Yi Eun-jung

This article is about a South Korean golfer. For other people with the same name, see Lee Eun-jeong (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi Eun-jung
Personal information
Born (1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 36)
Uijeongbu, South Korea
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceMurrieta, California, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2006
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour
Futures Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT69: 2010
Women's PGA C'shipT53: 2009
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2009, 2010
Women's British OpenT57: 2009
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Yi Eun-jung
Hangul
이은정
Revised RomanizationI Eun-jeong
McCune–ReischauerRi Ŭn-jŏng

Yi Eun-jung (Korean: 이은정, born 11 January 1988) is a Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

Yi was born in Uijeongbu, South Korea. She turned professional in 2006 and joined the Duramed Futures Tour. She qualified for the LPGA Tour via the Qualifying Tournament at the end of 2007. Her first LPGA Tour victory came at the 2009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.[1]

Amateur wins

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 5 Jul 2009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic –18 (68-66-61-71=266) Playoff United States Morgan Pressel

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic United States Morgan Pressel Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

! Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Kraft Nabisco Championship T69 75 CUT WD CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
Women's British Open T57 T67
LPGA Championship CUT T53 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^

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

  Did not play

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

References

  1. ^ "Yi Eun-jung Wins First LPGA Title". The Korea Times. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-03.


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