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 T6: 2025
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]

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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 is a four-time member of the United States Solheim Cup team.

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 (4)

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 (1–1)

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)
22025 Dow Championship
(with Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson)		 Flag of South Korea.svg Im Jin-hee and
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee So-mi 		Lost to birdie on first extra hole

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
Tournament20212022202320242025
Chevron Championship T10CUTT9CUTT40
U.S. Women's Open T4T8CUTT44CUT
Women's PGA Championship T27CUTT3CUTT52
The Evian Championship CUTT43T9CUTT21
Women's British Open T39T28T30CUTT6
  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 000022106
U.S. Women's Open 000244138
Women's PGA Championship 001122104
The Evian Championship 00002597
Women's British Open 000013108
Totals001311165233

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]
202421 [20]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Andrews, Dave (August 2019). "Rising LPGA Star Megan Khang". WomensGolf.com.
  2. ↑ Mell, Randall (November 14, 2017). "Secret war, forbidden love and a treacherous journey to the LPGA". Golf Channel.
  3. ↑ "Golf notes: Megan Khang into US Women's Open". Boston Globe. May 24, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Megan Khang". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ Paisley, Kent (August 27, 2023). "Megan Khang tops Jin Young Ko for elusive first LPGA victory". Golf Digest.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Amy (June 5, 2021). "HBO and CBS star Kathryn Newton at U.S. Women's Open to watch childhood friend Megan Khang". Golf Channel.
  7. 1 2 3 "Connecticut Women's Open Champions". Connecticut State Golf Association. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Megan Khang stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Megan Khang results". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2024.
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