Amy Yang

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

Amy Yang
양희영
Personal information
Full nameYang Hee-Young
Born (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989
Korea
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality South Korea
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeNone
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006)
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour4
Ladies European Tour3
LPGA of Korea Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT4: 2012
Women's PGA C'shipT4: 2017
U.S. Women's Open2nd: 2012, 2015
Women's British Open4th: 2011
Evian ChampionshipT8: 2015

Amateur career

Yang began playing golf at age 10 in her native 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA Tour championship at the Honda LPGA Thailand.[4]

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.[5]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (4)
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

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
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)

KLPGA Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration T27 T19 T4 T32 10 T29 T14 T8 CUT T26 T15
U.S. Women's Open T50 CUT T34 T5 T10 2 T50 4 2 T3 T8 CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T9 T14 T12 CUT T5 CUT T26 7 T4 T11 T21 T37
The Evian Championship ^ T67 T54 T8 T14 T48 T49 T44 NT
Women's British Open T60 CUT CUT T5 4 T26 CUT T21 T36 T30 T35 CUT T51

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

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration0001361110
U.S. Women's Open0215771410
Women's PGA Championship0002481210
The Evian Championship00001277
Women's British Open000223139
Totals0211017265746
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2014 Evian – 2017 Evian)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearEvents
Played		Cuts
Made		Wins2nds3rdsTop 10sBest
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 72.45 n/a
2009 23 19 0 0 1 2 T3 302,816 45 71.68 29
2010 22 22 0 1 0 6 2 765,930 14 71.09 13
2011 20 18 0 2 0 7 2 890,939 9 70.82 5
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 1,152,426 13 70.09 7
2017 23 22 1 1 0 6 1 991,855 18 70.34 20
2018 23 19 0 0 3 8 3 809,492 24 70.24 13
2019 23 20 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
  • official as of the 2020 season[6]

Team appearances

Professional

References
  1. "Wie shoots 67, but Yang wins tournament". The Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  2. "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.
  3. Amy Yang takes maiden LPGA title on home soil in playoff
  4. Yang wins the 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand
  5. "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.
  6. "Amy Yang stats". LPGA. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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