Amy Yang

{{Short description|South Korean golfer (born 1989)}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Amy Yang 양희영 | image = 2009 Women's British Open - Amy Yang (1).jpg | imagesize = 225px | caption = Yang at the 2009 Women's British Open | fullname = Yang Hee-Young | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|7|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | death_date =  | death_place = | height = 5 ft 8 in | weight = | nationality = {{KOR}} | residence = Orlando, Florida, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = None | yearpro = 2006 | tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2008) Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006) | extour =  | prowins = 9 | lpgawins = 6 | letwins = 3 | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins = 2 | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins =  | otherwins =  | majorwins = 1 | nabisco = T4: 2012, 2023 | lpga = '''Won''': 2024 | wusopen = 2nd: 2012, 2015 | wbritopen = 4th/T4: 2011, 2023 | evian = T8: 2015 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = Race to the CME Globe | year1 = 2023 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  | module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes | signature = Amy_Yang_signature.jpg }} }} '''Amy Yang''', also known as '''Yang Hee-Young''' ({{langx|ko|양희영}}, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States–based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

==Early life and amateur career== At the age of 10, Yang began playing golf in South Korea. She moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005, she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age {{Age in years and days|1989|7|28|2006|2|5}} (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul in July 2017).

==Professional career== After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.<ref name="earthquake"> {{cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = Wie shoots 67, but Yang wins tournament | newspaper = The Globe and Mail | date = 2 June 2008 | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080602.GOLF02-3/TPStory/Sports | access-date = 6 June 2008 }} </ref>

That December, she returned to the LPGA Qualifying School, this time earning full playing status for 2009 by finishing second in the five-round event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3752292 |title=Wie ties for seventh with 2-over 74; Lewis is medalist with 3-under 69 |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN |date=7 December 2008 |access-date=7 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209005910/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3752292 |archive-date=9 December 2008 |url-status= live}}</ref>

On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.<ref>[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/10/20/95/0702000000AEN20131020001500315F.html Amy Yang takes maiden LPGA title on home soil in playoff]</ref>

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA tournament at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a title she won for a second and third time in 2017 and 2019 respectively.<ref>[http://www.lpga.com/news/nc15-thailand-final-round-notes Yang wins the 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand]</ref>

On 24 June 2024, Yang won her first major title at the Women's PGA Championship in her 75th major start.

==Personal life== In the fall of 2007, her family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.<ref name="orlandomove"> {{cite news | agency = Associated Press | title = Amy Yang sets course record to take lead after 3rd round of Ladies German Open | newspaper= International Herald Tribune | date = 31 May 2008 | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/31/sports/EU-SPT-GLF-Ladies-German-Open.php | access-date = 6 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603085905/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/31/sports/EU-SPT-GLF-Ladies-German-Open.php |archive-date=3 June 2008 |url-status= live}} </ref>

==Professional wins (10)==

===LPGA Tour wins (6)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Legend |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |Major championships (1) |- |Other LPGA Tour (5) |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of victory !Runner(s)-up !Winner's share ($) |- |align=center|1 |align=right|20 Oct 2013 |LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship |align=right|67-71-69=207 |align=center|−9 |Playoff |{{flagicon|KOR}} Hee-kyung Seo |align=center|285,000 |- |align=center|2 |align=right|1 Mar 2015 |Honda LPGA Thailand |align=right|67-66-71-69=273 |align=center|−15 |2 strokes |{{flagicon|KOR}} Mirim Lee {{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis {{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng |align=center|225,000 |- |align=center|3 |align=right|26 Feb 2017 |Honda LPGA Thailand (2) |align=right|66-67-65-68=266 |align=center|−22 |5 strokes |{{flagicon|KOR}} Ryu So-yeon |align=center|240,000 |- |align=center|4 |align=right|24 Feb 2019 |Honda LPGA Thailand (3) |align=right|69-66-66-65=266 |align=center|−22 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|AUS}} Minjee Lee |align=center|240,000 |- |align=center|5 |align=right|19 Nov 2023 |CME Group Tour Championship |align=right|68-63-64-66=261 |align=center|−27 |3 strokes |{{flagicon|JPN}} Nasa Hataoka {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Lee |align=center|2,000,000 |-style="background:#e5d1cb;" |align=center|6 |align=right|23 Jun 2024 |'''Women's PGA Championship''' |align=right|70-68-71-72=281 |align=center|−7 |3 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Lilia Vu {{flagicon|KOR}} Ko Jin-young {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyū Yamashita |align=center|1,560,000 |- |}

'''LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#F08080;" |align=center|1 |2011 |Walmart NW Arkansas Championship |{{flagicon|TAI}} Yani Tseng |Lost to birdie on first extra hole |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|2 |2013 |LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship |{{flagicon|KOR}} Hee-Kyung Seo |Won with birdie on first extra hole |}

===Ladies European Tour (3)=== *2006 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (as an amateur) *2008 (2) Ladies German Open, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hellsten |first=CM |date=September 2001 |title=Annikas avsked, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika |trans-title=Annika's farewell, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika |url=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/gfxxbkch/paper/98#/paper/gfxxbkch/107 |magazine=Svensk Golf |language=sv |page=98 |number=10/2008 |accessdate=2023-09-01}}</ref>

===KLPGA Tour (2)=== *2011 (1) KB Star Championship *2013 (1) LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship (co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour)

==Major championships== ===Wins (1)=== {|class="wikitable" !Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up |-style="background:#D8BFD8;" | 2024 ||Women's PGA Championship || 2 shot lead || −7 (70-68-71-72=281) || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|KOR}} Ko Jin-young {{flagicon|USA}} Lilia Vu {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyū Yamashita |}

