Hometown/Resides: Guangzhou, China/ Guangzhou, China
Birthdate: August 5, 1989 – currently 27 years, 2 months, and 25 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished tied for ninth at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2007
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fifth-career victory
Previous wins: 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Reignwood LPGA Classic, 2013 CME Group Titleholders, 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
MONEY
CAREER: With the $270,000 first-place check, Shanshan moves from 24th to 21st on the LPGA Career Money List with $7,739,918
SEASON: Has earned $1,191,301 this season and moves from 13th to 10th on the 2016 LPGA Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- Becomes the first multiple-time winner of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
- Past Results:
- 2015: T2
- 2014: 1
- 2013: 2
- 2012: T19
- 2011: T9
- 2010: T12
RACE TO CME GLOBE
Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings moves from 19th to 11th
2016 IN A NUTSHELL
20 events, 19 cuts made, $1,191,301 earned, 70.11 scoring average, nine additional top-10’s
OF NOTE
- Went 45 events between her last win at the 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia and her win this week
- Becomes the 17th different player to record a win this season on the LPGA Tour
- Won the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics