Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Irving, Texas
Birthdate: Jan. 21, 1993; currently 25 years, 11 months and 7 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T9 at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2010/2015
VICTORIES
LPGA: Eighth career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, 2015 LPGA LOTTE Championship presented by HERSHEY, 2015 Blue Bay LPGA, 2016 JTBC Founders Cup, 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, 2017 Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play presented by Aeromexico and Delta, 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Kim earns 500 points and is projected to move from 21st to sixth in the Race to the CME Globe with 975 points
MONEY
With her win, Kim earns $270,000; she has earned $489,346 this season and $6,402,923 for her career
PREVIOUS LPGA MEDIHEAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT
2018 – T37
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Eight events played, seven cuts made, $489,346, one victory, two additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Kim earns her eighth career victory and visits the winner’s circle for the fifth consecutive year
- She is now 4-0 in LPGA Tour playoffs
- With her eighth career victory, Kim ties Mi Hyun Kim for the fifth most wins by a Korean player in LPGA history; only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19), Jiyai Shin (11) and Na Yeon Choi (9) have more wins
- She the season’s fifth winner from the Republic of Korea, joining Eun-Hee Ji, Jin Young Ko, Sung Hyun Park and Amy Yang
- She projects to move from 44th to 41st on the All-Time Money List with $6,402,923
- At the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, she set the LPGA’s 72-hole scoring record at 31-under 257
- Kim represented the Republic of Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, where she finished T25
- She was the 2015 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
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