===Results timeline=== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 !! 2026 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T27 |T19 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |T32 |style="background:yellow;"|10 |T29 |T14 |style="background:yellow;"|T8 |CUT |T26 |T15 |T50 |T39 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |T46 |T52 |T59 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T50 |CUT |T34 |style="background:yellow;"|T5 |style="background:yellow;"|T10 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |T50 |style="background:yellow;"|4 |style="background:yellow;"|2 |style="background:yellow;"|T3 |style="background:yellow;"|T8 |CUT |CUT |CUT |T54 |CUT |T33 |CUT |T36 | |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T9 |T14 |T12 |CUT |style="background:yellow;"|T5 |CUT |T26 |style="background:yellow;"|7 |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |T11 |T21 |T37 |style="background:yellow;"|T9 |CUT |T36 |style="background:lime;"|'''1''' |CUT | |- |align=left|The Evian Championship ^ |style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=7| |T67 |T54 |style="background:yellow;"|T8 |T14 |T48 |T49 |T44 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:yellow;"|T10 |T19 |T36 |T63 |T56 | |- |align=left|Women's British Open |T60LA |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |style="background:yellow;"|T5 |style="background:yellow;"|4 |T26 |CUT |T21 |T36 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T30 |T35 |CUT |T51 |CUT |CUT |style="background:yellow;"|T4 |T37 |T50 | |} ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. {{legend|lime|Win}} {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} LA = low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied

===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 7 || 17 || 16 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 7 || 7 || 19 || 13 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 6 || 10 || 17 || 14 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 12 || 12 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 18 || 12 |- !Totals !! 1 !! 2 !! 1 !! 13 !! 22 !! 32 !! 83 !! 66 |} *Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2014 Evian – 2017 Evian) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

==LPGA Tour career summary== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year !! Events Played !! Cuts Made !! Wins !! 2nds !! 3rds !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring Average !! Rank |- |2006 |2 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T52 |n/a |n/a |74.38 |n/a |- |2007 |2 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T50 |align="right"|17,100 |n/a |74.38 |n/a |- |2008 |7 |5 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T9 |align="right"|60,834 |129 |72.46 |n/a |- |2009 |23 |19 |0 |0 |1 |2 |T3 |align="right"|302,816 |45 |71.68 |29 |- |2010 |22 |22 |0 |1 |0 |6 |2 |align="right"|765,929 |14 |71.09 |13 |- |2011 |22 |20 |0 |2 |0 |7 |2 |align="right"|912,160 |10 |71.12 |10 |- |2012 |22 |20 |0 |1 |0 |5 |2 |align="right"|844,305 |13 |71.04 |12 |- |2013 |22 |19 |1 |0 |0 |6 |1 |align="right"|719,481 |18 |70.76 |13 |- |2014 |21 |18 |0 |1 |0 |5 |T2 |align="right"|618,180 |25 |71.60 |37 |- |2015 |23 |21 |1 |2 |0 |10 |1 |align="right"|1,438,312 |6 |70.51 |10 |- |2016 |22 |22 |0 |2 |4 |9 |T2 |align="right"|1,152,686 |13 |70.09 |7 |- |2017 |23 |22 |1 |1 |0 |6 |1 |align=right|991,855 |18 |70.35 |20 |- |2018 |23 |19 |0 |0 |3 |8 |3 |align=right|809,492 |24 |70.24 |13 |- |2019 |23 |21 |1 |0 |2 |6 |1 |align=right|941,956 |17 |70.02 |12 |- |2020 |13 |10 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T12 |align=right|171,438 |66 |71.93 |63 |- |2021 |22 |16 |0 |0 |1 |6 |T3 |align=right|548,544 |37 |70.73 |34 |- |2022 |20 |14 |0 |0 |0 |3 |T4 |align=right|439,097 |58 |70.42 |24 |- |2023 |20 |16 |1 |0 |1 |5 |1 |align=right|3,165,834 |2 |70.49 |24 |- |2024 |22 |15 |1 |0 |0 |2 |1 |align=right|1,965,409 |12 |71.31 |56 |- |2025 |19 |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T11 |align=right|269,263 |90 |71.84 |96 |- !Totals^ !369 (2008)  !313 (2008)  !6  !10  !12  !87  !1  !align=right|16,117,591  !8  ! ! |}

Official as of 2025 season<ref>{{cite web |access-date=December 23, 2025 |title=Amy Yang results |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/amy-yang/82901/results}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=December 23, 2025 |title=Amy Yang stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/amy-yang/82901/stats}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=December 23, 2025}}</ref> <nowiki>*</nowiki> Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

==World ranking== Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! World ranking !! Source |- | 2013 || 15 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2013-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2013}}</ref> |- | 2014 || 23 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2014-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> |- | 2015 || 8 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2015-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> |- | 2016 || 12 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2016-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 26, 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017 || 15 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2017-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2017}}</ref> |- | 2018 || 25 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 31, 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019 || 20 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> |- | 2020 || 44 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> |- | 2021 || 60 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 27, 2021}}</ref> |- | 2022 || 82 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 26, 2022}}</ref> |- | 2023 || 16 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> |- | 2024 || 12 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> |- | 2025 || 79 || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2025-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=29 December 2025}}</ref> |}

==Team appearances== '''Professional''' *International Crown (representing South Korea): 2016

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{LPGA player|amy-yang/82901}} *{{WWGR|2418}}  *[http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/misc/amy.htm Seoul Sisters Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110718120912/http://www.worldsportspictures.com/golf/amy_yang.php Amy Yang Pictures]

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