Tiffany Joh

Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh
Personal information
Born	December 8, 1986 (age 37); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	San Diego, California, U.S.
Career
College	UCLA (graduated 2009)
Turned professional	2009
Current tour(s)	Symetra Tour (joined 2009); LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships;
Chevron Championship	T16: 2014
Women's PGA C'ship	T17: 2016
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Women's British Open	T30: 2011
Evian Championship	T43: 2016
Achievements and awards
Heather Farr Player Award
Heather Farr Player Award	2017

Last updated July 18, 2024

Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour.

Childhood

Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the United States as adults.^[1] She attended Rancho Bernardo High School where she earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-America honors.

Amateur career

In 2006 and 2008, Joh won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. She is one of five players in the history of the tournament to win the tournament twice. She was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team

In August 2007, she finished tied for 21st at the Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.

College

Joh attended UCLA where she was a member of the golf team for all four years, from 2005 through her graduation in 2009. She was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st Team in 2006 and 2008) and four-time All-American, and was a seven-time member of the Director's Honor Roll at UCLA, awarded to student athletes with a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

In 2006-07, her sophomore year, she won the Pac-10 title. She was the Pac-10 player of the year twice, in 2006–07 and in 2007-08.

At the 2008 NCAA Division I Golf Championship (May 20–23), Joh lost in a playoff to Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State for the individual championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after they tied at 287 (−1).^[2] Joh was named 2008 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and captured her third All-America nod from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) after leading the Bruins in every statistical category during the 2008 season. She was ranked among the nation's top five players all season.

Joh was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the 2022 class.

Professional career

After graduating from UCLA in June 2009 with a degree in communication studies, Joh turned professional and joined the Futures Tour, the official development tour of the LPGA Tour. She won one event on tour in 2010, the ING New England Golf Classic. She finished T22 at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2010 to earn conditional playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011 while still retaining privileges on the Futures Tour. She won again on the Futures Tour in 2011 at the South Shore Championship and had two top-30 finishes on the LPGA by the halfway point in the season. Her good performance on the LPGA Tour improved her priority status on the LPGA Tour and gave her entry to more tournaments in the second half of the 2011 LPGA season.

On September 18, 2011, Joh had her best yet finish on the LPGA Tour, as the runner-up at the Navistar LPGA Classic, five strokes behind winner Lexi Thompson.^[3] She earned $120,057 for the solo second-place finish, her largest payday to date as a professional. Her 2011 season earnings on the LPGA Tour were $237,365 from participating in 14 tournaments. This put her in 41st place on the season-ending money list, enough to earn full privileges on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season.

In 2012, Joh's rookie year on the LPGA, she finished 101st on the official LPGA money list which gave her limited playing privileges on the LPGA in 2013. She retained status on the Symetra Tour.

Joh was diagnosed with having a malignant melanoma in January 2017. She returned to the LPGA Tour two months later.^[4]

She was the winner of the inaugural European eTour match at Pinehurst #2 in 2020, defeating Jane Park 2 up.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	Jul 18, 2010	ING New England Golf Classic	67-65-68=200	−10	Playoff	Gerina Mendoza	14,000
2	Jul 2, 2011	South Shore Championship	68-70=138^	−6	2 strokes	Mallory Blackwelder Jane Rah Tiffany Tavee	14,000

^ Tournament was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2020.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
ANA Inspiration	T21LA			CUT		T16	CUT	CUT		T72
U.S. Women's Open		CUT		CUT	CUT		CUT		CUT
Women's PGA Championship			T25	CUT	T72	T30	CUT	T17	CUT	CUT	T53
The Evian Championship ^						CUT	CUT	T43	T64	CUT	T70
Women's British Open			T30			CUT	T61	T65	T43	T42	CUT

Tournament	2020	2021
ANA Inspiration	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship	CUT
The Evian Championship ^	NT
Women's British Open	CUT

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

Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	2	8	3
U.S. Women's Open	0	5	0
Women's PGA Championship	2	10	5
The Evian Championship	0	6	3
Women's British Open	0	8	5
Totals	4	37	16

Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – none

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007	1	1	0	0	0	T22	n/a	n/a	71.66	n/a
2009	1	1	0	0	0	T21	n/a	n/a	72.50	n/a
2010	2	0	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	79.00	n/a
2011	14	12	1	0	0	2	237,365	41	72.75	52
2012	20	10	0	0	0	T33	48,695	101	74.09	113
2013	14	5	0	0	0	T30	25,184	117	73.72	125
2014	27	21	0	0	0	T16	200,607	67	72.19	67
2015	22	11	0	0	0	T13	114,287	84	72.73	92
2016	25	16	0	0	0	T11	172,233	83	72.35	84
2017	25	14	0	0	2	T6	203,875	76	72.20	103
2018	25	15	0	0	1	T8	195,647	81	71.97	82
2019	23	12	0	1	2	T3	249,154	70	72.23	112
2020	14	4	0	0	0	T11	37,241	116	73.69	126
2021	13	3	0	0	0	T52	11,321	167	73.81	150

Official as of the 2021 season^[5]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup: 2008 (winners)
Espirito Santo Trophy: 2008

Curtis Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
2008^[6]	4	2–1–1	1–0–0 def. C. Booth 6&5	1–0–1 won w/ A. Blumenherst 1 up, halved w/ A. Blumenherst	0–1–0 lost w/ Meghan Bolger, 3&2	2.5	62.5%

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References

↑ Park, Martin (February 25, 2005). "Tiffany Joh in the Media Centre". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
↑ "Southern California, Arizona State's Munoz win golf titles". USA Today. May 24, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
↑ Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic
↑ Resident LPGA comedian Tiffany Joh returns from melanoma diagnosis
↑ "Tiffany Joh Stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
↑ About.com, 2008 Curtis Cup Retrieved August 28, 2011.

External links

Tiffany Joh at the LPGA Tour official site
Tiffany Joh at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
Profile at SeoulSisters.com
Profile at UCLA athletics site

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[birth-1] Park, Martin (February 25, 2005). "Tiffany Joh in the Media Centre". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2008.

[2] "Southern California, Arizona State's Munoz win golf titles". USA Today. May 24, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2011.

[3] Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic

[4] Resident LPGA comedian Tiffany Joh returns from melanoma diagnosis

[5] "Tiffany Joh Stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

[curtiscup-6] About.com, 2008 Curtis Cup Retrieved August 28, 2011.

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