Marathon Classic presented by Dana
Highland Meadows Golf Club | Sylvania, Ohio | July 8-14, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Irving, Texas
Birthdate: Jan. 21, 1993; currently 26 years, 5 months and 24 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T9 at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2010/2015
VICTORIES
LPGA: Ninth 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
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Kim earns 500 points and is projected to move from 14th to seventh in the Race to CME Globe with 1,697 points
MONEY
With her win, Kim earns $262,500; she has earned $897,903 this season and $6,811,480 for her career
PREVIOUS MARATHON CLASSIC RESULTS
2018 – T53; 2015 – T14
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
15 events played, 14 cuts made, $897,903, two wins, two additional top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish at the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open
OF NOTE
- Kim earns her ninth career victory and visits the winner’s circle for the second time this season
- Kim is the season’s fourth player to have multiple wins this season, joining Jin Young Ko, Brooke Henderson and Sung Hyun Park (2)
- With her ninth career victory, Kim ties Na Yeon Choi for the fourth most wins by a Korean player in LPGA history; only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19) and Jiyai Shin (11) have more wins
- She projects to move from 41st to 39th on the All-Time Money List with $6,811,480
- 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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