Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young ( ko, 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean

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, currently playing on the United States-based

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and on the

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(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

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on the

(LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur

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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

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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 Hee-kyung Seo ( ko, 서희경, born 8 July 1986), also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a former South Korean female professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and on LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year award in 2011. Af ...

. On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA Tour championship at the

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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 (8)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Ladies European Tour (3)

* 2006 (1)

(as an amateur) *

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(2) Ladies German Open,

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KLPGA Tour (2)

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

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

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

LPGA Tour career summary

*official as of the 2022 season

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing South Korea): 2016

References

External links

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Seoul Sisters ProfileAmy Yang Pictures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Amy South Korean female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers of South Korea Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province Golfers from Orlando, Florida 1989 births Living people People from Goyang