Amy Yang

Amy Yang
양희영
— Golfer —

Personal information
Born (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989
Korea
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College None
Turned professional 2006
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006)
Professional wins 6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Ladies European Tour 3
LPGA of Korea Tour 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T4: 2012
Women's PGA C'ship T5: 2013
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2012, 2015
Women's British Open 4th: 2011
Evian Championship T8: 2015

Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (Korean: 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Amateur career

Yang began playing golf at age 10 in her native Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005 she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 16 years, 192 days.

Professional career

After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.[1]

That December, she returned to the LPGA Qualifying School, this time earning full playing status for 2009 by finishing second in the five-round event.[2]

On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.[3]

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA Tour championship at the Honda LPGA Thailand.[4]

Personal life

Yang lives with her father, Joon Mo (James), mother, Sun Hee (Sunny), and younger brother, Steven. In the fall of 2007 the family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.[5]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 20 Oct 2013 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship 67-71-69=207 −9 Playoff South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo 285,000
2 1 Mar 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand 67-66-71-69=273 −15 2 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee
United States Stacy Lewis
Taiwan Yani Tseng		 225,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Taiwan Yani Tseng Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2013 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (3)

KLPGA Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP DNP DNP T27 T19 T4 T32 10 T29 T14
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T9 T14 T12 CUT T5 CUT T26 7
U.S. Women's Open DNP T50 CUT T34 T5 T10 2 T50 4 2 T3
Women's British Open T60 DNP CUT CUT T5 4 T26 CUT T21 T36 DNP
The Evian Championship ^ T67 T54 T8 T14

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 2 1 5 6 6 10 9
Women's British Open 0 0 0 2 2 3 9 6
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 4
Totals 0 2 1 9 14 20 38 32

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Events
Played 		Cuts
Made 		Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best
finish 		Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
Average 		Rank
2006 2 2 0 0 0 0 T52 n/a n/a 74.38 n/a
2007 2 2 0 0 0 0 T50 17,100 n/a 74.38 n/a
2008 7 5 0 0 0 1 T9 60,834 129 72.45 n/a
2009 23 19 0 0 1 2 T3 302,816 45 71.68 29
2010 22 22 0 1 0 6 2 765,930 14 71.09 13
2011 20 18 0 2 0 7 2 890,939 9 70.82 5
2012 22 20 0 1 0 5 2 844,305 13 71.04 12
2013 22 19 1 0 0 6 1 719,481 18 70.76 13
2014 21 18 0 1 0 5 T2 618,180 25 71.60 37
2015 23 21 1 2 0 10 1 1,438,312 6 70.51 10
2016 22 22 0 2 4 9 T2 1,152,426 13 70.09 7

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Wie shoots 67,but Yang wins tournament". Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "Wie ties for seventh with 2-over 74; Lewis is medalist with 3-under 69". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Amy Yang takes maiden LPGA title on home soil in playoff
  4. ↑ Yang wins the 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand
  5. ↑ "Amy Yang sets course record to take lead after 3rd round of Ladies German Open". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  6. ↑ "Amy Yang stats". LPGA. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

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