Kim Sei-young explained

Kim Sei-young
Birth Date:21 January 1993
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
College:Korea University[1]
Yearpro:2010
Tour:LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Prowins:17
Lpgawins:12
Klpgawins:5
Majorwins:1
Nabisco:T3: 2021
Lpga:Won: 2020
Wusopen:T8: 2017
Wbritopen:T4: 2018
Evian:T2: 2018
Award1:LPGA Tour
Player of the Year
Year1:2020
Award2:LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
Year2:2015
Year3:2019
Hangul:김세영
Hanja:金世煐[2]
Rr:Gim Seyeong
Mr:Kim Seyŏng

Kim Sei-young (born 21 January 1993), also known as Sei Young Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.

Kim plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has won five times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and twelve times on the LPGA Tour. Her win at the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic set the record for the lowest 72-hole score (257) and the lowest to-par score (−31).[3]

Kim won her first major, the 2020 Women's PGA Championship, by five strokes. She was also named the 2020 LPGA Player of the Year.

Professional wins (17)

LPGA Tour wins (12)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (11)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
18 Feb 2015Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic70-68-72-68=278−14Playoff
218 Apr 2015LPGA Lotte Championship67-67-70-73=277−11Playoff Inbee Park
31 Nov 2015Blue Bay LPGA70-72-74-70=286−21 stroke Kim Kaufman
Candie Kung
Stacy Lewis
420 Mar 2016JTBC Founders Cup63-66-70-62=261 −275 strokes Lydia Ko
519 Jun 2016Meijer LPGA Classic65-69-65-68=267−17Playoff Carlota Ciganda
67 May 2017Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play1 up Ariya Jutanugarn
78 Jul 2018Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic63-65-64-65=257−319 strokes Carlota Ciganda
85 May 2019LPGA Mediheal Championship72-66-68-75=281 −7Playoff Bronte Law
Lee Jeong-eun
914 Jul 2019Marathon Classic67-64-66-65=262−222 strokes Lexi Thompson
1024 Nov 2019CME Group Tour Championship65-67-68-70=270−181 stroke Charley Hull
1111 Oct 2020KPMG Women's PGA Championship71-65-67-63=266−145 strokes Inbee Park
1222 Nov 2020Pelican Women's Championship67-65-64-70=266−143 strokes Ally McDonald

LPGA Tour playoff record (4–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12015Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Ariya Jutanugarn
Sun-Young Yoo		Won with birdie on first extra hole
22015LPGA Lotte ChampionshipWon with eagle on first extra hole
32016Meijer LPGA Classic Carlota CigandaWon with birdie on first extra hole
42019LPGA Mediheal Championship Bronte Law
Lee Jeong-eun		Won with birdie on first extra hole
52021Pelican Women's ChampionshipKorda won with birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
114 Apr 2013Lotte Mart Women's Open78-70-71-68=287−12 strokes
28 Sep 2013Hanwha Finance Classic71-72-72-68=283−5Playoff Ryu So-yeon
315 Sep 2013MetLife-Hankyung KLPGA Championship69-69-71-70=279−91 stroke An Song-yi
Chun In-gee
418 May 2014Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship64-73-69=206align=center-10Playoff Heo Yoon-kyung
524 Aug 2014MBN Ladies Open with ONOFF65-71-67=203−132 strokes Kang Ye-rin

Major championships

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron ChampionshipT61T4CUTT27T40CUTT18T3T17T52T30
U.S. Women's OpenT46T42T26T8T27T16T20T1614T13WD
Women's PGA Championship211T4T25201T12T5CUTCUT
The Evian ChampionshipT115T6T2T17NTT38T8CUTCUT
Women's British OpenCUTT50T16T4T24T1318CUTT37
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
0 0 1 2 2 4 11 9
0 0 0 0 1 6 11 10
1 1 0 4 4 8 10 8
0 1 0 2 4 6 9 7
0 0 0 1 1 5 9 7
Totals 1 2 1 9 12 29 50 41

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played 		Cuts
made * 		Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish 		Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average 		Scoring
rank
2013110011T3100,479n/a69.33n/a
2014530000T42n/an/a73.62n/a
201527253121111,820,056470.338
20162521222911,445,937670.258
20172522102911,278,1661069.9111
20182724120911,369,418770.2715
201925223101012,753,099269.898
202099210611,416,993268.691
202120190214T2915,6581769.9412
202220170005T51,083,2462270.1918
202322 16 0 0 1 2 T3 654,240 <-- $ Earnings -->42 71.03 47
202424190135T21,103,9862970.4411
Totals^224 (2015) 194 (2015) 12 10 11 70 1 13,840,799 <-- $ Earnings -->13
^ Official as of 2024 season[4] [5] [6]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World rank

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

Year World
ranking 		Source
2015 7 [7]
2016 6 [8]
2017 11 [9]
2018 12 [10]
2019 5 [11]
2020 2 [12]
2021 4 [13]
2022 21 [14]
2023 57 [15]

Team appearances

Professional

Notes and References

  1. http://www.choicenews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=12221 김효주·이정민·김세영·전인지·김민선5, KLPGA 고려대 돌풍 확산
  2. Web site: Kim Sei Young. Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association. 2019-11-25.
  3. News: Sei Young Kim wins Thornberry Creek Classic in historic fashion . ESPN . Associated Press . July 8, 2018.
  4. Web site: Sei-Young Kim (Stats) . LPGA . 2 December 2024.
  5. Web site: Sei-Young Kim (Results) . LPGA . 2 December 2024.
  6. Web site: Career Money . LPGA . 2 December 2024.
  7. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 28 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 26 December 2016.
  9. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 25 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 31 December 2018.
  11. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 30 December 2019.
  12. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 28 December 2020.
  13. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 27 December 2021.
  14. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 26 December 2022.
  15. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 25 December 2023.

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