Christina Kim

This article is about the professional golfer from the United States. For other persons, see Christina Kim (disambiguation).

Christina Kim
Kim at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Nickname	Kookie, CK, The CK[ citation needed ]
Born	(1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 (age 41) San Jose, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	De Anza Community College
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2003) LET (joined 2010)
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (joined 2002)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	3
Ladies European Tour	1
Epson Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	7th: 2009
Women's PGA C'ship	T6: 2004
U.S. Women's Open	T8: 2010
Women's British Open	T3: 2009
Evian Championship	T31: 2013

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	18	12
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	7
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	17	9
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Women's British Open	0	0	1	1	2	3	15	10
Totals	0	0	1	1	6	14	78	43

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2004 Kraft Nabisco – 2005 LPGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2001	1	1	0	0	0	0	T48	n/a		74.00
2003	28	18	0	0	0	2	T4	215,632	49	72.37	55
2004	31	25	1	1	0	6	1	636,290	15	71.22	19
2005	30	27	1	0	1	6	1	621,149	19	71.66	21
2006	29	26	0	0	0	3	T5	355,656	35	72.24	52
2007	29	26	0	2	0	7	2	626,075	23	72.18	26
2008	30	26	0	1	0	9	T2	678,598	27	71.85	32
2009	24	17	0	0	1	4	T3	344,055	38	72.29	49
2010	24	19	0	1	0	2	T2	436,050	26	72.17	38
2011	21	14	0	0	0	0	T13	149,275	58	72.86	56
2012	19	8	0	0	0	0	T49	38,384	110	74.02	111
2013	20	13	0	0	0	0	T11	126,535	76	73.07	100
2014	27	22	1	1	0	3	1	570,374	27	71.62	38
2015	29	24	0	0	0	1	T8	234,153	69	72.01	57
2016	27	20	0	1	0	3	2	411,030	45	72.51	89
2017	25	16	0	0	0	0	T13	151,669	87	72.33	114
2018	21	13	0	0	0	0	T17	121,430	94	71.86	70
2019	20	7	0	0	0	0	T19	79,209	117	72.43	120
2020	15	11	0	0	0	3	T9	167,125	67	71.82	54
2021	20	10	0	0	0	0	T16	151,514	91	71.84	88
2022	19	5	0	0	0	0	T35	27,653	166	73.00	147
2023	13	7	0	0	0	0	T31	45,576	159	72.71	135
2024	5	1	0	0	0	0	T77	3,145	194	72.33	n/a
Total^	507	356	3	7	2	49	1	6,190,831	65

^ Official as of 2024 season ^[8]
* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

LET career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings (€)	Order of Merit
2010	6	4	0	1	0	3	T2	108,461	16
2011	10	8	1	0	0	1	1	63,412	35

• Includes events co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour (Evian Masters and Women's British Open)

Futures Tour summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2001	8	3	0	1		3	T2	n/a		72.09
2002	18	17	1	3	2	12	1	53,460	2	71.47	2

Team appearances

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011
• Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	10	6-2-2	3-0-0	2-1-1	1-1-1	7.0	70.0
2005	4	2-1-1	1-0-0 def L. Kreutz 5&4	1-0-1 halved w/ P. Hurst, won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2	0-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 4&2	2.5	62.5
2009	4	3-1-0	1-0-0 def T. Elósegui 2 up	1-1-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2, lost w/N. Gulbis 5&4	1-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 5&4	3	75.0
2011	2	1-0-1	1-0-0 def M. Hjorth 4&2	0-0-0	0-0-1 halved w/ R. O'Toole	1.5	75.0

References

1. "First-time winner tops the field at Knob Hill Golf Club". News Transcript. August 7, 2002. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
2. "Kim outduels Ochoa in New Jersey heat". ESPN. Associated Press. August 4, 2002. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
3. "Christina Kim gets first win on LPGA Tour". Pittsburgh Live. UPI. September 26, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions- Final Round". Life . November 13, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
5. "Kim posts second career title, wins by a stroke". ESPN . Associated Press. November 13, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
6. "2011 Ladies Italian Open Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. October 9, 2011.
7. Kim, Christina; Shipnuck, Alan (2010). Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star . Bloomsbury USA. ISBN   978-1-60819-088-1.
8. "Christina Kim – Results". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

External links

• Christina Kim at the LPGA Tour official site
• Christina Kim at the LPGA Futures Tour official site (archived)
• Christina Kim at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Christina Kim at SeoulSisters.com
• Christina Kim on Twitter