Birdie Kim

Birdie Kim 김주연
— Golfer —
Kim before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Birdie Kim
Born	(1981-08-26) 26 August 1981 Iksan, South Korea
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Spouse	Bae Gyu Lee (m.2007)
Career
College	Korea University
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2004)
Former tour(s)	Symetra Tour (2001–03, 2012)
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Symetra Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	T45: 2006
Women's PGA C'ship	T25: 2007
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 2005
Women's British Open	CUT: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Evian Championship	DNP

Birdie Kim (Korean 김주연) (born Ju-Yun Kim 26 August 1981, in Iksan) is a South Korean professional golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead on the 18th hole. Her second shot found a green-side bunker. She holed out from the bunker to take the lead and ultimately won by two strokes.

Kim won the 1998–99 Korea Junior Championship. She turned professional in November 2000 and joined the Futures Tour, which is the second-tier women's golf tour in the United States, in 2001. Her rookie season on the main LPGA Tour was 2004, and was not successful as she only made three cuts in 20 events, but she retained her tour card by finishing tied 12th at the Qualifying School. She did somewhat better in early 2005, and picked up her first top ten finish that May, but her victory at the U.S. Women's Open was totally unexpected.

She changed her first name to Birdie in 2004, in an effort to distinguish herself from the numerous other Korean golfers named Kim in the women's golf world in the minds of non-Koreans.^[1] Kim is a common surname in Korea, especially on the LPGA Tour.

In 2005, Kim earned a total of $715,006 and came in 13th for LPGA season money position. She married fellow pro golfer Bae Kyu Lee in December 2007.

A 2009 car accident derailed Kim's career and she had trouble making cuts on the LPGA. In 2012, she played in 12 events on the Symetra Tour, finishing second on the money list.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	26 Jun 2005	U.S. Women's Open	74-72-69-72=287	+3	2 strokes	Brittany Lang Morgan Pressel

Futures Tour wins

2001 Chumash Casino Futures Classic, Southwestern Bell Futures Classic
2003 Bank of Ann Arbor Futures Classic

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
2005	U.S. Women's Open	+3 (74-72-69-72=287)	2 strokes	Brittany Lang, Morgan Pressel

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
ANA Inspiration	DNP	DNP	T45	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's PGA Championship	CUT	41	T65	T25	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	1	CUT	T16	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Evian Championship ^										DNP	DNP	DNP

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Starts – 26
Wins – 1
2nd place finishes – 0
3rd place finishes – 0
Top 3 finishes – 1
Top 5 finishes – 1
Top 10 finishes – 1
Top 25 finishes – 3
Missed cuts – 20
Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (thrice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Professional

Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005

References

↑ Birdie Kim holds off Pressel for U.S. Open crown

External links

Birdie Kim at the LPGA Tour official site
Birdie Kim at the Futures Tour official site

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

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