Christina Kim
Kim at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
NicknameKookie, CK, The CK[citation needed]
Born (1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 (age 39)
San Jose, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeDe Anza Community College
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
LET (joined 2010)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (joined 2002)
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship7th: 2009
Women's PGA C'shipT6: 2004
U.S. Women's OpenT8: 2010
Women's British OpenT3: 2009
Evian ChampionshipT31: 2013
Christina Kim
Hangul
김초롱
Hanja
金楚籠
Revised RomanizationGim Cho-rong
McCune–ReischauerKim Ch'o'rong

Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality.

Kim competed in eight events in 2001 on the Futures Tour and made three cuts and a tied for second once. Shortly after her 18th birthday, Kim turned professional and competed on the 2002 Futures Tour for prize money. Kim missed just one cut in 18 starts with 12 top-ten finishes. She won her first event as a professional in August 2002 - the Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic in a six-hole playoff over future LPGA Tour star Lorena Ochoa.[1][2] Kim was second to Ochoa on the money list and both earned LPGA Tour cards for 2003.

Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge[3] and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions[4][5] and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005, 2009, and 2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.

She joined the Ladies European Tour in 2010 and competed in six events, including two that were co-sanctioned with the LPGA. She earned her first win on the LET in 2011 at the Sicilian Italian Ladies Open.[6]

Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.[7]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Sep 26, 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge 64-69-68-65=266 −18 1 stroke Australia Karrie Webb
2 Nov 13, 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions 67-67-72-67=273 −15 1 stroke Australia Rachel Hetherington
3 Nov 16, 2014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational 65-69-68-71=273 −15 Playoff China Shanshan Feng

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic South Korea Na Yeon Choi
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
South Korea Song-Hee Kim 		Choi won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational China Shanshan Feng Won with par on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Oct 9, 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open −7 (70-69-70=209) 4 strokes Italy Giulia Sergas

Futures Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Aug 4, 2002 Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic 66-67-66=199 −14 Playoff Mexico Lorena Ochoa

Futures Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2002 Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic Mexico Lorena Ochoa Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Chevron Championship T28 T8 T39 52 T24 CUT 7
Women's PGA Championship CUT T6 T33 T61 T56 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T48 T22 T37 CUT CUT CUT T53 T52
Women's British Open CUT T13 T28 T45 T58 T64 T3
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Chevron Championship CUT CUT T75 T16 T11 CUT T42
Women's PGA Championship T25 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT T39 CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T8 CUT CUT T31 CUT T26 T27
The Evian Championship ^ T31 T54 T64 CUT CUT T67
Women's British Open T9 CUT CUT T54 T31 T50
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T24 T19 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T67 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ NT T38
Women's British Open CUT CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 2 7 18 12
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 21 7
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 9
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
Women's British Open 0 0 1 1 2 3 15 10
Totals 0 0 1 1 6 14 78 43

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2001 1 1 0 0 0 0 T48 n/a 74.00
2003 28 18 0 0 0 2 T4 215,632 49 72.37 55
2004 31 25 1 1 0 6 1 636,290 15 71.22 19
2005 30 27 1 0 1 6 1 621,149 19 71.66 21
2006 29 26 0 0 0 3 T5 355,656 35 72.24 52
2007 29 26 0 2 0 7 2 626,075 23 72.18 26
2008 30 26 0 1 0 9 T2 678,598 27 71.85 32
2009 24 17 0 0 1 4 T3 344,055 38 72.29 49
2010 24 19 0 1 0 2 T2 436,050 26 72.17 38
2011 21 14 0 0 0 0 T13 149,275 58 72.86 56
2012 19 8 0 0 0 0 T49 38,384 110 74.02 111
2013 20 13 0 0 0 0 T11 126,535 76 73.07 100
2014 27 22 1 1 0 3 1 570,374 27 71.62 38
2015 29 24 0 0 0 1 T8 234,153 69 72.01 57
2016 27 20 0 1 0 3 2 411,030 45 72.51 89
2017 25 16 0 0 0 0 T13 151,669 87 72.33 114
2018 21 13 0 0 0 0 T17 121,430 94 71.86 70
2019 20 7 0 0 0 0 T19 79,209 117 72.43 120
2020 15 11 0 0 0 3 T9 167,125 67 71.82 54
2021 20 10 0 0 0 0 T16 151,514 91 71.84 88
2022 19 5 0 0 0 0 T35 27,653 166 73.00 147
2023 13 7 0 0 0 0 T31 45,576 159 72.71 135

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

LET career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
(€)		 Order of
Merit
2010 6 4 0 1 0 3 T2 108,461 16
2011 10 8 1 0 0 1 1 63,412 35

Futures Tour summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2001 8 3 0 1 3 T2 n/a 72.09
2002 18 17 1 3 2 12 1 53,460 2 71.47 2

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W-L-H		 Singles
W-L-H		 Foursomes
W-L-H		 Fourballs
W-L-H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 10 6-2-2 3-0-0 2-1-1 1-1-1 7.0 70.0
2005 4 2-1-1 1-0-0 def L. Kreutz 5&4 1-0-1 halved w/ P. Hurst,
won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2 		0-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 4&2 2.5 62.5
2009 4 3-1-0 1-0-0 def T. Elósegui 2 up 1-1-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2,
lost w/N. Gulbis 5&4 		1-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 5&4 3 75.0
2011 2 1-0-1 1-0-0 def M. Hjorth 4&2 0-0-0 0-0-1 halved w/ R. O'Toole 1.5 75.0

References

  1. ^ "First-time winner tops the field at Knob Hill Golf Club". News Transcript. August 7, 2002. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "Kim outduels Ochoa in New Jersey heat". ESPN. Associated Press. August 4, 2002. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "Christina Kim gets first win on LPGA Tour". Pittsburgh Live. UPI. September 26, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions- Final Round". Life. November 13, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  5. ^ "Kim posts second career title, wins by a stroke". ESPN. Associated Press. November 13, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "2011 Ladies Italian Open Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. October 9, 2011.
  7. ^ Kim, Christina; Shipnuck, Alan (2010). Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-60819-088-1.
  8. ^ "Christina Kim – Results". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

External links

United States Solheim Cup team โ€“ 2005
United States Solheim Cup team โ€“ 2009
United States Solheim Cup team โ€“ 2011
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