So Yeon Ryu

So Yeon Ryu
류소연
Personal information
Born 29 June 1990 (1990-06-29) (age 21)
South Korea
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence South Korea
Career
College Yonsei University[1]
Turned professional 2007
Current tour(s) LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2008)
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
LPGA of Korea Tour 7
Other 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T41: 2011
LPGA Championship DNP
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2011
Women's British Open DNP

So Yeon Ryu (Korean 류소연, RR Ryu So-yeon, MR Ryu Soyŏn) (born 29 June 1990), also known as Ryu So-yeon, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2011 U.S. Women's Open.

Ryu is also a college student at Yonsei University.[1]

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Professional career

Ryu turned professional in 2007 at age 17. Her first win as a professional came in February 2008 on the American Cactus Tour, in which she won by six strokes.[2] She then joined the LPGA of Korea, winning the first event she played, the Sports Seoul Open.

Professional wins (9)

LPGA Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 11 Jul 2011 U.S. Women's Open 74-69-69-69=281 -3 Playoff Hee Kyung Seo 585,000

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

LPGA of Korea Tour (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Apr 2008 Sports Seoul Open 4 strokes Hye Yong Choi
2 25 May 2009 Doosan Match Play Championship 27 holes Hye Yong Choi
3 7 Jun 2009 Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship -12 (70-66-68=204) 4 strokes Soo Jin Yang
4 19 Jun 2009 MBC Tour S-Oil Champions Invitational -6 (69-69-72=210) 1 stroke Hye Jung Kim
5 16 Aug 2009 SBS Charity Women’s Open -10 (69-70-67=206) 1 stroke Il Mi Chung
6 19 Dec 2009 Orient China Ladies Open -10 (70-71-70=211) Playoff Hee Kyung Seo
7 11 Jun 2011 SBS Tour Lotte Cantata Ladies Open -14 (69-69-74=212) 1 stroke Hye Youn Kim

Cactus Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 6 Feb 2008 Event #3 at Wigwam Red[2] -8 (70-70-68=208) 6 strokes Marcy Hart

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
2011 U.S. Women's Open -3 (74-69-69-69=281) Playoff Hee Kyung Seo1

1 Defeated Seo in 3-hole playoff: Ryu (-2), Seo (+1)

Results timeline

Tournament 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship T64 T41
LPGA Championship DNP DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP 1
Women's British Open DNP DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

References

  1. ^ a b Crouse, Karen (11 July 2011). "New Open Winner Ponders Tough Choice: School or Tour?". New York Times. http://onpar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/new-open-winner-ponders-tough-choice-school-or-tour/. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Cactus Tour 2008 Results". Cactus Tour web site. http://www.thecactustour.com/archive/results2008.html. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 

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