Jenny Shin

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Jenny Shin
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Shin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 31)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
Career
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) Futures Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T11: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship T8: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T10: 2014
Women's British Open 6th: 2017
Evian Championship T12: 2024

Jenny Shin (born 7 October 1992) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Contents

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Shin moved to the United States at age 9. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2006 becoming its youngest winner at age 13. [1]

Shin turned professional in 2010. She played on the Futures Tour in 2010, winning The International at Concord in July and finishing 4th on the money list to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2011. She has played on the LPGA Tour since, with her first win at the 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
11 May 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout 68-70-65-67=270−142 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Jung Hur
Flag of the United States.svg Gerina Piller
Flag of South Korea.svg Amy Yang

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12012 HSBC Women's Champions Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Na-yeon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng
Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford
Stanford won with par on third extra hole
Choi eliminated by par on second hole
Feng eliminated by par on first hole

LPGA Futures Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship CUTT55T39T11T50T35T40T12WD
Women's PGA Championship T68T19T22T13T22CUTT29CUTT37T30
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT35T54T1019T46T21T27T39T23
The Evian Championship ^T31T20T55T17T48T16CUTNT
Women's British Open CUTT17T17T29T28CUT6CUTT51T51
Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship T28DQCUTT57
U.S. Women's Open T23CUTT19
Women's PGA Championship CUTT25T8CUT
The Evian Championship T50T58T54T12
Women's British Open T42CUTT16T17

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied for place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 000002139
U.S. Women's Open 0000161411
Women's PGA Championship 0000161410
The Evian Championship 0000041110
Women's British Open 0000151410
Totals00003236650

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2008330 [3]
2009312 [4]
2010466 [5]
201369 [6]
201443 [7]
201542 [8]
201637 [9]
201751 [10]
201863 [11]
201974 [12]
202084 [13]
202180 [14]
202298 [15]
202366 [16]

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