Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. She plays on the

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and is the first player of

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descent to do so. Khang's parents were refugees from the

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from

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and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s. Khang was born in

Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 105,643 at the 2020 United States census. Along with Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth, it is one of the two county seats of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, ...

in 1997, grew up in

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and learned the sport from her father. She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 14. She won several events as a junior golfer and played on the United States

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team in 2015. Khang finished T-6 at the

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in 2015 to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season. She has maintained her card ever since. Her first LPGA Tour win came in her 191st start on August 27, 2023, in a playoff at the

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over

Ko Jin-young Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women's British Ope ...

. She is a four-time member of the United States Solheim Cup team.

Personal life

Khang is good friends with actress

Kathryn Newton Kathryn Love Newton (born February 8, 1997) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Louise Brooks in the CBS comedy series ''Gary Unmarried'' (2008–2010), Abigail Carlson in the HBO mystery drama series '' Big Little Lie ...

as they were competing against each other at AJGA events when they were juniors. Newton would play golf right up until graduating high school when she put sole focus on her acting career.

Amateur wins

*2012 Northern Junior Championship *2013 PING Invitational, Faldo Series Grand Final *2014 Faldo Series Grand Final, Doral-Publix Junior Classic *2015 Eastern Amateur Championship Source:

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (3)

*2012 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur) *2013 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur) *2015 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2018 Evian – 2020 ANA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2020 U.S. Open – 2021 U.S. Open)

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.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 2015 (winners) Professional *

Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving forc ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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 ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khang, Megan American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Brockton, Massachusetts American people of Hmong descent American people of Laotian descent 1997 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen