Yealimi Noh

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Yealimi Noh
Personal information
Born (2001-07-26) July 26, 2001 (age 23)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T9: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship T15: 2021
U.S. Women's Open T40: 2020
Women's British Open T13: 2021
Evian Championship 3rd: 2021

Yealimi Noh (born July 26, 2001) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2019 and qualified for the 2020 LPGA season after finishing 3rd in the qualifying school. [1]

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Amateur career

Born in San Francisco in 2001, Noh was raised in Concord, California. [2] Noh had an impressive run in 2018. Over the course of five weeks, she won four tournaments: the California Junior Championship, the Girl's Junior PGA Championship, the U.S. Girls' Junior, and the Canadian Women's Amateur, the last three in consecutive weeks. [3] [4]

Professional career

Noh turned professional in early 2019. She Monday qualified for the 2019 Cambia Portland Classic and finished runner-up to Hannah Green. She finished third at the LPGA Q-Series to earn her tour card for 2020. Her best finish in 2020 was another runner-up at the Volunteers of America Classic. [1]

Noh was selected as a captain's pick for Team USA for the 2021 Solheim Cup. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T44CUTCUTT9
U.S. Women's Open T40T64T58CUT
Women's PGA Championship T33T15CUTCUTT52
The Evian Championship T44NT3CUTCUT
Women's British Open T32T13CUTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

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
%
Career32–1–01–0–00–0–01–1–0266.7
2021 32–1–01–0–0 def. M. Reid 1up1–1–0 lost w/ B. Altomare 1 dn
won w/ M. Harigae 3&1
266.7

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References

  1. 1 2 "LPGA Profile". LPGA. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  2. "Seoul Sisters Profile". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Yealimi Noh". World Amateur Golf Ranking.
  4. Casey, Kevin (August 5, 2018). "Yealimi Noh finds form en route to dominant junior season, eyes pro career". Golfweek.
  5. "Brittany Altomare, Mina Harigae And Yealimi Noh Added To 2021 U.S. Solheim Cup Team". LPGA Tour. August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  6. "NCGA Junior Championship: Past Champions". Northern California Golf Association.