Marathon Classic presented by Dana

Highland Meadows Golf Club | Sylvania, Ohio | July 8-14, 2019

Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Irving, Texas

Birthdate: Jan. 21, 1993; currently 26 years, 5 months and 24 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T9 at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2010/2015

VICTORIES

LPGA: Ninth 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, 2019 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Kim earns 500 points and is projected to move from 14th to seventh in the Race to CME Globe with 1,697 points

MONEY

With her win, Kim earns $262,500; she has earned $897,903 this season and $6,811,480 for her career

PREVIOUS MARATHON CLASSIC RESULTS

2018 – T53; 2015 – T14

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

15 events played, 14 cuts made, $897,903, two wins, two additional top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish at the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open

OF NOTE

Kim earns her ninth career victory and visits the winner’s circle for the second time this season
Kim is the season’s fourth player to have multiple wins this season, joining Jin Young Ko, Brooke Henderson and Sung Hyun Park (2)
With her ninth career victory, Kim ties Na Yeon Choi for the fourth most wins by a Korean player in LPGA history; only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19) and Jiyai Shin (11) have more wins
She projects to move from 41st to 39th on the All-Time Money List with $6,811,480
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

In the Winner’s Circle with Sei Young Kim

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