Ko Jin-young

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ko.
Ko Jin-young
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1995-07-07) 7 July 1995
Seoul, South Korea
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Career
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins 6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Korea Tour 5
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T71: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open 2nd: 2015
Evian Championship 28th: 2015
Ko Jin-young
Hangul 고진영
Revised Romanization Go Jinyeong
McCune–Reischauer Ko Chinyŏng

Ko Jin-young (Korean: 고진영, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin-Young Ko and J.Y. Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She has won four times on the LPGA of Korea and has featured inside the top 30 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Ko is best known for finishing runner up to fellow South Korean golfer Inbee Park at the 2015 Women's British Open, after losing a three stroke lead on the back 9 at the Ailsa Course of Trump Turnberry. Ko famously only met her caddie, a young local man, the day before the Open and had never played links golf before.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 17 Aug 2014 Nefs Masterpiece 71-70-70-70=281 −7 1 stroke South Korea Cho Yoon-ji
2 26 Apr 2015 Nexen-Saint Nine Masters 70-65-68=203 −13 1 stroke South Korea Lee Seung-hyun
3 10 May 2015 KyoChon Honey Ladies Open 70-68-70=208 −11 3 strokes South Korea Bae Seon-woo
4 12 Jul 2015 Chojung Sparkling-Yongpyong Resort Open with SBS 67-67-69=203 −13 1 stroke South Korea Kim Ye-jin
5 1 May 2016 KG-Edaily Ladies Open 64-68-69=201 −15 1 stroke South Korea Kim Min-sun

Other wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP T71
Women's PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open 2
The Evian Championship 28

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Professional

External links

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