Kim Sei-young

This article is about a golfer. For the volleyball player, see Kim Se-young.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Sei-young
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Career
College Korea University[1]
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 4
LPGA of Korea Tour 5
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T4: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2015
U.S. Women's Open T42: 2015
Women's British Open CUT: 2015
Evian Championship T11: 2015
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
2015
Kim Sei-young
Hangul 김세영
Revised Romanization Gim Seyeong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Seyŏng

Kim Sei-young (born 21 January 1993), also known as Sei Young Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.

Kim plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has won five times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and twice on the LPGA Tour, the 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.[2] and the 2015 LPGA Lotte Championship.[3]

Professional wins (9)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 Feb 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 70-68-72-68=278 –14 Playoff Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
South Korea Sun-Young Yoo
2 18 Apr 2015 LPGA Lotte Championship 67-67-70-73=277 –11 Playoff South Korea Inbee Park
3 1 Nov 2015 Blue Bay LPGA 70-72-74-70=286 –2 1 stroke United States Kim Kaufman
United States Candie Kung
United States Stacy Lewis
4 20 Mar 2016 JTBC Founders Cup 63-66-70-62=261 –27 5 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
South Korea Sun-Young Yoo
Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2015 LPGA Lotte Championship South Korea Inbee Park Won with eagle on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 14 Apr 2013 Lotte Mart Women's Open 78-70-71-68=287 –1 2 strokes South Korea Jang Su-yeon
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
South Korea Jang Ha-na
2 8 Sep 2013 Hanwha Finance Classic 71-72-72-68=283 –5 Playoff South Korea Ryu So-yeon
3 15 Sep 2013 MetLife-Hankyung KLPGA Championship 69-69-71-70=279 –9 1 stroke South Korea An Song-yi
South Korea Chun In-gee
4 18 May 2014 Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship 64-73-69=206 -10 Playoff South Korea Heo Yoon-kyung
5 24 Aug 2014 MBN Ladies Open with ONOFF 65-71-67=203 –13 2 strokes South Korea Kang Ye-rin

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration T61 T4 CUT
Women's PGA Championship DNP 2
U.S. Women's Open T46 T42
Women's British Open DNP CUT
The Evian Championship DNP T11

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

Team appearances

Professional

References

External links


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