Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean
professional golfer currently playing on the
LPGA Tour
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.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tournaments on the International Junior Golf tour. In 2005, playing on the
American Junior Golf Association
The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is a "501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is conside ...
(AJGA), she won the 2005 Hargray Junior Classic. Also in 2005, she won the
U.S. Girls' Junior The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen United States, U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and ...
and was the medalist in the stroke play portion of the
U.S. Women's Amateur.
Professional career
Kim earned co-medalist honors at the
LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ...
in Florida in December 2006 as an amateur to earn full exempt status for the 2007 season. She turned professional immediately following the tournament.
In her rookie year of
2007 she had four top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour. In
2008
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, she had seven top-10 finishes and claimed her first win at the
Longs Drugs Challenge
The CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenges was a 72-hole golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the LPGA Tour from 1996 through 2010. It was played at various sites in Northern California and was managed by the Bruno Event Team. ...
.
In June
2009, she claimed her second career title with a one-shot win over compatriot
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak ( ko, 박세리, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.
Career overview
Born in D ...
to take the LPGA
State Farm Classic in Illinois. In December 2009 Kim won her third professional title, winning the
Dubai Ladies Masters
The Dubai Moonlight Classic is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The event was played for the first time in October 2006. Its prize fund of €500,000 made it the fourth most valuable tournament on the LET. Between ...
on the
Ladies European Tour.
Kim won her fourth professional title and third LPGA title at the
2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational
The Lorena Ochoa Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament in México on the LPGA Tour. Hosted by Lorena Ochoa, the event debuted in November 2008 at the course where she learned to play, Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara.
...
. The day after she won, she announced that she had donated her entire $220,000 winnings to charity: half to the Lorena Ochoa Foundation which funds educational programs for children in Mexico and the other half to an American charity. The donation amounted to nearly 20 percent of her total winnings to date for the 2010 season.
Rancho Santa Fe, California
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, a suburb north of San Diego
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. She practices at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club
Fairbanks Ranch Country Club is a neighborhood and private golf club located in northern San Diego, California. The area is bordered by the unincorporated San Diego County communities of Rancho Santa Fe to the north and Fairbanks Ranch to the ea ...
, where she is an honorary member.[
On the final day of the ]2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 29 through April 1. It was the 41st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 30th year as a women's major.
On the 72 ...
, Kim had a one-foot putt on the 18th green to seal her first major championship. The putt lipped out, forcing a playoff with Sun-Young Yoo, which Yoo won. This disappointment was followed by a relative dry spell for Kim on LPGA Tour which included two playoff losses, and one win on the European Ladies Tour in 2014. The LPGA dry spell ended in October 2016 when Kim won Reignwood LPGA Classic
The Reignwood LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in China on the LPGA Tour. It debuted in October 2013 at Pine Valley Golf Club in the Changping District, a suburban area northwest of central Beijing.
Shanshan Feng won the ...
held in China. In 2017 Kim won three times on the LPGA Tour, including her first major title at the Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...
.
Professional wins (10)
LPGA Tour wins (7)
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–5)
Ladies European Tour wins (4)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
''Results not in chronological order before 2020.''
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 16 (2008 U.S. Open – 2012 LPGA)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2010 LPGA – 2011 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary
* Official as of 2022 season
Team appearances
Professional
*Lexus Cup
The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, (representing Asia team): 2007 (winners)
*International Crown
The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event.
History
It debuted in 2014 at ...
(representing South Korea): 2014
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, 2018
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(winners)
References
External links
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Profile on Seoul Sisters.com website
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South Korean female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Ladies European Tour golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
1988 births
Living people