP DNP DNP
The Evian Championship * DNP DNP DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
* The Evian Championship became an LPGA major in 2013.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

References

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