Ryu So-yeon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ryu.

Ryu So-yeon 유소연
— Golfer —
Ryu in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 South Korea
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Residence	South Korea
Career
College	Yonsei University^[1] (did not play college golf)
Turned professional	2007
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2012) LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2008)
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	3
Ladies European Tour	1
LPGA of Korea Tour	9
Other	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	2nd: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship	T13: 2014, 2015
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 2011
Women's British Open	T3: 2015
Evian Championship	T4: 2013
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year	2012

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

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.

On 11 July 2011, Ryu won the U.S. Women's Open. On the 18th hole of the final round, the toughest hole for the tournament, she trailed the clubhouse leader Hee Kyung Seo by one stroke, but hit her approach to 6 feet and made the birdie putt to force a playoff. Ryu won the three-hole playoff with a birdie on the last hole.

Ryu picked up her second career LPGA Tour win in 2012 at the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic. With one tournament still to play in the season, Ryu had a big enough lead in the LPGA Rookie of the Year points standings to clinch the award for the season.^[3]

On 23 June 2013, Ryu lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship to fellow South Korean Inbee Park. Park made birdie on the first extra hole to take the victory after Ryu could only make par.

Personal life

Ryu took classes at Yonsei University while also competing full-time on the LPGA Tour.^[4] She graduated in February 2013 with a degree in sports business.^[5]

Professional wins (16)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (2)

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
2	12 Aug 2012	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	67-68-67-62=264	−20	7 strokes	Angela Stanford	195,000
3	24 Aug 2014	Canadian Pacific Women's Open	63-66-67-69=265	−23	2 strokes	Na Yeon Choi	337,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	U.S. Women's Open	Hee-Kyung Seo	Won three hole aggregate playoff: Ryu 3-4-3=10 (−2), Seo 3-6-4=13 (+1)
2	2012	Women's Australian Open	Julieta Granada Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Hee-Kyung Seo	Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2013	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Inbee Park	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	13 Apr 2008	Sports Seoul-KYJ Golf Open	−5 (68-70-73=211)	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
8	9 Sep 2012	Hanwha Finance Classic	−9 (70-70-71-68=279)	1 stroke	Heo Yoon-kyung
9	30 Aug 2015	High1 Resort Ladies Open	−11 (71-67-69-70=277)	2 strokes	Jang Ha-na

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	15 Mar 2015	World Ladies Championship (individual)	72-73-65-69=279	−13	1 stroke	Inbee Park

Cactus Tour wins (1)

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

Other wins (2)

2014 Mission Hills World Ladies Championship - team (with Inbee Park)
2015 World Ladies Championship - team (with Inbee Park)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2011	U.S. Women's Open	Tied for lead	−3 (74-69-69-69=281)	Playoff¹	Hee Kyung Seo

¹ Defeated Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole playoff: Ryu (3-4-3=10) and Seo (3-6-4=13)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
ANA Inspiration	T64	T41	T56	2	T46	T20
Women's PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T25	CUT	T13	T13
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	1	T14	3	T5	T5
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	T5	T17	T17	T3
The Evian Championship ^				T4	DQ	T46

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	1	0	1	1	2	6	6
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
U.S. Women's Open	1	0	1	4	4	5	5	5
Women's British Open	0	0	1	2	2	4	4	4
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2
Totals	1	1	2	8	8	15	22	20

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2010 Kraft Nabisco – 2013 Kraft Nabisco)
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
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	T46	5,806	n/a	74.33	n/a
2009	2	1	0	0	0	0	T29	13,111	n/a	73.80	n/a
2010	3	3	0	0	0	0	T12	61,878	n/a	73.18	n/a
2011	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	624,477	n/a	71.80	n/a
2012	24	23	1	2	0	16	1	1,282,673	6	70.30	2
2013	24	23	0	2	3	10	2	1,278,864	5	70.29	4
2014	25	24	1	1	2	15	1	1,468,804	5	69.98	4
2015	25	25	0	2	2	10	2	1,292,395	8	70.32	7

official through 22 November 2015^[6]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
Ryu was not a member of the LPGA Tour until 2012. Money earned from 2008 to 2011 was not considered official by the LPGA Tour.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	World ranking	Source
2007	554	^[7]
2008	127	^[8]
2009	59	^[9]
2010	43	^[10]
2011	27	^[11]
2012	7	^[12]
2013	5	^[13]
2014	7	^[14]
2015	5	^[15]

Team appearances

Professional

International Crown (representing South Korea): 2014

References

↑ Crouse, Karen (11 July 2011). "New Open Winner Ponders Tough Choice: School or Tour?". New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
↑ "Cactus Tour 2008 Results". Cactus Tour web site. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
↑ "Ryu Know It!". LPGA. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
↑ Golf Channel, College and pro golf? It's possible 27 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
↑ Golfcourier,com, Ryu So-yeon Graduates 25 February 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
↑ "Ryu So-yeon results". LPGA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

External links

Ryu So-yeon at the LPGA Tour official site
Profile on SeoulSisters.com
Profile at Yahoo! Sports

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 Pak Se-ri† 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 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee

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

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