Reignwood LPGA Classic

Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club

Nankou, Beijing, China

October 2, 2016

Hometown/Resides: South Korea/Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Birthdate: June 13, 1988 – currently 28 years, 3 months, 19 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned co-medalist honors at the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2007

VICTORIES

LPGA: Fourth career LPGA victory and first of the season

PREVIOUS WINS: 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge, 2009 LPGA State Farm Classic, 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational

ROLEX RANKINGS

In-Kyung is projected to move from 42nd to 29th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings

MONEY

CAREER: With the $315,000 first-place check, In-Kyung moves from 24th to 22nd on the LPGA Career Money List with $7,512,209
SEASON: In-Kyung has earned $573,534 this season and is projected to move from 52nd to 19th on the LPGA Tour Official Money List

RACE TO CME GLOBE

Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 61st to 27th in the Race to CME Globe with a total of 1,050 points

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

Previous finishes at the Reignwood LPGA Classic:

2014: T41

2016 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

15 events, 12 cuts made, $573,534, 1 victory, 2 additional top-10s

OF NOTE

In-Kyung becomes the sixth South Korean player to win on the LPGA Tour in 2016 and the second in a row (In Gee Chun, The Evian Championship)
Made 118 starts on the LPGA between her last win (2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational) and this week
Won the Ladies European Masters on the Ladies European Tour at the beginning of September
Becomes the third oldest winner on Tour this season behind Anna Nordqvist (29) and Brittany Lang (30) - only four winners over 23 years old in 2016 (26 events)

In the Winner's Circle...with In-Kyung Kim

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