Gina Kim (golfer)

Gina Kim (born May 4, 2000) is an American amateur golfer.

Gina Kim
Personal information
Born (2000-05-04) May 4, 2000
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality United States
ResidenceChapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Career
StatusAmateur
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2019
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Background

Kim was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to parents of Korean origin. They moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, when Gina was age 3. She took up golfing at age 7, encouraged by her parents, who both played golf before becoming professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By mid-2014 and at age 14, she was ranked the No. 1 female junior golfer (under 18) in North Carolina.[1] She graduated from Chapel Hill High School[2] and joined Duke University women's golf team in August 2018.

Career

Throughout her junior career, Kim collected 27 top-10 AJGA finishes. She was a two-time North Carolina 3A state high school champion and competed in the Evian Junior Cup in 2014. In 2016, Kim won the AJGA Rolex Junior Girls Championship, her first AJGA Invitational Tournament. Kim represented the United States at the Junior Ryder Cup (2016)[3] and the Junior Solheim Cup (2017). Two-time Rolex Junior All-America Kim, qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship.[2] Kim joined the Duke University women's golf team starting with the 2018–19 season, competed in all four fall collegiate tournaments ,and won individually the Landfall Tradition at the County Club of Landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina, as the team won the tournament. In the spring 2019, Kim played in six collegiate tournaments including the ACC and NCAA National Championship and made a great contribution to the team victory in NCAA National Championship. With the victory, the Duke women's golf team is now seven-time national champion, and remains the winningest program in Duke history. Kim competed in the U.S. Women's Open and shot an opening-round, 5-under 66, which matches the lowest round for an amateur in U.S. Women's Open history. She followed with rounds of 72-73-72 for a 1-under total that left her tied for 12th and claimed low-amateur honors.[4][5]

Amateur wins
  • 2012 ACC Junior Championship
  • 2014 AJGA Junior at Cattail Creek
  • 2015 PGA Junior Series Westbrook CC
  • 2016 PGA Junior Series Kearney Hill Golf Links, AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship
  • 2018 Landfall Tradition

Source:[6]

U.S. national team appearances
  • Evian Championship Juniors Cup: 2014 (winners)
  • Junior Ryder Cup: 2016 (winners)
  • Junior Solheim Cup: 2017 (winners)
  • World Junior Girls Championship: 2017
  • Toyota Junior World Cup: 2018

References
  1. Warnock, W.E. (August 31, 2014). "Gina Kim making an immediate impact on high school golf". The News & Observer. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Trendel, Avery (May 15, 2018). "Chapel Hill Native Gina Kim Qualifies for U.S. Women's Open". Chapelboro. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. "Gina Kim". American Junior Golf Association. July 6, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  4. Nichols, Beth Ann (May 30, 2019). "Duke's Gina Kim tied for second after opening with 66 at U.S. Women's Open". Golfweek.
  5. Powers, Christopher (May 30, 2019). "Duke's Gina Kim shoots lowest score (66) by an amateur in U.S. Women's Open history, sits one off lead". Golf Digest.
  6. "Gina Kim". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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