Chun In-gee (, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the 2016 Evian Championship with a score of 21 under par, which is the lowest winning score in a major tournament for either men or women, and the 2022 Women's PGA Championship.

Career In 2015, Chun became the first player in history to win majors on three different tours in the same calendar year. On the KLPGA Tour, she won two majors – the Hite Jinro Championship and the KB Financial Star Championship; on the JLPGA Tour, she also won two majors – the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup and the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship; and on the LPGA Tour, she won one major – the U.S. Women's Open. By winning the 2016 Evian Championship, she joined compatriot Se Ri Pak as the only two players in LPGA Tour history to win majors as their first two LPGA Tour titles. Chun represented the Republic of Korea (South Korea) at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Professional wins (15) LPGA Tour wins (4) Legend Major championships (3) Other LPGA Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up112 Jul 2015U.S. Women's Open68-70-68-66=272−81 stroke Amy Yang218 Sep 2016The Evian Championship63-66-65-69=263−214 strokes Ryu So-yeon Park Sung-hyun314 Oct 2018LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship170-70-66-66=272−163 strokes Charley Hull426 Jun 2022KPMG Women's PGA Championship64-69-75-75=283−51 stroke Minjee Lee Lexi Thompson

1 Co-sanctioned with KLPGA Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–4) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12014LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship Baek Kyu-jung Brittany LincicomeBaek won with birdie on first extra hole22017Manulife LPGA Classic Ariya Jutanugarn Lexi ThompsonJutanugarn won with birdie on first extra hole32018Kingsmill Championship Nasa Hataoka Ariya JutanugarnJutanugarn won with birdie on second extra holeChun eliminated by birdie on first hole42022Women's British Open Ashleigh BuhaiBuhai won with par on fourth extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (10) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Jun 2013Kia Motors Korea Women's Open68-69-70-68=275−131 stroke Park So-yeon215 Jun 2014S-Oil Champions Invitational67-67-70=204−123 strokes Lee Ye-jeong Lee Min-young328 Sep 2014KDB Daewoo Securities Classic66-69-69=204−12Playoff Kim Ha-neul416 Nov 2014Chosun Ilbo-POSCO Championship69-69-66=204−121 stroke Heo Yoon-kyung519 Apr 2015Samchully Together Open70-69=139−51 stroke Ko Jin-young624 May 2015Doosan Match Play Championship1 up Ji Han-sol714 Jun 2015S-Oil Champions Invitational68-71-69=208−81 stroke Kim Bo-kyung Heo Yoon-kyung826 Jul 2015Hite Jinro Championship69-66-73=208−83 strokes Park Gyeol Cho Yoon-ji925 Oct 2015KB Financial Star Championship69-69-67-69=274−101 stroke Inbee Park Hae Rym Kim1014 Oct 2018LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship170-70-66-66=272−163 strokes Charley Hull

Events in bold are KLPGA majors. 1 Co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up110 May 2015World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup66-70-67-73=276−124 strokes Momoko Ueda24 Oct 2015Japan Women's Open Golf Championship71-73-71-71=286−2Playoff Erika Kikuchi Lee Mi-hyang

Major championships Wins (3) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)2015 U.S. Women's Open −8 (68-70-68-66=272) 1 stroke Amy Yang 810,000 2016 The Evian Championship −21 (63-66-65-69=263) 4 strokes Ryu So-yeon, Park Sung-hyun 487,5002022 Women's PGA Championship −5 (64-69-75-75=283) 1 stroke Minjee Lee, Lexi Thompson 1,350,000

Results timeline Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Chevron ChampionshipT41T2T14T30CUTT18Women's PGA ChampionshipT30T54CUTT30T23U.S. Women's Open1CUTT15T41CUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipT65CUT1T18T16T49NTWomen's British Open T31T8T43T28T35T7 Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTT25T18CUTT18CUTU.S. Women's OpenT41T15T27CUT544Women's PGA ChampionshipT271T24T31T24The Evian ChampionshipT6T22T36CUTWomen's British Open CUT2T4039CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 1 0 1 1 6 12 8U.S. Women's Open 1 0 0 2 2 4 12 8Women's PGA Championship 1 0 0 1 1 4 10 9The Evian Championship 1 0 0 1 2 5 10 8Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 3 3 11 9Totals 3 2 0 6 9 22 55 42 Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2022 Chevron – 2023 Women's British) Longest streak of top 10s – 2 (2016 British Open – 2016 Evian Championship)

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2013110000T28n/an/a72.00n/a2014220101T2n/an/a71.63n/a20158710011n/an/a71.23n/a201619181331111,501,102469.581201723210521021,250,2591169.4132018201811041741,6912670.2012201923180002T4270,2136771.1745202015130002T7301,6863771.3732202123180018T3754,5382569.63720221817120312,673,860370.2019202319150001T8491,4885870.964520241160000T1485,26814172.72140202518130000T18361,3137571.92100Totals^199 166 4 12 6 43 1 8,431,418 41 ^ Official as of 2025 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 Ranking Source 2013 43 2014 19 2015 10 2016 3 2017 5 2018 16 2019 48 2020 62 2021 35 2022 8 2023 37 2024 170 2025 146

Team appearances Professional The Queens (representing Korea): 2015 International Crown (representing South Korea): 2016, 2018 (winners), 2023

References

External links

Chun In-gee at the KLPGA Tour official site

Profile on Seoul Sisters site