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Chun In-gee
Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the 2016 Evian Championship with a score of 21 under par, which is the lowest winning score in a major tournament for either men or women, and the 2022 Women's PGA Championship. In 2015, Chun became the first player in history to win majors on three different tours in the same calendar year. On the KLPGA Tour, she won two majors – the Hite Jinro Championship and the KB Financial Star Championship; on the JLPGA Tour, she also won two majors – the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup and the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship; and on the LPGA Tour, she won one major – the U.S. Women's Open. By winning the 2016 Evian Championship, she joined compatriot Se Ri Pak as the only two players in LPGA Tour history to win majors as their firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Women's PGA Championship ...
The 2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 68th Women's PGA Championship, played June 23–26, 2022 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. It was won by Chun In-gee with an aggregate of 283, five under par. She finished one stroke ahead of Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee. Round summaries First round ''Thursday, June 23, 2022'' Second round ''Friday, June 24, 2022'' Third round ''Saturday, June 25, 2022'' Final round ''Sunday, June 26, 2022'' References External linksKPMG Women's PGA Championship Leaderboard {{Women's PGA Championship championships Women's PGA Championship Golf in Maryland Women's PGA Championship Women's PGA Championship Women's PGA Championship Women's PGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Women's Open Golf Championship
The is Japan's national women's open golf championship. From 2006 (as of 2011) it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ..., with a prize fund of 140 million Yen. Tournament names through the years: *1968–1970: TBS Women's Open *1971–present: Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Winners References External links * {{LPGA of Japan Tour LPGA of Japan Tour events Golf tournaments in Japan 1968 establishments in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's PGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the Ladies European Tour, which does not recognize any of the three majors played in the United States. Formerly known as the LPGA Championship, the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) announced in 2014 that the PGA of America would become a partner of the event, and that it would be renamed the Women's PGA Championship beginning in 2015—becoming a sister event to the men's PGA Championship (in a similar manner to the U.S. Women's Open being a sister event to the men's U.S. Open). The partnership included a new title sponsorship agreement with KPMG, an increase in purse, and a commitment by NBC to provide network television coverage of the weekend rounds. The PGA of America partnership also allowed the tournament to be held at va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 LPGA Tour
The 2022 LPGA Tour was the 73rd edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on January 20, and ended on November 20, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Schedule and results The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors. The schedule and purse amount for each tournament is listed on the LPGA website. The LPGA has a standard formula for payout percentages and distribution of its purse and prize money for every event. The winner typically gets 15% of the total, second place gets 9.3%, third p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Hull
Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in the international Solheim Cup matches and becoming a champion on the European circuit in 2014 before the age of 18. In 2016, she won the prestigious CME Group Tour Championship, the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour. Early life Hull was first introduced to golf aged two, and began playing with her father at Kettering Golf Club. She left school aged 13 to be home schooled, and started playing in amateur tournaments. Amateur career Hull came to public attention aged 9, when she won a significant 18-hole handicap event against adults with a score of 28 stableford points from a handicap of 26 at Turnberry. Aged 10 she played alongside Morgan Pressel in the British Open Pro-Am. Hull then won several amateur events in the United States and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship
The LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship was a women's professional golf tournament in Incheon, South Korea, co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week .... Until 2013, it was a 54-hole event with a limited field of 78 players, approximately half of a full-field event. There was no cut; all players played all three rounds. However, the LPGA Tour imposed a points cut to the top 40 players (and ties) for purposes of championship points towards the CME Globe. In 2014, the event became a 72-hole event, and again only has a symbolic cut of 40 players at the end of the tournament for CME Globe purposes. Tournament names *2001–2002: Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic *2003–2005: CJ Nine Bridges Classic presented by Sports To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 LPGA Tour
The 2018 LPGA Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season begins in Bahamas on January 25 and ends on November 18 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Schedule and results The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors. ^ ANA Inspiration finished on Monday April 2 due to darkness. Statistical information Wins by player Wins by nation Statistics leaders Money list leaders Source and complete listLPGA official website Scoring average Source and complete listLPGA official website Awards See also *2018 Ladies European Tour References {{LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Sung-hyun (golfer)
Park Sung-hyun (born 21 September 1993), also known as Sung Hyun Park, is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two LPGA majors championships, the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and the 2018 Women's PGA Championship. She was the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for a single week in 2017 and has returned to the number one spot in 2018 and 2019. Professional career From 2014 to 2016 Park played on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won four times in 2015 and six times in 2016. Since 2017 Park has played on the LPGA Tour. In July 2017, she won the 2017 U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major. In November 2017, she became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Park clinched the LPGA's LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year, Rookie of the Year Award in the penultimate month of the 2017 LPGA Tour, 2017 season. Park then went on to share LPGA Tour Player of the Year, Player of the Year honors with Ry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryu So-yeon
Ryu So-yeon ( Korean 유소연, RR ''Ryu So-yeon'', MR ''Ryu Soyŏn'', ; born 29 June 1990), also known as So Yeon Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She is a two-time major winner having won the 2011 U.S. Women's Open and the 2017 ANA Inspiration. On 26 June 2017, she became only the 11th No. 1 ranked golfer in the Rolex Rankings by virtue of winning her 5th LPGA Tour title at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Professional career Ryu turned professional in 2007 at age 17. Her first win as a professional came in February 2008 on the American Cactus Tour, in which she won by six strokes. She then joined the LPGA of Korea, winning the first event she played, the Sports Seoul Open. On 11 July 2011, Ryu won the U.S. Women's Open. On the 18th hole of the final round, the toughest hole for the tournament, she trailed the clubhouse leader Hee Kyung Seo by one stroke, but hit her approach to 6 feet and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 LPGA Tour
The 2016 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began in the Bahamas on January 28 and ended on November 20 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Schedule and results The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors. Season leaders Money list leaders ''Full 2016 official money list'' Scoring average leaders ''Full 2016 scoring average list'' Awards See also *2016 Ladies European Tour References External linksOfficial site {{LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young ( ko, 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Amateur career Yang began playing golf at age 10 in South Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously. In 2005, she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul in July 2017). Professional career After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |