Haeji Kang

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Haeji Kang
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Personal information
Full nameHaeji Kang
Born (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s) Epson Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T5: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship T33: 2013
U.S. Women's Open T17: 2013
Women's British Open T20: 2018
Evian Championship T35: 2021

Haeji Kang (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

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Early life and amateur career

Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australia to pursue a golf career. She had success as a junior and amateur golfer in Australia. She was the leading amateur in the 2006 LG Bing Lee Women's NSW Open. She won the Australian Girls' Championship in 2007 and finishing in second place up at the Senior Amateur. In 2007, she received a sponsor's invitation to play in the ANZ Ladies Masters where she was the low amateur.

Professional career

Kang participated in the Futures Tour qualifying tournament in the fall of 2007, finishing in 12th place. She turned professional after the qualifying tournament and played 2008 on the Futures Tour. In the 2008 season on the Futures Tour she had six top-10 finishes and one win.

Kang participated in the LPGA qualifying tournament in the fall of 2008 and finished in 29th place which gave her conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2009 and the ability to continue playing on the Futures Tour. She played in 16 tournaments on the LPGA Tour in 2009, earning enough money to secure full playing privileges on the Tour for 2010. Her best finish in her rookie year of 2009 was a T4 at the Wegmans LPGA. In her second year on the LPGA Tour, 2010, she played a full season of events with a top finish of T5 at the Sybase Match Play Championship.

Professional wins (1)

Futures Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's [1]
share (US$)
117 Aug 2008 Greater Richmond Duramed Futures Classic 65-72-68=205−11Playoff Flag of Mexico.svg Sophia Sheridan 14,000

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T48CUTT15T5T51T51T52
U.S. Women's Open T57CUTT17T59WDT55T53
Women's PGA Championship CUTT34T72T51T33T40CUTCUTCUTCUTT37T65CUTCUTT36CUT
The Evian Championship ^T44T54CUTT62NTT35T69
Women's British Open CUTT31T30T47CUTCUTT20CUTT29CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00011276
Women's PGA Championship 000000168
U.S. Women's Open 00000175
The Evian Championship 00000065
Women's British Open 000001105
Totals0001144629

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
(US$)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2009 16100001T448,0486772.3767
2010 191300001155,9845872.9169
2011 16100000T1481,6914573.5076
2012 24210014T3456,4252971.5423
2013 25190003T5408,6413771.6232
2014 26180012T3333,0724972.4988
2015 1980000T2944,86911573.60124
2016 1440000T2038,53912672.5899
2017 940001T587,16010870.84n/a
2018 24140012T3258,7117072.0083
2019 21130000T27116,84310472.00100
2020 1190000T2859,12910172.1675
2021 20150001T6221,8437871.4473
2022 22140002T4213,6409271.6185
2023 1260000T22112,74712672.77137
2024 2070011T3168,19310672.33119

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References

  1. "Futures Tour Player Biographies". LPGA Futures Tour. 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Haeji Kang – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.