Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship presented by CTBC
Miramar Golf Country Club, New Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
Oct. 22, 2017
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Doral, Fla.
Birthdate: May 13, 1986; currently 31 years, 5 months, 8 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 34th at the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2004/2007
VICTORIES
LPGA: Third career victory and first since 2009
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2008 Wegmans LPGA; 2009 U.S. Women’s Open Championship
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Ji earns 500 points and is projected to move from 56th to 31st in the Race to CME Globe with 1,144 points
MONEY
With her win, Ji earns $330,000; she has earned $664,147 this season and $5,384,371 in her career
PREVIOUS SWINGING SKIRTS LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2016 – T20; 2015 – T2; 2014 – T9; 2013 – 4; 2012 – T50; 2011 – T34
2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
21 events played, 16 cuts made, one victory, two additional top 10s, $664,147
OF NOTE
- Ji becomes the 22nd different winner of the 2017 LPGA Tour season and the 15th player from the Republic of Korea
- This is Ji’s first LPGA victory since the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, a span of 8 years, 3 months and 10 days, and 203 LPGA tournaments
- Ji’s six-stroke margin of victory ties the largest of the 2017 season, joining the previous mark of six strokes set by Mirim Lee at the Kia Classic
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