Hometown/Resides: Guangzhou, China/Guangzhou, China

Birthdate: August 5, 1989 – currently 28 years, 3 months

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished tied for ninth at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional: 2007

VICTORIES

LPGA: Eighth career LPGA victory and second of the season

PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Reignwood LPGA Classic, 2013 CME Group Titleholders, 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 TOTO Japan Classic, 2017 LPGA VolvikChampionship

RACE TO CME GLOBE

Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe and is projected to move from 9th to 5th in the standings with 2,647 points
The top five finishers entering Naples will control their own destiny at the CME Group Tour Championship
If a player in the top five wins in Naples, she will also win the $1M CME Globe

MONEY

CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, Shanshan is projected to stay at 15th on the LPGA Career Money List with $9,395,523 ($233,093 behind No. 14 Catriona Matthew)
SEASON: Shanshan has earned $1,388,326 this season and is projected to move from 9th to 6th on the LPGA Tour Official Money List

PREVIOUS TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC RESULTS

2016 – WIN; 2013 – T8; 2012 – T27; 2011 – 2; 2008 – T16

2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

20 events, 18 cuts made, $1,388,326, 2 victories, 11 top-10 finishes

OF NOTE

Shanshan Feng becomes the eighth player on Tour this season with multiple victories joining: In-Kyung Kim (3), Brooke Henderson (2), Cristie Kerr (2), Anna Nordqvist (2), Sung Hyun Park (2), So Yeon Ryu (2) and Lexi Thompson (2)
Becomes the first player of the 2017 LPGA season to successfully defend their 2016 tournament title
Becomes the fourth player in the history of the TOTO Japan Classic to have successfully defended their titles: Annika Sorenstam (2001-2005), Woo-Soon Ko (1994, 1995) and Betsky King (1992, 1993)
Made 11 starts on the LPGA between her last win (2017 LPGA Volvik Championship) and this week
Won the Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Has six career JLPGA wins and seven career wins on the Ladies European Tour where she became the first Chinese player to win the LET Order of Merit in 2015
Became a Rolex First-Time Winner and the first-ever Chinese winner on the LPGA Tour at the 2012 Wegman's LPGA Championship

In The Winner's Circle - Shanshan Feng

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