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Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (Korean: 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States–based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Amateur career

Yang began playing golf at age 10 in South Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005, she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 16 years, 192 days (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul in July 2017).

Professional career

After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.

That December, she returned to the LPGA Qualifying School, this time earning full playing status for 2009 by finishing second in the five-round event.

On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA tournament at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a title she won for a second and third time in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

On 24 June 2024, Yang won her first major title at the Women's PGA Championship in her 75th major start.

Personal life

Yang lives with her father, Joon Mo (James), mother, Sun Hee (Sunny), and younger brother, Steven. In the fall of 2007 the family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	20 Oct 2013	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	67-71-69=207	−9	Playoff	Hee-kyung Seo	285,000
2	1 Mar 2015	Honda LPGA Thailand	67-66-71-69=273	−15	2 strokes	Mirim Lee Stacy Lewis Yani Tseng	225,000
3	26 Feb 2017	Honda LPGA Thailand (2)	66-67-65-68=266	−22	5 strokes	Ryu So-yeon	240,000
4	24 Feb 2019	Honda LPGA Thailand (3)	69-66-66-65=266	−22	1 stroke	Minjee Lee	240,000
5	19 Nov 2023	CME Group Tour Championship	68-63-64-66=261	−27	3 strokes	Nasa Hataoka Alison Lee	2,000,000
6	23 Jun 2024	Women's PGA Championship	70-68-71-72=281	−7	3 strokes	Lilia Vu Ko Jin-young Miyū Yamashita	1,560,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Yani Tseng	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2013	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	Hee-Kyung Seo	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (3)

2006 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (as an amateur)
2008 (2) Ladies German Open, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika

KLPGA Tour (2)

2011 (1) KB Star Championship
2013 (1) LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship (co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2024	Women's PGA Championship	2 shot lead	−7 (70-68-71-72=281)	3 strokes	Ko Jin-young Lilia Vu Miyū Yamashita

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship					T27	T19	T4	T32	10	T29	T14	T8	CUT	T26	T15	T50	T39	T4	T46
U.S. Women's Open		T50	CUT	T34	T5	T10	2	T50	4	2	T3	T8	CUT	CUT	CUT	T54	CUT	T33	CUT
Women's PGA Championship				T9	T14	T12	CUT	T5	CUT	T26	7	T4	T11	T21	T37	T9	CUT	T36	1
The Evian Championship ^								T67	T54	T8	T14	T48	T49	T44	NT	T10	T19	T36	T63
Women's British Open	T60LA		CUT	CUT	T5	4	T26	CUT	T21	T36		T30	T35	CUT	T51	CUT	CUT	T4	T37

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

Win Top 10 Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	2	4	7	15	14
U.S. Women's Open	0	2	1	5	7	7	18	12
Women's PGA Championship	1	0	0	3	6	10	16	14
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	11	11
Women's British Open	0	0	0	3	3	4	17	11
Totals	1	2	1	13	22	32	77	61

Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2014 Evian – 2017 Evian)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Events Played	Cuts Made	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring Average	Rank
2006	2	2	0	0	0	0	T52	n/a	n/a	74.38	n/a
2007	2	2	0	0	0	0	T50	17,100	n/a	74.38	n/a
2008	7	5	0	0	0	1	T9	60,834	129	72.46	n/a
2009	23	19	0	0	1	2	T3	302,816	45	71.68	29
2010	22	22	0	1	0	6	2	765,929	14	71.09	13
2011	22	20	0	2	0	7	2	912,160	10	71.12	10
2012	22	20	0	1	0	5	2	844,305	13	71.04	12
2013	22	19	1	0	0	6	1	719,481	18	70.76	13
2014	21	18	0	1	0	5	T2	618,180	25	71.60	37
2015	23	21	1	2	0	10	1	1,438,312	6	70.51	10
2016	22	22	0	2	4	9	T2	1,152,686	13	70.09	7
2017	23	22	1	1	0	6	1	991,855	18	70.35	20
2018	23	19	0	0	3	8	3	809,492	24	70.24	13
2019	23	21	1	0	2	6	1	941,956	17	70.02	12
2020	13	10	0	0	0	0	T12	171,438	66	71.93	63
2021	22	16	0	0	1	6	T3	548,544	37	70.73	34
2022	20	14	0	0	0	3	T4	439,097	58	70.42	24
2023	20	16	1	0	1	5	1	3,165,834	2	70.49	24
2024	22	15	1	0	0	2	1	1,965,409	12	71.31	56
Totals^	350 (2008)	299 (2008)	6	10	12	87	1	15,848,328	6

Official as of 2024 season
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year	World ranking	Source
2013	15
2014	23
2015	8
2016	12
2017	15
2018	25
2019	20
2020	44
2021	60
2022	82
2023	16
2024	5^

^ As of 24 June 2024

Team appearances

Professional

International Crown (representing South Korea): 2016

References

"Wie shoots 67, but Yang wins tournament". The Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
"Wie ties for seventh with 2-over 74; Lewis is medalist with 3-under 69". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
Amy Yang takes maiden LPGA title on home soil in playoff
Yang wins the 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand
"Amy Yang sets course record to take lead after 3rd round of Ladies German Open". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
Hellsten, CM (September 2001). "Annikas avsked, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika" [Annika's farewell, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10/2008. p. 98. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
"Amy Yang results". LPGA. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
"Amy Yang stats". LPGA. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
"Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
"Women's World Golf Rankings". 24 June 2024.

External links

Amy Yang at the LPGA Tour official site
Amy Yang at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
Seoul Sisters Profile
Amy Yang Pictures

v t e Women's PGA Championship champions
1955 Beverly Hanson‡ 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958 Mickey Wright‡ 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961 Mickey Wright‡ 1962 Judy Kimball‡ 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth‡ 1968 Sandra Post†‡ 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982 Jan Stephenson‡ 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985 Nancy Lopez‡ 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Betsy King‡ 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998 Se-ri Pak‡ 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010 Cristie Kerr‡ 2011 Yani Tseng‡ 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park 2016 Brooke Henderson† 2017 Danielle Kang 2018 Park Sung-hyun† 2019 Hannah Green‡ 2020 Kim Sei-young 2021 Nelly Korda 2022 Chun In-gee 2023 Yin Ruoning 2024 Amy Yang
† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

Women's PGA Championship champions

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

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