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Kelly Shon
Rookie Year
2015
Age
32
Race to CME Points
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5’5”…Started playing golf at age 12…credits her mother as the person who most influenced her career…Retired from the LPGA after her 2018 season and currently works in the financial services industry in NYC.

Career Highlights:

  • Played on the LPGA Tour from 2014-2018
  • In 2017, Recorded a career-low round of 63 on day two of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, where she posted her first career top-10 finish in a major (T9)
  • In 2015, Finished 12th in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. Recorded a season-best finish tie for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer.
  • In 2014, Finished T9 at the Final Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA membership for the 2015 season
  • Played on the Epson Tour in 2014

Amateur Highlights

  • Qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2011 and 2012 and competed in a total of 12 USGA events as an amateur
  • Named the 2013 and 2014 Ivy League Player of the Year, and remains the only player to win the award twice
  • An All-American and four-time All-Ivy League honoree 
  • Highest finish at the NCAA finals in Princeton and Ivy League history
  • Third Ivy League golfer to play on Tour, joining Heather Daly-Donofrio (Yale) and Jeehae Lee (Yale), and is the first ever player from Princeton to play on Tour
Leaderboard
The Chevron Championship The Woodlands, TX
Round 2 To Par Thru
1 Lauren Coughlin -6 12:15 PM
T2 Marina Alex -4 12:37 PM*
T2 Minami Katsu -4 12:15 PM
T2 Nelly Korda -4 8:10 AM
T5 Jin Hee Im -3 1:32 PM*
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