Su-Hyun Oh (born 23 May 1996) is a

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-born

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. She became the number one ranked amateur in the world in October 2013. Born in

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, Oh moved to Australia at the age of eight and has played golf since the age of nine. In 2009, at 12, she was the youngest player to ever qualify for the

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. She finished tied for second at the 2013

Australian Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LP ...

, a tournament on the

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and

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

. Oh turned professional in the fall of 2014. She made it to the final stage of the 2014 LPGA Qualifying School, but failed to earn an

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card, leaving her with eligibility on the satellite

Symetra Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

. She finished second in her professional debut at the 2015 Oates Victorian Open, then a week later won her second start as a professional, the 2015 Volvik RACV Ladies Masters in Australia. The win earned her a two-year exemption on the

. In January 2022, Oh won the Australian WPGA Championship by 4 strokes at

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Amateur wins

*2010 Victorian Girls Championship *2011 Aaron Baddeley International Junior, GNJGF Junior Masters *2012

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, Srixon International Junior Girls Classic, Dunes Medal, Port Phillip Open Amateur &

Victorian Women's Amateur Championship The Victorian Women's Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of Victoria, Australia. It has been played annually since 1900, except for the war years. Format The event is a match play tournament. In 2021 and 2022 there were ...

*2013 Lake Macquarie Amateur, Port Phillip Open &

*2014 WA 72 Hole Stroke Play Source:

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour (1)

¹ Co-sanctioned by the

ALPG Tour wins (2)

¹ Co-sanctioned by the

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Australia):

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(winners) *

Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...

(representing Australia): 2012, 2013 (winners) Professional *

International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a :wikt:biennial, 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 deb ...

(representing Australia):

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

* The Queens (representing Australia): 2016

References

External links

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Audio interview
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