Oh Ji-young (golfer) explained

Ji Young Oh
오지영
Fullname:Ji Young Oh
오지영
Birth Date:3 July 1988
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Yearpro:2006
Tour:LPGA Tour (joined 2007)
Prowins:2
Lpgawins:2
Nabisco:T31: 2008
Lpga:T29: 2008
Wusopen:T31: 2008
Wbritopen:T17: 2008
Evian:T16: 2014

Ji-Young Oh (Korean: 오지영, born 3 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 16.

In 2006, she came to the United States and enrolled at the Leadbetter Academy. She played on the Future Collegians World Tour, a second tier amateur golf league, and won all six events she entered.

In the fall of 2006 she entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament as an amateur and finished 9th, earning exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2007. She immediately turning professional.

Professional career

In 2007, her best finish was sixth at the Safeway Classic, where she carded a career-low 66 in the opening round.

In 2008, she earned her first win at the State Farm Classic beating top rookie Yani Tseng in a playoff.

In 2009, she gained her second win at the Sybase Classic.[1]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
120 Jul 2008LPGA State Farm Classic−18 (66-66-69-69=270)Playoff Yani Tseng
217 May 2009Sybase Classic−14 (66-69-69-70=274)4 strokes Suzann Pettersen

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA InspirationT31T36CUTCUT82CUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipT46T29T39CUTCUTT45T37CUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's OpenCUTT31T40CUTCUTCUT
Women's British OpenCUTT17CUTT31CUTT58
The Evian Championship ^T44T16
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings ($) Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2007221000016148,8767272.4681
2008292610041680,2252671.6522
2009252010031558,3162471.9034
201018100000T1298,3847173.4292
20111110000T545,45614874.42125
20121490000T4241,39110973.2582
201318120000T3584,8798772.5670
201425160000T16173,0907371.9556
20151990000T2555,17311072.5481
20161570000T2632,00813672.86110

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 오지영, LPGA 또 하나의 성공 신화. 2009-05-18. 2018-06-02. ko.