Kim grabbed her first golf club when she was seven years old on her way to register for a taekwondo academy.
LPGA Tour Victories (6 wins, 1 major)
- 2023 The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America
- 2022 LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei
- 2021 HSBC Women's World Championship
- 2016 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
- 2015 JTBC Founders Cup
- 2014 Evian Championship*
*as a non-member
Olympics (1)
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T15)
International Crown (1)
2023 in a Nutshell
- 20 events, 20 cuts made, $2,123,856 (7)
- Earned her sixth LPGA Tour victory at The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America; she also recorded eight additional top-10 results
Career Highlights:
2022:
- 17 events, 15 cuts made, $1,533,497 (11)
- Earned her fifth LPGA Tour victory at the LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei; she also recorded seven additional top-10 results
2021:
- 16 events, 15 cuts made, $855,962 (21)
- Earned her fourth LPGA Tour victory at the HSBC Women's World Championship; she also recorded three additional top-10 results
- Represented the Republic of Korea in the Tokyo Olympics
2020:
2019:l
- 21 events, 20 cuts made, $1,290,743 (10)
- Recorded a career-high 12 top-10 finishes with three runner-up performances and crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings with a seventh place finish at the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA
- Ranked first in putts per GIR (1.72) and putting average (27.59) and second in sand saves (62.35%), scoring average (69.41) and rounds under par (60)
2018:
- 22 events, 18 cuts made, $753,439(25)
- Finished runner-up to Ariya Jutanugarn in a four-hole playoff at the U.S. Women's Open
2017:
- 22 events, 18 cuts made, $492,408 (38)
- Recorded four top-10 finishes in 22 starts, including a season-best T7 result at the Ricoh Women's British Open
2016
- 27 events, 23 cuts made, $753,638 (20)
- Had six top-10 finishes and captured the third LPGA victory of her career at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, where she also crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings
- Finished ranked third on Tour in putting average (28.79), fourth in putts per GIR (1.75) and ninth in birdies (367)
2015:
- 25 events, 22 cuts made, $923,221 (13)
- Became a Rolex First-Time Winner with her victory at the JTBC Founders Cup and had eight additional top-10 finishes
- Finished second in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year race
2014:
- 4 events, 4 cuts made competing as a non-member
- Captured the 2014 Evian Championship for her first LPGA victory and Major Championship
- Shot a 10-under, 61, in the opening round of the Evian Championship, the lowest round in Major Championship history
- Added top-10 finishes at all three of her other LPGA events, including a solo fourth at the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf
