Kim Sei-young

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.

  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.