Jennifer Song

Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win both championships and the second player to win both in the same year.

For the Canadian synchronized swimmer, see Jennifer Song (synchronized swimmer).
Jennifer Song
송민영
Personal information
Full nameJennifer Song
Born (1989-12-20) December 20, 1989
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality United States
 South Korea
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
(two years)
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (since 2011)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT2: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipT17: 2016
U.S. Women's OpenT13: 2009
Women's British OpenT16: 2017
Evian Championship8th: 2017
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Rookie of the Year		2010
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationSong Minyeong
McCune–ReischauerSong Minyŏng

Childhood and family life

Song was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan while her father was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She was raised in South Korea and holds dual Korean and United States citizenship. While in Korea, she attended Taejon Christian International School, Daejeon, Korea, where she excelled as a student-athlete and was a striker on the school's girls' soccer team. She was among the top goal scorers in the KAIAC Conference during her sophomore year.[1]

Amateur career

While growing up in South Korea, Song played on the Korea National Team. In 2007, she tied for low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open and was the quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2008, she again qualified for the U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur.

Beginning in 2008, she was a member of the golf team at the University of Southern California. During her freshman year at USC in 2008-2009, Song had eight top-ten finishes in ten starts and finished the season as the number three ranked player in the country. She was named Freshman of the Year, All-American, All-Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-10. She also set the all-time single-season stroke average record. In the summer of 2009, Song finished low amateur at T13 in the U.S. Women's Open, and won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur.

In her sophomore year, she was again named All-American after tying for fifth at the NCAA Championships and leading USC to within a stroke of first place. She was voted Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and was the third-ranked golfer in the country for the second year in a row. She finished her college career with a scoring average of 71.59, as well as her 15 career rounds in the 60s, all of which set USC school records.[2] In October 2009, she accepted a sponsor's exemption to the LPGA Hana Bank Championship where she finished in 65th place out of 71 players.[3] In April 2010, she qualified for the Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of four majors on the LPGA Tour. She finished tied for 21st place and was the low amateur at the tournament.[4]

She finished her amateur career by representing the United States on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team.

Professional career

Song turned professional immediately following the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, which concluded on June 13, 2010.[5][6] She began playing full-time on the Duramed Futures Tour, of which she had been a member since June 2009, qualifying while still an amateur. She won her first event as a professional, the 2010 Tate & Lyle Players Championship, the sole major tournament on the Futures Tour. She won again in 2010 on the Futures Tour at the Greater Richmond Golf Classic to move into fourth place on the 2010 Futures Tour money list after playing in only eight events.

She finished the 2010 season in second place on the Futures Tour money list which earned her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011. She was also named Futures Tour Rookie of the Year.

In April 2018, Song finished as a runner-up at the ANA Inspiration, losing in a sudden-death playoff. In a playoff that included Pernilla Lindberg and Inbee Park, Song was eliminated on the third extra hole, when she could only make a par to the others' birdies. Previously, on the second extra hole, Song had a putt to win the championship, but missed to the right of the hole.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jun 20, 2010 Tate & Lyle Players Championship –19 (68-67-65-61=261) 6 strokes Esther Choe
2 Aug 16, 2010 Greater Richmond Golf Classic –12 (68-70-66=204) Playoff Jenny Shin

Futures Tour major championship is shown in bold.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2018 ANA Inspiration Pernilla Lindberg
Inbee Park		 Lindberg won with birdie on eighth extra hole
Song eliminated with birdie on third hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
ANA Inspiration T21LA T56 CUT T46 T36 T35 T2 T26
U.S. Women's Open T39LA CUT T13LA T58 CUT T46 T38 CUT T55 T48 T25 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T30 CUT CUT T30 T34 T17 CUT CUT T60
The Evian Championship ^ CUT T41 T16 T17 8 T49 CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T47 T43 T16 CUT CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration01011287
U.S. Women's Open000002128
Women's PGA Championship00000195
The Evian Championship00001375
Women's British Open00000173
Totals0101294328
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2017 Evian – 2018 ANA)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings ($)Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T39 n/a n/a 73.501 n/a
2008 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a n/a 77.501 n/a
2009 2 2 0 0 0 0 T13 n/a n/a 74.291 n/a
2010[7] 5 5 0 0 0 0 T15 45,4061 n/a 73.251 n/a
2011 15 10 0 0 0 0 T16 77,421 79 72.89 60
2012 22 13 0 0 0 1 T6 128,280 71 73.19 81
2013 17 5 0 0 0 0 T18 36,216 108 73.03 97
2014 19 12 0 0 0 0 T23 124,446 83 72.16 63
2015 27 16 0 0 0 0 T11 260,495 67 72.22 69
2016 25 21 0 0 1 1 3 390,501 46 71.56 46
2017 29 22 0 0 0 2 4 423,486 48 71.40 52
2018 24 18 0 1 1 3 T2 626,263 33 71.44 50
2019 21 16 0 0 0 1 8 160,531 85 71.78 89

1Not a member of the LPGA in this year. Scoring average and earnings not official.

  • Official as of the 2019 season[8]

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
2010 5 2–2–1 0–1–0 lost to D. McVeigh 3&2 1–0–1 halved w/ J. Johnson, won w/ S. Kono 3&1 1–1–0 lost w/ K. Kim 4&3, won w/ C. Clanton 2&1 3.0 60.0

References
  1. "USC Official Bio". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  2. USCTrojans.com, Song Named Pac-10 Golfer Of The Year Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine June 2, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
  3. LPGA.com, Hana Bank KOLON Championship Archived 2009-10-22 at the Wayback Machine November 17, 2009, Retrieved June 12, 2010
  4. LPGA.com, Kraft Nabisco Championship 2010 Leaderboard Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine April 4, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
  5. Golfweek, Song's Curtis Cup motto: 'Kick some butts' June 10, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
  6. Daily Trojan, Jennifer Song to turn pro January 30, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
  7. Yahoo! Sports, Jennifer Song LPGA Tour Results 2010 Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  8. "Jennifer Song results". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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