Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Irving, Texas
Birthdate: Jan. 21, 1993; currently 26 years, 10 months and three days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T9 at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2010/2015
VICTORIES
LPGA: 10th career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, 2015 LPGA LOTTE Championship presented by HERSHEY, 2015 Blue Bay LPGA, 2016 JTBC Founders Cup, 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, 2017 Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play presented by Aeromexico and Delta, 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, 2019 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, 2019 Marathon Classic presented by Dana
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Kim is the Race to the CME Globe champion
MONEY
With her win, Kim earns $1.5 million; she has earned $2,753,099 this season and $8,666,676 for her career
PREVIOUS CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2018 – T10, 2017 – T11, 2016 – T24, 2015 – 24
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
25 events played, 21 cuts made, $2,753,099, three wins, seven additional top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish at the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open
OF NOTE
- Kim earns her 10th career victory and visits the winner’s circle for the third time this year, her first three-win season
- With her 10th career victory, Kim becomes the fourth Korean player with at least 10 LPGA wins, joining Inbee Park (19), Se Ri Pak (25) and Jiyai Shin (11)
- She becomes the 31st player in LPGA history to cross the $8 million mark in career earnings ($8,666,676)
- She is projected to move from 33rd to 26th on the All-Time Money List with $8,666,676 in career earnings
- At the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, she set the LPGA’s 72-hole scoring record at 31-under 257
- Kim represented the Republic of Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, where she finished T25
- She was the 2015 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
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