Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Birthdate: August 10, 1994 – currently 22 years, 1 month, 8 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour - Won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open as a non-member
Turned Professional – 2012
VICTORIES
- LPGA: Second-career victory and second major championship; first win as an LPGA member and becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner
NEW RECORDS SET
- In Gee set a new major championship record - male or female - for 72 hole score in relation to par with her four-day total of 21-under par
- Also broke the LPGA major championship 72 hole scoring record previously set by Betsy King (267, 1992 LPGA Championship) with her four-day total of 263
- In Gee broke the 54 hole scoring record at a major previously set by Annika Sorenstam (199, 2004 LPGA Championship) with her three-day total of 194
- In Gee joins fellow South Korean Se Ri Pak (1998 McDonald’s LPGA Championship and U.S. Women’s Open) as the only players in LPGA history to record their first two LPGA wins at major championships
ROLEX RANKINGS
- In Gee is projected to move up from No. 7 to No. 3 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- Projected to become the highest ranked Korean player in the world, surpassing Inbee Park
LOUISE SUGGS ROLEX ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
- In Gee earns 300 points to increase her point total to 1,223 points
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $487,500 first-place check, In Gee crosses the $1 million mark in career earnings has now earned $1,405,054 as a member of the LPGA Tour
- SEASON: In her rookie season this year, In Gee has earned $1,405,054 and moves from 8th to 3rd on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- This was In Gee’s second appearance at the The Evian Championship and missed the cut last year (79-70=149)
2016 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
- 16 events, 15 cuts made, $1,405,054 earned, 1 win, 9 additional top-10 finishes, 7 top-3s and 3 runner-ups
OF NOTE
- Becomes the fifth different South Korean to win on Tour this season (Hyo Joo Kim, Ha Na Jang, Sei Young Kim, Jenny Shin) and increases the total number of wins by Koreans to seven through the first 24 events of the year
- Becomes the first rookie winner of the 2016 season and seventh Rolex First-Time Winner
- Made 11 starts as a non-member from 2013-2015. She only missed one cut (2015 Evian Championship) and recorded a win (2015 U.S. Women’s Open) and a runner-up (2014 KEB-Hana Bank Championship)
- In 2015, recorded five wins on the KLPGA en route to Player of the Year honors
- Won the KLPGA money title and also led the Tour in scoring average in 2015
- Had a three-win season on the KLPGA in 2014 and finished fourth on the Tour’s money list
- Recorded her first KLPGA win during her rookie year at the 2013 Korea Women’s Open and finished third on the money list that season
- Has two career wins on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA), both major championships
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