Buick LPGA Shanghai
Qizhong Garden Golf Club | Shanghai, People’s Republic of China | Oct. 17-20, 2019
Hometown/Resides: San Francisco, Calif./Las Vegas, Nev.
Birthdate: Oct. 20, 1992; currently 27 years, 0 months and 0 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 39th at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2011/2012
VICTORIES
LPGA: Third career victory PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2018 Buick LPGA Shanghai, 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA ChampionshipRACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Kang earns 500 points and is projected to move from 19th to ninth in the Race to the CME Globe with 1959 points
MONEY
With her win, Kang earns $315,000; she has earned $1,061,253 for the season and $4,777,644 for her career
PREVIOUS BUICK LPGA SHANGHAI RESULT
2018 – won
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
19 events played, 16 cuts made, $1,061,253, one victory, eight additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Kang is the season’s fifth winner from the United States, joining Cydney Clanton, Cheyenne Knight, Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson
- Kang captured the win on her 27th birthday; the last LPGA player to win on her birthday was Minjee Lee, who won the 2018 LPGA Volvik Championship on her 22nd birthday
- She is the second player this season to successfully defend a 2018 title, joining Brooke Henderson at the LOTTE Championship
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