Oh Ji-young (, born 3 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career In 1988, Oh was born. She started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 16.
In 2006, she came to the United States and enrolled at the Leadbetter Academy. She played on the Future Collegians World Tour, a second tier amateur golf league, and won all six events she entered.
In the fall of 2006, she entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament as an amateur and finished 9th, earning exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2007.
Professional career Immediately after her success at 2007 LPGA Qualifying School she turned professional.
In 2007, her best finish was sixth at the Safeway Classic, where she carded a career-low 66 in the opening round.
In 2008, she earned her first win at the State Farm Classic beating top rookie Yani Tseng in a playoff.
In 2009, she gained her second win at the Sybase Classic.
Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up120 Jul 2008LPGA State Farm Classic−18 (66-66-69-69=270)Playoff Yani Tseng217 May 2009Sybase Classic−14 (66-69-69-70=274)4 strokes Suzann Pettersen
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12008LPGA State Farm ClassicYani TsengWon with par on first extra hole
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2015. Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016ANA InspirationT31T36CUTCUT82CUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT46T29T39CUTCUTT45T37CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTT31T40CUTCUTCUTWomen's British OpenCUTT17CUTT31CUTT58The Evian Championship ^T44T16 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank2007221000016148,8767272.46812008292610041680,2252671.65222009252010031558,3162471.9034201018100000T1298,3847173.429220111110000T545,45614874.4212520121490000T4241,39110973.2582201318120000T3584,8798772.5670201425160000T16173,0907371.955620151990000T2555,17311072.548120161570000T2632,00813672.861102017500000CUT0n/a75.22n/a Official as of the 2017 season
References
External links
Profile on SeoulSisters.com