August Kim (born July 30, 1995) is an American

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Early life and education

Kim was born July 30, 1995, to Chris and Piljo Kim. She attended high school at

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, and Allen D. Nease High School in

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. She competed and placed in a variety of

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and Junior PGA events and qualified for the 2012

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. Kim played college golf for

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, where she won three times for the

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, including the individual Big Ten Championship title in 2016 as a junior. In her 2016–17 senior season, she was named a WGCA First-Team All-American. Kim graduated magna cum laude in 2017 with a degree in biochemistry and a minor in biological sciences. Kim turned pro in the summer of 2017 and started her professional career competing in the Symetra Tour. She has a younger sister,

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, who played for

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's women's golf team and is now a professional on the

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Professional career

Kim made her professional debut, finishing tied for 15th, at the

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's Four Winds Invitational in June 2017. Only a few days after her Symetra Tour performance, Kim made her

debut at the

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. In July, she finished second at the Donald Ross Centennial Classic on the Symetra Tour. After playing professionally for 5 years, Kim then pivoted into a medical career, matriculating into Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2023.

Amateur wins

*2012 E Z GO Vaughn Taylor Championship *2014 Trans Amateur Championship *2015 SMU Dallas Athletic Club Invitational *2016 Big Ten Championship *2017 Henssler Financial Intercollegiate Source:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, August American female golfers Purdue Boilermakers women's golfers American sportspeople of Korean descent Herricks High School alumni Golfers from St. Augustine, Florida 1995 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen