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

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

With her win, Yang earns $240,000; she has earned $268,271 this season and $8,884,322 for her career

2018 – T14; 2017 – win; 2016 – T3; 2015 – win; 2014 – T45; 2013 – T12; 2012 – 4; 2011 – 7; 2010 – 10

Three events played, three cuts made, $268,271, one victory, one additional top-15 finish

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

In the Honda LPGA Thailand Winner’s Circle with Amy Yang

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