Kim Young
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| Young Kim 김영 |
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Kim at the 2009 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 February 1980 Chunchon, South Korea |
| Nationality |  South Korea |
| Career | |
| College | Kyung Hee University |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA of Korea Tour Futures Tour LPGA Tour (2003–2009) |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 1 |
| Symetra Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T16: 2004 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T6: 2003 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T10: 2006 |
| Women's British Open | T3: 2005 |
Young Kim (Korean 김영) (born 2 February 1980) is a South Korean female professional golfer.
Kim was born in Chunchon, South Korea. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour winning twice between 1998 and 2001. She won once on the Futures Tour in 2001. She played on the LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2009. She won the 2007 LPGA Corning Classic.
Kim's best ever finish in a major championship was a T3 at the 2005 Women's British Open.
Kim was second to Lorena Ochoa for Rookie of the Year in 2003. She is perhaps best known for her different hat wear.[1] Kim, when asked to describe the headgear she was wearing, called it a 'bucket hat'.[2]
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Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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| 1 | 27 May 2007 | LPGA Corning Classic | −20 (68-64-68-68=268) | 3 strokes |  Paula Creamer Mi-Hyun Kim |
Futures Tour wins (1)
- 2001 Barona Creek Women's Golf Classic
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (2)
- 1998–2001 two wins
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)
- 2013 Nichi-Iko Women's Open Golf Tournament
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | T16 | T19 | T19 | T49 | CUT | T30 |
| LPGA Championship | T6 | T30 | T7 | T9 | WD | T34 | T31 |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | T20 | T38 | T10 | T25 | T31 | T40 |
| Women's British Open | 9 | CUT | T3 | CUT | CUT | WD | T59 |
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
- Starts – 26
- Wins – 0
- 2nd-place finishes – 0
- 3rd-place finishes – 1
- Top 3 finishes – 1
- Top 5 finishes – 1
- Top 10 finishes – 6
- Top 25 finishes – 11
- Missed cuts – 4
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
Team appearances
Professional
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