Eun-Hee Ji

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Eun-Hee Ji 지은희
— Golfer —
Ji at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born	(1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 Gapyeong, South Korea
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Residence	Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Career
College	Chung-Ang University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2007) KLPGA Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
LPGA of Korea Tour	2
Ladies Asian Golf Tour	2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T11: 2012
LPGA Championship	T2: 2012
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 2009
Women's British Open	T3: 2008
The Evian Championship	T37: 2013

Eun-Hee Ji (Korean 지은희, RR Ji Eun-heui, MR Chi Ŭnhŭi; pronounced [dʑi ɯn hɯi]) (born 13 May 1986 in Gapyeong, South Korea) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.

LPGA career

Ji joined the LPGA Tour in 2007 and recorded two top-10 finishes in just four events played, including runner-up at the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship. She made her first appearance in a major championship at the 2007 Women's British Open and finished in 5th place.

In 2008, Ji claimed her first LPGA win at the Wegmans LPGA, with a come-from-behind, two-stroke victory over Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen.

In 2009, she made a 20-foot (6 m) birdie on the 72nd hole of the U.S. Women's Open to win by one stroke. As with the 2008 Wegmans, this was a come-from-behind victory. Trailing Cristie Kerr, Ji overcame a double bogey on the 10th and birdied the 13th, 14th and 18th holes.^[1]

In 2012, Ji finished tied for second in the LPGA Championship. She had been leading the tournament going into the final round.^[2]^[3]

Controversy

After Ji won the 2008 Wegmans LPGA, she gave her acceptance speech with the help of a translator. Some say this sparked the proposed "English only" requirement by the LPGA.^[4] Ji later commented that she felt the proposed requirement may have targeted her and that in the future she would "pay more attention to improving my English."^[5] Over a year later after winning the U.S. Women's Open, she again used a translator for her acceptance speech.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 Jun 2008	Wegmans LPGA	70-71-64-67=272	−16	2 strokes	Suzann Pettersen
2	12 Jul 2009	U.S. Women's Open	71-72-70-71=284	E	1 stroke	Candie Kung

KLPGA Tour (2)

2007 (2) Phoenix Park Classic, KB Star Tour

Ladies Asian Golf Tour (2)

2006 (2) Macao Open, Malaysia Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2009	U.S. Women's Open	E (71-72-70-71=284)	1 stroke	Candie Kung

Results timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	CUT	T36	T75	T25	T11	T48
LPGA Championship	DNP	T29	T23	CUT	T43	T2	T22
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	T42	1	T39	T27	CUT	T61
Women's British Open	T5	T3	DQ	CUT	T37	T53	T25
The Evian Championship ^							T37

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

Summary

Starts – 26
Wins – 1
2nd place finishes – 1
3rd place finishes – 1
Top 3 finishes – 3
Top 5 finishes – 4
Top 10 finishes – 4
Top 25 finishes – 9
Missed cuts – 4
Most consecutive cuts made – 7
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Professional

Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2008
World Cup (representing South Korea): 2008

References

↑ "Ji seals major win with 20-foot birdie". ESPN. Associated Press. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
↑ "2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship". Golf.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
↑ Mickey, Lisa D. (9 June 2012). "Tight Group Near Top in Soggy L.P.G.A. Championship". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
↑ Sirak, Ron (5 September 2008). "A Failure To Communicate". Golf Digest. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
↑ "Korean LPGA Golfers Must Speak English". 29 August 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

External links

Eun-Hee Ji at the LPGA Tour official site
Profile on Seoul Sisters site

v t e U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Se Ri Pak† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Eun-Hee Ji 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 So Yeon Ryu† 2012 Na Yeon Choi 2013 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Persondata
Name	Ji, Eun-Hee
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	13 May 1986
Place of birth	Gapyeong County, South Korea
Date of death
Place of death

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