Christina Kim

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Christina Kim
— Golfer —
Kim at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Nickname	Kookie, CK, The CK^{[citation needed]}
Born	(1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 San Jose, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	De Anza Community College
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2003) LET (joined 2010)
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (joined 2002)
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Ladies European Tour	1
Symetra Tour	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	7th: 2009
LPGA Championship	T6: 2004
U.S. Women's Open	T8: 2010
Women's British Open	T3: 2009
The Evian Championship	T31: 2013

Christina Kim
Hangul	김초롱
Hanja	金楚籠

Revised Romanization	Gim Cho-rong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Ch'o'rong

Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.

Kim was born in San Jose, California.

Kim competed in eight events in 2001 on the Futures Tour and made three cuts and a tied for second once. Shortly after her 18th birthday, Kim turned professional and competed on the 2002 Futures Tour for prize money. Kim missed just one cut in 18 starts with 12 top-ten finishes. She won her first event as a professional in August 2002 - the Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic in a six-hole playoff over future LPGA Tour star Lorena Ochoa.^[1] Kim was second to Ochoa on the money list and both earned LPGA Tour cards for 2003.

Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge^[2] and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions^[3]^[4] and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005, 2009, and 2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.

She joined the Ladies European Tour in 2010 and competed in six events, including two that were co-sanctioned with the LPGA. She earned her first win on the LET in 2011 at the Sicilian Italian Ladies Open.^[5]

Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.^[6]

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 26, 2004	Longs Drugs Challenge	64-69-68-65=266	–18	1 stroke	Karrie Webb
2	Nov 13, 2005	The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions	67-67-72-67=273	–15	1 stroke	Rachel Hetherington

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic	In-Kyung Kim, Na Yeon Choi Song-Hee Kim	Choi won with birdie on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 9, 2011	Sicilian Ladies Italian Open	–7 (70-69-70=209)	4 strokes	Giulia Sergas

Futures Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 4, 2002	Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic	66-67-66=199	–14	Playoff	Lorena Ochoa

Futures Tour playoff record (1-0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2002	Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic	Lorena Ochoa	Won with birdie on sixth extra hole ^[1]^[7]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	T28	T8	T39	52	T24	CUT	7
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T6	T33	T61	T56	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T48	DNP	T22	T37	CUT	CUT	CUT	T53	T52
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	T13	T28	T45	T58	T64	T3

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	CUT	T75	DNP
LPGA Championship	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T8	CUT	CUT	T31
Women's British Open	T9	CUT	DNP	CUT
The Evian Championship ^				T31

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DNP = did not play
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Starts – 44
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 – 10
Missed cuts – 17
Most consecutive cuts made – 6
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2001	1	1	0	0	0	0	T48	n/a		74.00
2003	28	18	0	0	0	2	T4	215,632	49	72.37	55
2004	31	25	1	1	0	6	1	636,290	15	71.22	19
2005	30	27	1	0	1	6	1	621,149	19	71.66	21
2006	29	26	0	0	0	3	T5	355,656	35	72.24	52
2007	29	26	0	2	0	7	2	626,075	23	72.18	26
2008	30	26	0	1	0	9	T2	678,598	27	71.85	32
2009	24	17	0	0	1	4	T3	344,055	38	72.29	49
2010	24	19	0	1	0	2	T2	436,050	26	72.17	38
2011	21	14	0	0	0	0	T13	149,275	58	72.86	56
2012	19	8	0	0	0	0	T49	38,384	110	74.02	111
2013	20	13	0	0	0	0	T11	126,535	76	73.07	100

Official as of November 24, 2013^[8]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

LET career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings (€)	Order of Merit
2010	6	4	0	1	0	3	T2	108,461	16
2011	10	8	1	0	0	1	1	63,412	35

includes events co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour (Evian Masters and Women's British Open)

Futures Tour summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2001	8	3	0	1		3	T2	n/a		72.09
2002	18	17	1	3	2	12	1	53,460	2	71.47	2

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011
Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	10	6-2-2	3-0-0	2-1-1	1-1-1	7.0	70.0
2005	4	2-1-1	1-0-0 def L. Kreutz 5&4	1-0-1 halved w/ P. Hurst, won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2	0-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 4&2	2.5	62.5
2009	4	3-1-0	1-0-0 def T. Elosegui 2 up	1-1-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2, lost w/N. Gulbis 5&4	1-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 5&4	3	75.0
2011	2	1-0-1	1-0-0 def M. Hjorth 4&2	0-0-0	0-0-1 halved w/ R. O'Toole	1.5	75.0

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "First-time winner tops the field at Knob Hill Golf Club". newstranscript.gmnews.com. 2002-08-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ UPI, Christina Kim gets first win on LPGA Tour 2004-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Life magazine, Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions- Final Round 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ ESPN, Kim posts second career title, wins by a stroke 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ LET, 2011 Ladies Italian Open Leaderboard. October 9, 2011.
↑ amazon.com - Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star
↑ "Kim outduels Ochoa in New Jersey heat". ESPN.com. August 4, 2002. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ "Christina Kim results". LPGA. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

External links

Christina Kim at the LPGA Tour official site
Christina Kim at the Futures Tour official site
Christina Kim page at SeoulSisters.com
Christina Kim on Twitter

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2005

Paula Creamer Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Natalie Gulbis Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Meg Mallon Michele Redman Wendy Ward Donna Caponi (non-playing assistant captain) Nancy Lopez (non-playing captain)

Won: 15.5 – 12.5

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2009

Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Brittany Lincicome Kristy McPherson Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 16 – 12

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2011

Paula Creamer Vicky Hurst Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Ryann O'Toole Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Rosie Jones (non-playing captain) Juli Inkster (playing assistant captain) Sherri Steinhauer (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 13–15

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Persondata
Name	Kim, Christina
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	March 15, 1984
Place of birth	San Jose, California, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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