Megan Khang

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Megan Khang
Personal information
Born (1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 (age 27)
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T9: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T3: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T4: 2021
Women's British Open T11: 2016
Evian Championship T8: 2019

Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA Tour and is the first player of Hmong descent to do so. [1]

Contents

Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s. [1] [2] Khang was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1997, grew up in Rockland, Massachusetts and learned the sport from her father. She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 14. [3] She won several events as a junior golfer and played on the United States Junior Solheim Cup team in 2015. [4]

Khang finished T-6 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in 2015 to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season. She has maintained her card ever since. Her first LPGA Tour win came in her 191st start on August 27, 2023, in a playoff at the CPKC Women's Open over Ko Jin-young. [5]

She was a member of the 2019, 2021 and 2023 United States Solheim Cup teams.

Personal life

Khang is good friends with actress Kathryn Newton as they were competing against each other at AJGA events when they were juniors. Newton would play golf right up until graduating high school when she put sole focus on her acting career. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Aug 27, 2023 CPKC Women's Open 71-66-68-74=279−9Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young 375,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12023 CPKC Women's Open Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young Won with par on first extra hole (2 strokes win)

Other wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship CUTT47CUTT26T59
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTCUTT10CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT35LACUTT27T10T395
The Evian Championship T22T58T24T8NT
Women's British Open T11T49CUTT44T22
! Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship T10CUTT9CUT
U.S. Women's Open T4T8CUTT44
Women's PGA Championship T27CUTT3CUT
The Evian Championship CUTT43T9CUT
Women's British Open T39T28T30CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00002295
U.S. Women's Open 000244128
Women's PGA Championship 00112293
The Evian Championship 00002486
Women's British Open 00000297
Totals001310144729

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nds3rdsTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2012 100000MCn/an/a77.50n/a
2013 Did not play
2014 100000MCn/an/a77.00n/a
2015 220000T35n/an/a71.25n/a
2016 28170002T4336,0165772.0270
2017 32230014T3456,3194371.0440
2018 29210006T4614,1643571.4449
2019 24200007T4646,3673270.7025
2020 141300015377,2423071.5641
2021 20180004T4723,7992670.4726
2022 2420010621,025,0052670.1517
2023 2119101711,486,3101870.2512
2024 22160125T2789,7755270.8623
Totals^214 (2016)167 (2016)1244216,454,99763

^ official as of 2024 season [8] [9] [10]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2015478 [11]
201674 [12]
201794 [13]
201866 [14]
201944 [15]
202049 [16]
202136 [17]
202228 [18]
202314 [19]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career137–3–33–0–12–2–12–1–18.565.4
2019 30–2–10–0–1 halved w/ C. Hull 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Park 2&1
lost w/ D. Kang 4&3
0–0–00.516.7
2021 31–1–11–0–0 def. S. Popov 3&20–0–1 halved w/ A. Ewing 0–1–0 lost w/ J. Korda 1 dn1.550.0
2023 43–0–11–0–0 def. L. Grant 1 up2–0–0 won w/ L. Thompson 2&1
won w/ L. Thompson 1 up
0–0–1 halved w/ R. Zhang 3.587.5
2024 33–0–01–0–0 def. E. Pedersen 6&50–0–02–0–0 won w/ N. Korda 6&4
won w/ Al. Lee 4&3
3100.0

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