Yealimi Noh | |
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Personal information | |
Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | July 26, 2001
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2019 |
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]
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]
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]
Source: [3]
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Chevron Championship | T44 | CUT | CUT | T9 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T40 | T64 | T58 | |||
Women's PGA Championship | T33 | T15 | CUT | CUT | ||
The Evian Championship | T44 | NT | 3 | CUT | ||
Women's British Open | T32 | T13 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Amateur
Professional
Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
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Career | 3 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 66.7 |
2021 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 1–0–0 def. M. Reid 1up | 1–1–0 lost w/ B. Altomare 1 dn won w/ M. Harigae 3&1 | 2 | 66.7 |
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