Birthplace/Hometown – Seoul, South Korea/Seoul, South Korea

Birthdate – January 21, 1993 – currently 23 years, 1 months, 28 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour – T6th at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Rookie Year – 2015

LPGA: Fourth career victory: 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, 2015 LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, 2015 Blue Bay LPGA
KLPGA: Has five career victories on the KLPGA

Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 6th to 2nd in the race with 1,027 points

With her victory, Sei Young is projected to jump from No. 7 to No. 5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
Will be the second-highest ranked South Korean player in the world, trailing only No. 2 Inbee Park
Sei Young will move from the fourth spot on Korea’s UL International Crown and Olympics teams to the second spot

CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, Sei Young moves from 128th to 120th on the LPGA Career Money List with $2,237,494
SEASON: Sei Young has earned $417,438 this season and moves from 9th to 2nd on the 2016 LPGA Tour Official Money List

Wins the JTBC Founders Cup in only her second appearance in this event, finishing in T6 in 2015
Sei Young ties Annika Sorenstam’s all-time LPGA scoring record in relation to par at 27-under-par, a record Sorenstam set at the 2001 Standard Register Ping at nearby Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix.
Sei Young becomes the third different South Korean player to win in 2016
Sei Young’s final round 62 tied the course record and lowest round in tournament history

Finished first in the 2015 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings and third in the 2015 Rolex Player of the Year standings

5 events played, 5 cuts made, $417,438, 1 win, two additional top-three finishes in five starts

27 events played, 25 cuts made, $1,820,056, three wins, and 8 additional top-10s

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