Danielle Kang

Danielle Kang
Personal information
Born October 20, 1992 (1992-10-20) (age 19)
San Francisco, California
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Thousand Oaks, California
Career
College Pepperdine University
(two years)
Turned professional 2011
Current tour(s) none
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship CUT: 2011
LPGA Championship T50: 2011
U.S. Women's Open 64th: 2010
Women's British Open T49: 2011

Danielle Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011.

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Personal

Kang was born in San Francisco, California to K.S. Kang and Grace Lee. Her brother Alex is on the San Diego State University men's golf team.

College and amateur career

Kang graduated from high school (began at Oak Park High School and later transferred to Westalke High School) early to begin college at Pepperdine University in the spring of 2010. She played on the Pepperdine Team through the regular season in the spring of 2011. She was ruled academically ineligible to compete during the 2011 NCAA post-season and stated that she was not disappointed because "Pepperdine is in the past for me. I’m focusing on the future. Turning pro after the U.S. Women's Amateur."[1][2]

Kang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2010. She was the low amateur at the 2011 Women's British Open, finishing in a tie for 49th place. She repeated her win at the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2011, becoming the first player in 15 years to win back-to-back titles.[3]

Professional career

2011

In September, Kang played in her first tournament as a professional, the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, which she entered on a sponsor's exemption. She missed the cut.[4]

Kang entered the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School. She survived Stage II, shooting +5 (73-74-71-75=293), just making the cut line to qualify for the final stage.[5]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T50
U.S. Women's Open CUT DNP DNP 64 T68
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP T49

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

References

  1. ^ Miller, Eli (May 2011). "Report: Kang will turn professional after 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur". Southland Golf Magazine. http://www.southlandgolfmagazine.com/t-News_Danielle_Kang_Turning_Professional_Pepperdine_United_States_Womens_Amateur_Thousand_Oaks_0511.aspx. Retrieved August 14, 2011. 
  2. ^ "5 things: Grades to keep Kang from postseason". Golfweek. May 4, 2011. http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/may/04/5-things-can-neff-lead-another-spartan-charge/. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Danielle Kang Defends Women's Amateur Title". USGA.org. August 14, 2011. http://www.usga.org/ChampEventArticle.aspx?id=21474841748. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Yani Tseng putting together a special year". espn.com. September 12, 2011. http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-opinion/6962153/inside-ropes-yani-tseng-putting-together-special-year. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 
  5. ^ "LPGA Qualifying Tournament Stage II Final Round Results". LPGA. September 30, 2011. http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=30485&mid=1. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 

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