Honda LPGA Thailand
Siam Country Club Pattaya, Old Course | Chonburi, Thailand | Feb. 21-24, 2019
Feb. 24, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Ilsan, Republic of Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: July 28, 1989, currently 29 years, 6 months, 27 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T54 at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2008 LPGA season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2008
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fourth-career LPGA victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2013 LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship, 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2017 Honda LPGA Thailand
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Yang earns 500 points and is projected to move from 37th to 2nd in the Race to CME Globe with 576 points
MONEY
With her win, Yang earns $240,000; she has earned $268,271 this season and $8,884,322 for her career
PREVIOUS HONDA LPGA THAILAND RESULTS
2018 – T14; 2017 – win; 2016 – T3; 2015 – win; 2014 – T45; 2013 – T12; 2012 – 4; 2011 – 7; 2010 – 10
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Three events played, three cuts made, $268,271, one victory, one additional top-15 finish
OF NOTE
- With the $240,000 winner’s check, Yang moves to 2nd of the 2019 LPGA Money List with $268,271; she also moves to 22nd on the All-Time LPGA Money List with $8,884,322 in career earnings
- Yang is the fourth different winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season and the second winner from the Republic of Korea to win on the 2019 season, joining Eun-Hee Ji
- She is the 113rd player in LPGA Tour history to win at least four titles in her career
- Yang represented the Republic of Korea in the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing tied for fourth
- In 2008, Yang competed on the Ladies European Tour (LET), wining two events and finishing fourth on the LET Money List
- Yang is a two-time winner on the KLPGA