| Jiyai Shin 신지애 |
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Shin at the 2009 HSBC Women's Champions |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jiyai Shin |
| Nickname | Final Round Queen |
| Born | 28 April 1988 South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Nationality | South Korea |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2009) KLPGA (joined 2005) JLPGA Tour (joined 2005) |
| Professional wins | 34 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 8 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 5 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 21 |
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1) |
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| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T5: 2010 |
| LPGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 2009, 2010 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T5: 2010 |
| Women's British Open | Won: 2008 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| (For a full list of awards, see here) | |
Jiyai Shin (Hangul: 신지애; born 28 April 1988), also known as Ji-Yai Shin 申智愛, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broken all existing KLPGA records, winning 10 events in 19 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007. In 2008, playing only 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour as a non-member, she won three events, including the Women's British Open and the ADT Championship. She has been ranked as number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
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In 2005, while she was still in high school, Shin was the only amateur to win a KLPGA event that season when she won the SK Enclean Invitational. She turned professional at the end of the 2005 season.
Returning to the KLPGA as a rookie in 2006, she started her year with a pair of third place finishes in her first two events and went on to claim three wins on the season.
2007 marked Shin's breakout year. She played 19 events on the KLPGA and won 10 of them, shattering all existing Tour records. She also ventured onto the LPGA Tour for the first time and played three of the four women's major championships. At the U.S. Women's Open she finished sixth after holding the tournament lead going into the final round. The next month at the Evian Masters, an event on the LPGA Tour an a major on the Ladies European Tour, she finished tied for third. Shin finished 2007 ranked 8th in the world, the highest ranked Korean of all, and the only non-LPGA member who ranked in the top ten.
Opening 2008 at the Women's World Cup of Golf, Shin and number two KLPGA player Eun-Hee Ji succumbed to the Philippines pair of Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin with a score of −16 after 3rd and final day of competition. Philippines scored −18 and received the $240,000 cheque.
Shin then played at the Women's Australian Open where she finished 2nd, losing to Karrie Webb in a playoff.[1]
Shin won the Women's British Open in Berkshire, England for her first LPGA Tour and major win. This made her the first non-member of the LPGA to win a major since Laura Davies won the U.S. Women's Open in 1987. She won the 2008 Mizuno Classic in November, shooting scores of 68, 66 and 67. She was six shots ahead of the next competitor to win at −15 (201), to notch her second LPGA career win.[2] Two weeks later she won the ADT Championship, the culminating event in the season-long LPGA playoff series, and claimed the $1 million prize. She became the first-ever non-LPGA member to win three LPGA tournaments.
Shin was the first non-LPGA member to ever win three tournaments.
Shin has endorsement deals with Mirae Asset & PRGR Golf.
Shin's wins in LPGA Tour events in 2008 qualified her for LPGA membership in 2009. She got off to a slow start as an LPGA member, missing her first cut ever in an LPGA tournament at the season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay. She rebounded and won the third event of the season, the limited field HSBC Women's Champions, scoring 66 in both the third and fourth rounds. She won again in June at the full-field Wegmans LPGA tournament[3] and in September at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. By the first week of November she officially clinched the LPGA Rookie of the Year award.
On 2 May, Shin won the Cyber Agent Ladies on the LPGA of Japan Tour. On 3 May, she became the World Number 1 ranked women's golfer, replacing Lorena Ochoa who finished in sixth place in an LPGA tournament the previous day.[4] She held the position until it was taken over by Ai Miyazato on 21 June 2010 and regained it on 26 July after winning the Evian Masters.[5]
On 19 September, Shin won the MetLife-Korea Economics KLPGA Championship, one of the major championships on the LPGA of Korea Tour. With this victory, Shin is now qualified for the KLPGA Hall of Fame, although she has to fulfill her career as professional golfer for 10 years. She will be the third Hall of Famer in 2015, after Ok-Hee Ku and Se Ri Pak.[6]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 3 Aug 2008 | Ricoh Women's British Open | -18 (66–68–70–66=270) | 3 strokes | Yani Tseng |
| 2 | 9 Nov 2008 | Mizuno Classic^ | -15 (68–66–67=201) | 6 strokes | Mayu Hattori |
| 3 | 23 Nov 2008 | ADT Championship | -2 (69-75-71–70) | 1 stroke | Karrie Webb |
| 4 | 8 Mar 2009 | HSBC Women's Champions | -11 (72–73–66–66=277) | 2 strokes | Katherine Hull |
| 5 | 28 Jun 2009 | Wegmans LPGA | -17 (65–68–67–71=271) | 7 strokes | Yani Tseng Kristy McPherson |
| 6 | 13 Sep 2009 | P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship | -9 (70–70–64=207) | Playoff | Angela Stanford Sun Young Yoo |
| 7 | 25 Jul 2010 | Evian Masters | -14 (70–69–68–67=274) | 1 stroke | Morgan Pressel Na Yeon Choi Alexis Thompson |
| 8 | 7 Nov 2010 | Mizuno Classic^ | -18 (65–66–67=198) | 2 strokes | Yani Tseng |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1-0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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| 1 | 2009 | P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship | Angela Stanford, Sun Young Yoo | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
LPGA majors are shown in bold.
