Kim A-lim

Kim A-lim
Personal information
Born (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29)
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
LPGA of Korea Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT4: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2020
Women's British OpenT13: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2023

Kim A-lim (Korean김아림, born 4 October 1995) is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour.[1]

Kim turned professional as a teenager in 2013 and began playing on the KLPGA in 2016.[2] She has two wins on the tour, the first coming at the Pak Se-ri Invitational in October 2018.[3] She also won the MY Munyoung Queens Park Championship in 2019 and finished 11th on the KLPGA money list that season.[4]

In December 2020, Kim made her LPGA major championship debut in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. Entering the final round five shots off the lead, she birdied the last three holes to shoot 67 and won the tournament by one shot over Ko Jin-young and Amy Olson.[5]

  1. ^ "A Lim Kim takes US Women's Open on debut after spectacular comeback". The Guardian. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "A Lim Kim bio". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Player Bio: A Lim Kim". USGA. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ "A Lim Kim KLPGA profile". Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ Zak, Sean (14 December 2020). "Wild rally leads A Lim Kim to U.S. Women's Open victory". Golf.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.