Reignwood LPGA Classic
Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club
Nankou, Beijing, China
October 2, 2016
Hometown/Resides: South Korea/Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Birthdate: June 13, 1988 – currently 28 years, 3 months, 19 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned co-medalist honors at the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2007
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fourth career LPGA victory and first of the season
PREVIOUS WINS: 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge, 2009 LPGA State Farm Classic, 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
ROLEX RANKINGS
- In-Kyung is projected to move from 42nd to 29th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $315,000 first-place check, In-Kyung moves from 24th to 22nd on the LPGA Career Money List with $7,512,209
- SEASON: In-Kyung has earned $573,534 this season and is projected to move from 52nd to 19th on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 61st to 27th in the Race to CME Globe with a total of 1,050 points
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
Previous finishes at the Reignwood LPGA Classic:
- 2014: T41
2016 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
- 15 events, 12 cuts made, $573,534, 1 victory, 2 additional top-10s
OF NOTE
- In-Kyung becomes the sixth South Korean player to win on the LPGA Tour in 2016 and the second in a row (In Gee Chun, The Evian Championship)
- Made 118 starts on the LPGA between her last win (2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational) and this week
- Won the Ladies European Masters on the Ladies European Tour at the beginning of September
- Becomes the third oldest winner on Tour this season behind Anna Nordqvist (29) and Brittany Lang (30) - only four winners over 23 years old in 2016 (26 events)
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