Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American

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. She plays on the

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and is the first player of

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

and Laotian descent to do so. Khang's parents were refugees from the

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from

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and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s. Khang was born in

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in 1997 and learned the sport from her father. She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 14. She won several events as a junior golfer and played on the United States

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team in 2015. Khang finished T-6 at the

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in 2015 to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season. She has maintained her card ever since. Her best finish to date is second at the 2022

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, finishing a stroke behind winner

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. She was a member of the

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and

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United States Solheim Cup teams.

Personal life

Khang is good friends with actress

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as they were competing against each other at AJGA events when they were younger. Newton would play golf right up until graduating high school when she put sole focus on her acting career.

Amateur wins

*2013 PING Invitational, Faldo Series Grand Final *2014 Faldo Series Grand Final, Doral-Publix Junior Classic *2015 Eastern Amateur Championship Source:

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2018 Evian – 2020 ANA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2020 U.S. Open – 2021 U.S. Open)

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the United States): 2015 (winners) Professional *

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(representing the United States):

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khang, Megan American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Brockton, Massachusetts American people of Hmong descent American people of Laotian descent 1997 births Living people 20th-century American women 21st-century American women