Im Jin-hee (; born 24 May 1998), also known as Jin Hee Im, is a South Korean professional golfer. Hee Im turned professional in 2016, playing on the

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, where she won six times. She debuted on the

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in 2024, and was named runner-up for the Tour's Rookie of the Year.

Biography

Im grew up in

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, South Korea. She turned professional in 2016, starting as a rookie on the

. In 2021, she had her first tournament win in the BC Card Hankyung Ladies Open. In 2023, she recorded four tournament wins for the season. Her 2023 season advanced her to the LPGA Q-Series to qualify for the LPGA Tour. Im qualified for the

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in December 2023, after finishing in the top of the Q-Series. After narrowly missing out on the KLPGA Rookie of the year award during her rookie season in Korea, Im committed herself to the achievement for the 2024 season. During the 2024 season, Im made it to the top-10 six times during the tour season, across 24 starts. She would eventually be runner-up to Mao Saigo in the

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. In 2025, Im's points from the

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earned her a berth in the 2025 U.S. Women's Open. Prior to the tournament, Im was ranked 31 in the world.

Professional wins

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

(1) BC Card Hankyung Ladies Cup *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

(1) McCol Mona Park Open *

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(4) NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship, Jeju Samdasoo Masters, Sangsangin-Hankyung TV Open, SK Shieldus-SK Telecom Championship

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hee Im, Jin South Korean female golfers LPGA of Korea Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Jeju Province People from Guri 1998 births Living people 21st-century South Korean women