SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC PRESENTED BY ACER
Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club
Galloway, N.J.
June 4, 2017
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, South Korea/Irving, Texas
Birthdate: June 13, 1988 – currently 28 years, 11 months, 22 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned co-medalist honors at the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament as an amateur to earn Tour status
Turned Professional: 2006
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fifth career LPGA victory and first of the season
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2017 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, 2016 Reignwood LPGA Classic, 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2009 LPGA State Farm Invitational, 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe and moves from 71st to 24th in the standings with 650 points
ROLEX WOMEN'S WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
- In-Kyung is projected to move from 30th to 22nd in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, In-Kyung moves from 25th to 23rd on the LPGA Career Money List with $7,849,138
- SEASON: In-Kyung has earned $281,554 this season and is projected to move from 67th to 21st on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
Previous finishes at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer:
- 2016 - T6
- 2015 - T33
- 2014 - 64
- 2013 - T5
- 2012 - T25
- 2011 - T5
2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
- 6 events, 4 cuts made, $281,554, 1 victory, 1 additional top-25 finish
OF NOTE
- In-Kyung becomes the 13th different winner on the LPGA Tour in 2017 and the seventh from South Korea
- Made 7 starts on the LPGA between her last win (2016 Reignwood LPGA Classic) and this week
- Is the 8th player to win with all rounds in the 60s on the LPGA in 2017 through 13 events
- Last year, she crossed the $7 million mark in career earnings with a T6 finish at the ShopRite LPG Classic presented by Acer
- Is involved with the Special Olympics as an Ambassador and in 2015 won the Kia Community Assist Award for her charitable efforts
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