Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female
professional golfer who plays on 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 ...
. She won the 2012
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
, which was her first major championship.
Amateur career
Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001, she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur in addition to being a quarter-finalist at the
U.S. Women's Amateur.
Professional career
Yoo turned professional in November 2004 and began playing the
Futures Tour
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in 2005. Yoo won her first professional event, the
Betty Puskar Golf Classic. That and ten top ten finishes in 18 events allowed Yoo to begin playing the
LPGA Tour
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in 2006.
In September 2009 Yoo had her best ever finish on the LPGA Tour. At the end of 54 holes at the
P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, she was tied for first with
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the ...
and
Angela Stanford
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), ...
. A sudden death playoff followed which was won on the second extra hole by Shin.
Yoo won her first LPGA Tour title at the 2010
Sybase Match Play Championship
The Sybase Match Play Championship was a women's professional golf tournament for three seasons on the LPGA Tour, held at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey. First played in 2010, it was the only match play format event on the LPGA T ...
where she again faced
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the ...
and
Angela Stanford
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), ...
on the way to the title. She defeated world number one Shin, in a semifinal match 2&1 and went on to defeat Stanford 3&1 in the championship match.
On 1 April 2012, Yoo won her first major title, the
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
.
I.K. Kim had a one-foot putt on the final hole for the win but missed it, resulted in a tie with Yoo and a sudden death playoff. On the first hole of the playoff, Yoo won with a 20-foot birdie putt.
Among her fellow South Koreans on the LPGA Tour, Yoo is known as 'Course Clown'.
Professional wins (3)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)
Futures Tour wins (1)
Major championships
Wins (1)
1 Defeated I.K. Kim in a sudden death playoff with birdie on first extra hole
Results timeline
''Results not in chronological order before 2018.''
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2010 British Open – 2012 British Open)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2011 British Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary
* official as of 2018 season
*Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
Futures Tour summary
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 Fre ...
(representing South Korea):
2004
References
External links
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Profile at Yahoo! Sports
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South Korean female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
Golfers from Seoul
Golfers from Orlando, Florida
1986 births
Living people