Hometown/Resides: Guangzhou, China/Guangzhou, China
Birthdate: August 5, 1989 – currently 27 years, 9 months, 23 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished tied for ninth at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2007
VICTORIES
LPGA: Seventh career LPGA victory and first of the season
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Reignwood LPGA Classic, 2013 CME Group Titleholders, 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 TOTO Japan Classic
RACE TO CME GLOBE
Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe and moves from 30th to 8th in the standings with 943 points
ROLEX WOMEN'S WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
Feng is projected to move from 7th to 6th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
MONEY
CAREER: With the $195,000 first-place check, Feng moves from 20th to 19th on the LPGA Career Money List with $8,379,668
SEASON: Feng has earned $372,471 this season and is projected to move from 29th to 10th on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
Set a new tournament 72-hole scoring record surpassing Ariya Jutanugarn's total last year (-15)
Previous finishes at the LPGA Volvik Championship:
- 2016 - T39
2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
8 events, 7 cuts made, $372,471, 1 victory, 3 additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Feng becomes the 12th different winner on the LPGA Tour in 2017 and the first from China
- Made 8 starts on the LPGA between her last win (2016 TOTO Japan Classic) and this week - has three wins in her last 11 starts
- Is the 7th player to win with all rounds in the 60s on the LPGA in 2017 through 12 events
- Won the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
- Has seven career wins on the Ladies European Tour and became the first Chinese player to win the LET Order of Merit in 2015
- Became a Rolex First-Time Winner and the first-ever Chinese winner on the LPGA Tour at the 2012 Wegman's LPGA Championship