^ Mizuno Classic co-sanctioned by LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA Tour.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 11 Sep 2005 | SK Enclean Invitational (as an amateur) | -11 (68–67–70=205) | 2 strokes | Kyeong Bae |
| 2 | 21 May 2006 | Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open | -11 (67–73–65=205) | 2 strokes | Cristie Kerr |
| 3 | 8 Sep 2006 | PAVV Invitational | -12 (68–66–70=204) | 1 stroke | Hye-Jin Jung |
| 4 | 19 Nov 2006 | Orient China Ladies Open | -17 (72–66–64–69=271) | 8 strokes | Na Yeon Choi |
| 5 | 27 Apr 2007 | MBC Tour MCSquare Cup Crown CC Ladies Open | E (76–73–67=216) | Playoff | Joo-Eun Lee |
| 6 | 3 Jun 2007 | Hill State Open | -12 (67–71–66=204) | 1 stroke | Eun-Hee Ji |
| 7 | 15 Jun 2007 | MBC Tour BC Card Classic | -12 (71–67–66=204) | 1 stroke | Ji-Yeon Woo |
| 8 | 23 Jun 2007 | KB Star Tour 3rd Tournament at Pohang | -16 (66–68–66=200) | 2 stroke | Eun-Hee Ji |
| 9 | 8 Sep 2007 | KB Star Tour 4th Tournament at Cheongwon | -10 (69–65=134) | 2 strokes | Na Yeon Choi |
| 10 | 16 Sep 2007 | SK Energy Invitational | -12 (68–66–70=204) | 5 strokes | Hee Young Park Jin Joo Hong |
| 11 | 7 Oct 2007 | Samsung Finance Ladies Championship | -8 (71–67–70=208) | 2 strokes | Hyun Hee Moon |
| 12 | 28 Oct 2007 | Interburgo Masters | -9 (71–72–67=210) | 5 strokes | Na Yeon Choi |
| 13 | 25 Nov 2007 | ADT CAPS Championship | -5 (74–69–68=211) | 3 strokes | Seon-Wook Lim |
| 14 | 16 Dec 2007 | China Ladies Open | -13 (68–68–67=203) | 5 strokes | Yani Tseng |
| 15 | 20 Apr 2008 | Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship | -13 (66–70–67=203) | 1 stroke | Ilhee Lee |
| 16 | 18 May 2008 | Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open | -3 (75–69–69=213) | Playoff | So Yeon Ryu |
| 17 | 15 Jun 2008 | BC Card Classic | -5 (68–71–72=211) | Playoff | Min-Sun Kim Hyun-Ji Kim |
| 18 | 26 Sep 2008 | Shinsegae KLPGA Championship | -7 (67–70–72=209) | 2 strokes | Sun Ju Ahn |
| 19 | 18 Oct 2008 | Hite Cup Championship | -13 (68–67–68=203) | 2 strokes | Soo-Yun Kang |
| 20 | 26 Oct 2008 | KB Star Tour Grand Final at Incheon | -3 (66–74–70–73=285) | Playoff | Sun Ju Ahn He-Yong Choi |
| 21 | 19 Sep 2010 | J Golf Series MetLife-Korea Economic Daily KLPGA Championship | -12 (66–72–68–70=276) | 4 strokes | Kim Hye-youn |
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in KLPGA
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 23 Mar 2008 | Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup | -4 (70–69–73=212) | Playoff | Sakura Yokomine |
| 2 | 9 Nov 2008 | Mizuno Classic^ | -15 (68–66–67=201) | 6 strokes | Mayu Hattori |
| 3 | 25 Oct 2009 | Masters GC Ladies | -8 (70-70-68-208) | Playoff | Yuko Mitsuka Akiko Fukushima |
| 4 | 2 May 2010 | Cyber Agent Ladies | -8 (72–70–66=208) | 2 strokes | Akane Iijima Miho Koga |
| 5 | 7 Nov 2009 | Mizuno Classic^ | -18 (65–66–67=198) | 2 strokes | Yani Tseng |
^ Mizuno Classic co-sanctioned by LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA Tour.
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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| 2008 | Ricoh Women's British Open | −18 (66–68–70–66=270) | 3 strokes | Yani Tseng |
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T15 | T31 | T21 | T5 | T29 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | 3 | T3 | T34 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 6 | T19 | T13 | T5 | T10 |
| Women's British Open | T28 | 1 | T8 | T14 | 21 |
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 | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 63,719 | n/a | 70.33 | n/a |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | T3 | 346,259 | n/a | 71.76 | n/a |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1,682,976 | n/a | 70.73 | n/a |
| 2009 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1,807,3341 | 1 | 70.26 | 2 |
| 2010 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1,783,127 | 2 | 70.25 | 5 |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 697,125 | 14 | 70.92 | 8 |
1 Shin's $24,349 earnings at the 2009 Honda LPGA Thailand were considered unofficial under LPGA rules and are not included in this total.
In 2004 at age 16, Shin's mother was killed in a car accident. Her younger brother and sister were seriously injured and spent nearly a year in a hospital. Her mom's death insurance money funded the beginning of her golf career.[8] Shin currently owns a home in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her brother, stepmother, and father.[9]
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| Preceded by Lorena Ochoa |
World No. 1 Ranked Golfer 3 May 2010 – 20 June 2010 |
Succeeded by Ai Miyazato |
| Preceded by Ai Miyazato |
World No. 1 Ranked Golfer 26 July 2010 – 15 August 2010 |
Succeeded by Cristie Kerr |
| Preceded by Cristie Kerr |
World No. 1 Ranked Golfer 1 November 2010 – 13 February 2011 |
Succeeded by Yani Tseng |
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