Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (, 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

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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

(LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age (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

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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

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. 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

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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

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Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Ladies European Tour (3)

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(1) ANZ Ladies Masters (as an amateur) *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

(2)

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KLPGA Tour (2)

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

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order.'' ^ 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 2024 season
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing South Korea):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

External links

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