Kang Ji-min

Kang Ji-min
Kang during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1980-01-28) 28 January 1980 (age 44)
South Korea
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona
Career
CollegeArizona State University
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (200204)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Epson Tour4
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT8: 2009
Women's PGA C'shipT7: 2010
U.S. Women's OpenT16: 2007
Women's British OpenT27: 2010
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Player of the Year		2004

Kang Ji-min (Korean: 강지민, born 28 January 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.

Kang had a distinguished amateur career[1] including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur.[2] She attended Arizona State University.[1] She turned professional in 2002.[1]

Kang played on the Futures Tour from 2002 to 2004, winning three times. In 2004, she won the Player of the Year honors and the money list title to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2005.[1]

Kang won the 2005 LPGA Corning Classic, which included a hole-in-one at the short 15th hole in the final round.[3]

In 2013, Kang was forced to take time off from golf after her immune system shut down and played the 2014 on the LPGA Tour and 2015 seasons on the Symetra Tour. She returned to Arizona State for her degree and earned her LPGA teaching certification in 2018. Kang qualified for the 2019 Women's PGA Championship via a qualifying tournament reserved for LPGA teaching and club professionals and finished T78, the only one to make the cut.

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 29 May 2005 LPGA Corning Classic −15 (69-70-68-66=273) 2 strokes South Korea Meena Lee
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
2 24 Oct 2010 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia −9 (70-69-65=204) 1 stroke United States Juli Inkster

Symetra Tour wins (4)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

! Tournament 1999 2000
ANA Inspiration CUT
LPGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
du Maurier Classic
! Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
ANA Inspiration T45 26 CUT T8 T27 T18 CUT
LPGA Championship T33 WD T36 T25 CUT T7 T25 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT T16 68 T17 CUT T21
Women's British Open ^ CUT T28 T59 CUT T27 WD CUT
! Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration CUT T46
U.S. Women's Open WD CUT
Women's PGA Championship T62 T78
The Evian Championship *
Women's British Open ^

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
* The Evian Championship became an LPGA major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 4
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 5
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 8 39 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2007 ANA – 2007 British)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

References

  1. ^ a b c d LPGA Tour profile
  2. ^ 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur
  3. ^ "Kang flops ace to take first career win at Corning Classic". USA Today. Associated Press. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Jimin Kang Declared Unofficial Winner of Shortened 18-Hole Decatur-Forsyth Classic". Symetra Tour. 14 June 2015.