Kim Sei-young

For other people with similar names, see Kim Se-young (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Sei-young
Kim in 2017
Personal information
Born (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
CollegeKorea University[1]
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins17
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour12
LPGA of Korea Tour5
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT3: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT8: 2017
Women's British OpenT4: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT2: 2018
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year		2020
LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		2015
Race to the CME Globe2019
Kim Sei-young
Hangul
김세영
Hanja
金世煐[2]
Revised RomanizationGim Seyeong
McCune–ReischauerKim 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. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 Feb 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic 70-68-72-68=278 −14 Playoff Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
South Korea Sun-Young Yoo
2 18 Apr 2015 LPGA Lotte Championship 67-67-70-73=277 −11 Playoff South Korea Inbee Park
3 1 Nov 2015 Blue Bay LPGA 70-72-74-70=286 −2 1 stroke United States Kim Kaufman
United States Candie Kung
United States Stacy Lewis
4 20 Mar 2016 JTBC Founders Cup 63-66-70-62=261 −27 5 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko
5 19 Jun 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic 65-69-65-68=267 −17 Playoff Spain Carlota Ciganda
6 7 May 2017 Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play 1 up Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
7 8 Jul 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic 63-65-64-65=257 −31 9 strokes Spain Carlota Ciganda
8 5 May 2019 LPGA Mediheal Championship 72-66-68-75=281 −7 Playoff England Bronte Law
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
9 14 Jul 2019 Marathon Classic 67-64-66-65=262 −22 2 strokes United States Lexi Thompson
10 24 Nov 2019 CME Group Tour Championship 65-67-68-70=270 −18 1 stroke England Charley Hull
11 11 Oct 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 71-65-67-63=266 −14 5 strokes South Korea Inbee Park
12 22 Nov 2020 Pelican Women's Championship 67-65-64-70=266 −14 3 strokes United States Ally McDonald

LPGA Tour playoff record (4–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
South Korea Sun-Young Yoo 		Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2015 LPGA Lotte Championship South Korea Inbee Park Won with eagle on first extra hole
3 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic Spain Carlota Ciganda Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2019 LPGA Mediheal Championship England Bronte Law
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun 		Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2021 Pelican Women's Championship United States Lexi Thompson
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Nelly Korda 		Korda won with birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 14 Apr 2013 Lotte Mart Women's Open 78-70-71-68=287 −1 2 strokes South Korea Jang Su-yeon
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
South Korea Jang Ha-na
2 8 Sep 2013 Hanwha Finance Classic 71-72-72-68=283 −5 Playoff South Korea Ryu So-yeon
3 15 Sep 2013 MetLife-Hankyung KLPGA Championship 69-69-71-70=279 −9 1 stroke South Korea An Song-yi
South Korea Chun In-gee
4 18 May 2014 Woori Investment & Securities Ladies Championship 64-73-69=206 -10 Playoff South Korea Heo Yoon-kyung
5 24 Aug 2014 MBN Ladies Open with ONOFF 65-71-67=203 −13 2 strokes South Korea Kang Ye-rin

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2020 Women's PGA Championship 2 shot lead −14 (71-65-67-63=266) 5 strokes South Korea Inbee Park

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T61 T4 CUT T27 T40 CUT T18 T3 T17 T52 T30
U.S. Women's Open T46 T42 T26 T8 T27 T16 T20 T16 14 T13 WD
Women's PGA Championship 2 11 T4 T25 20 1 T12 T5 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship T11 5 T6 T2 T17 NT T38 T8 CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT T50 T16 T4 T24 T13 18 CUT T37
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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
Chevron Championship 0 0 1 2 2 4 11 9
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 10
Women's PGA Championship 1 1 0 4 4 8 10 8
The Evian Championship 0 1 0 2 4 6 9 7
Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 1 5 9 7
Totals 1 2 1 9 12 29 50 41
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 18 (2019 U.S. Open – 2023 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (four times)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made *		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2013 1 1 0 0 1 1 T3 100,479 n/a 69.33 n/a
2014 5 3 0 0 0 0 T42 n/a n/a 73.62 n/a
2015 27 25 3 1 2 11 1 1,820,056 4 70.33 8
2016 25 21 2 2 2 9 1 1,445,937 6 70.25 8
2017 25 22 1 0 2 9 1 1,278,166 10 69.91 11
2018 27 24 1 2 0 9 1 1,369,418 7 70.27 15
2019 25 22 3 1 0 10 1 2,753,099 2 69.89 8
2020 9 9 2 1 0 6 1 1,416,993 2 68.69 1
2021 20 19 0 2 1 4 T2 915,658 17 69.94 12
2022 20 17 0 0 0 5 T5 1,083,246 22 70.19 18
2023 22 16 0 0 1 2 T3 654,240 42 71.03 47
Totals^ 200 (2015) 175 (2015) 12 9 8 65 1 12,736,813 14

^ Official as of 2023 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

References

  1. ^ 김효주·이정민·김세영·전인지·김민선5, KLPGA 고려대 돌풍 확산, Choice News, 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Kim Sei Young". Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  3. ^ "Sei Young Kim wins Thornberry Creek Classic in historic fashion". ESPN. Associated Press. July 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "Sei-Young Kim (Stats)". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Sei-Young Kim (Results)". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.


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