CHRISTINA KIM
Birthdate: March 15, 1984
Birth Place: San Jose, Calif.
Age: 25 - Ht.: 5’6"
Home: San Jose, Calif.
College: De Anza Community College
Turned Professional: 2002
Joined LPGA Tour: 2003
LPGA Tour Victories: 2 - 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge, 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions The Solheim Cup (1): 2005.
Player Notes:
Started playing golf at the age of 11. Credits her father and coach Man Kim, and her mother as the individuals most influencing her career. Hobbies include yoga, reading, writing and studying history. Qualified for the LPGA Tour by finishing second on the 2002 Futures Tour season-ending money list. Kim recorded a 62 (-8) at the 2001 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, which led her to medalist honors for the stroke-play portion of the event. She played on the Futures Tour in 2001 as an amateur.
* In 2008 her best finish was a tie for second at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill. Recorded eight additional top-10 finishes including a tie for sixth at both the Safeway International presented by Coca-Cola and the Wegmans LPGA.Also finished seventh at the Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite and tied for seventh at both the Grand China Air LPGA and the Hana Bank ? KOLON Championship 2008. Carded a season-low 63 in the first round of the LPGA State Farm Classic, where she tied for ninth. Crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings with a tie for 15th at the Navistar LPGA Classic presented by MaxxForce.
* In 2007, best finish was second at the LPGA State Farm Classic and a tie for second at the Safeway Classic presented by Pepsi; crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings at the Wegmans LPGA; carded her fourth LPGA career hole-in-one at the Honda LPGA Thailand 2007.
* In 2006, best finish was a tie for fifth at the Ginn Clubs and Resort Open, where she recorded the third hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the final round.
* In 2005, won her second LPGA Tour event at The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury and became the youngest player in LPGA history to earn $1 million in her career (record has since been broken); recorded second-career hole-in-one during the final round of the Weetabix Women’s British Open; was a member of the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup Team, posting a 2-1-1 record in her first Solheim Cup appearance; played in all 30 tournaments in which she was eligible to compete, and in 95 of 96 tournaments she had been eligible for in 2003-05.
* In 2004, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Longs Drugs Challenge, where she recorded all four rounds in the 60s; on the strength of 11 birdies, tied her career-low 62 during the first round of the State Farm Classic, where she eventually finished second; recorded the first hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the first round of the Wegmans Rochester LPGA presented by Lincoln Mercury.
* In 2003, best finish was a tie for fourth at the Welch’s/Fry’s Championship, where she carded a career-low 62 in the third round.
* In March 2002, turned professional; won the Hewlett-Packard Garden State Futures Golf Classic on the Futures Tour and finished second on the Futures Tour money list to earn exempt status for the 2003 LPGA Tour season on the strength of 12 top-10 finishes in 18 events.
2001 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -1; Rounds Played - 4; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 74.00; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - T-50th at the U.S. Women’s Open
2003 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -28; Rounds Played - 84; In Money - 18; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 72.37; Money - $215,632.00 Rank (49th); Best Finish - T-4th at the Welch’s /Circle K Championship
2004 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -31; Rounds Played - 104; In Money - 25; Top-10 Finishes - 6; Scoring Average - 71.22 Rank (21st); Money - $636,490.00 Rank (15th); Best Finish - Win at the Longs Drugs Challenge
2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -30; Rounds Played - 102; In Money - 27; Top-10 Finishes - 6; Scoring Average - 71.66 Rank (21st); Money - $621,149.00 Rank (19th); Best Finish - Win at the Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions
2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -29; Rounds Played - 97; In Money - 26; Top-10 Finishes - 3; Scoring Average - 72.24 Rank (52nd); Money - $355,656.00 Rank (35th); Best Finish - T-5th at the Ginn Clubs and Resort Open
2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -28; Rounds Played - 96; In Money - 26; Top-10 Finishes - 7; Scoring Average - 72.18 Rank (26th); Money - $626,075.00 Rank (23rd); Best Finish - T-2nd at the Safeway Classic and LPGA State Farm Classic
2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -30; Rounds Played - 104; In Money - 26; Top-10 Finishes - 10; Scoring Average - 71.85 Rank (32nd); Money - $678,598.00 Rank (27th); Best Finish - T-2nd at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill
