Hometown/Resides: San Francisco, Calif./Las Vegas, Nev.
Birthdate: Oct. 20, 1992 – currently 24 years, 7 months, 18 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 39th at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Rookie Year/ Turned Professional: 2012/2011
Victories
With her win, Kang becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
Race To CME Globe
With her win, Kang earns 625 points and is projected to move from 28th to 10th in the Race to CME Globe with 1,269 points
Money
With her win, Kang earns $525,000; she has earned $806,828 this season and $2,381,795 in her career
Previous KPMG Women's PGA Championship Results
2016 - T46; 2015 - CUT; 2014 - T25; 2013 - T22; 2012 - CUT; 2011 - T50
2017 In A Nutshell
- 15 events played, 11 cuts made, one victory, four additional top 10s, $806,828
Of Note
- Kang is the fourth player from United States of America to win in 2017, joining Brittany Lincicome (Pure Silk- Bahamas LPGA Classic), Cristie Kerr (LOTTE Championship presented by Hershey) and Lexi Thompson (Kingsmill Championship presented by JTBC)
- She is the season’s first Rolex First-Time winner and the first since Charley Hull won the 2016 CME Group Tour Championship
- Kang is the eighth player to make the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship her first LPGA Tour victory (most recently Shanshan Feng in 2012)
- The 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is Kang’s 144th career LPGA start
- While this is Kang’s first professional major title, she won the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur championships, considered major titles in women’s amateur golf
- Kang’s brother, Alex, plays on the Web.com Tour
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