| In-Kyung Kim | |
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Kim at the 2009 LPGA Championship |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | In-Kyung Kim |
| Nickname | I. K. |
| Born | 13 June 1988 South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Nationality | South Korea |
| Residence | Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.[1] |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2007) Ladies European Tour (joined 2010) |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 3 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships |
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| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T10: 2011 |
| LPGA Championship | T5: 2010 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T3: 2008, 2009 |
| Women's British Open | T3: 2010 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year |
2010 |
In-Kyung "I. K." Kim (born 13 June 1988) is a South Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
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Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tournaments on the International Junior Golf tour. In 2005, playing on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), she won the 2005 Hargray Junior Classic. Also in 2005, she won the U.S. Girl's Junior and was the medalist in the stroke play portion of the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Kim earned co-medalist honors at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Florida in December 2006 as an amateur to earn full exempt status for the 2007 season.[2] She turned professional immediately following the tournament.
In her rookie year of 2007 she had four top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour, including five top-5 finishes. In 2008, she had seven top-10 finishes and claimed her first win at the Longs Drugs Challenge.[3]
In June 2009, she claimed her second career title with a one-shot win over compatriot Se Ri Pak to take the LPGA State Farm Classic in Illinois.[4] In December 2009 Kim won her third professional title, winning the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour.[5]
Kim won her fourth professional title and third LPGA title at the 2010 Lorena Ochoa Invitational. The day after she won, she announced that she had donated her entire $220,000 winnings to charity: half to the Lorena Ochoa Foundation which funds educational programs for children in Mexico and the other half to an American charity. The donation amounted to nearly 20 percent of her total winnings to date for the 2010 season.[1][6]
In 2010 Kim also won Rookie of the Year honors on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LET in 2010 after winning the Dubai Ladies Masters in December 2009. In 2010 she had won €193,154.69 in four LET events, including three top-10 finishes.[7]
Currently, former PGA Tour caddy Michael Dunsmore carries Kim's bag. In early 2010, Kim bought a home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, a suburb north of San Diego. She practices at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, where she is an honorary member.[1]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Oct 2008 | Longs Drugs Challenge | 67-69-69-73=278 | –10 | 3 strokes | Angela Stanford | 180,000 |
| 2 | 7 Jun 2009 | LPGA State Farm Classic | 69-68-69-65=271 | –17 | 1 stroke | Se Ri Pak | 255,000 |
| 3 | 14 Nov 2010 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational | 69-68-68-64=269 | –19 | 3 strokes | Suzann Pettersen | 220,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0-2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | Wegmans LPGA | Lorena Ochoa | Lost to par on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2010 | Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic | Na Yeon Choi, Christina Kim Song-Hee Kim |
Choi won with birdie on second extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Dec 2009 | Dubai Ladies Masters | 70–65–67–68=270 | -18 | 3 strokes | Michelle Wie | 75,000 |
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | T28 | T44 | T10 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | T21 | CUT | T16 | T5 | T12 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUP | T61 | T3 | T3 | 4 | T10 |
| Women's British Open | DNP | T42 | T9 | T20 | T3 | T37 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nds | 3rds | Top 10s |
Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | n/a | 75.67 | ||
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | n/a | 77.00 | ||
| 2007 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 454,226 | 31 | 72.63 | 35 |
| 2008 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 773,956 | 22 | 71.54 | 18 |
| 2009 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1,238,396 | 8 | 71.00 | 13 |
| 2010 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1,210,068 | 7 | 70.51 | 6 |
| 2011 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | T2 | 862,312 | 10 | 70.96 | 8 |