Haeji Kang

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'''Haeji Kang''' (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

==Early life and amateur career== Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australia to pursue a golf career. She had success as a junior and amateur golfer in Australia. She was the leading amateur in the [http://www.alpg.com.au/index.php?page_id=tournament&season_id=21&id=168 2006 LG Bing Lee Women's NSW] Open. She won the Australian Girls' Championship in 2007 and finishing in second place up at the Senior Amateur. In 2007, she received a sponsor's invitation to play in the ANZ Ladies Masters where she was the low amateur.

==Professional career== Kang participated in the Futures Tour qualifying tournament in the fall of 2007, finishing in 12th place. She turned professional after the qualifying tournament and played 2008 on the Futures Tour. In the 2008 season on the Futures Tour she had six top-10 finishes and one win.

Kang participated in the LPGA qualifying tournament in the fall of 2008 and finished in 29th place which gave her conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2009 and the ability to continue playing on the Futures Tour. She played in 16 tournaments on the LPGA Tour in 2009, earning enough money to secure full playing privileges on the Tour for 2010. Her best finish in her rookie year of 2009 was a T4 at the Wegmans LPGA. In her second year on the LPGA Tour, 2010, she played a full season of events with a top finish of T5 at the Sybase Match Play Championship.

==Professional wins (1)== ===Futures Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of victory !Runner-up !Winner's<ref name="futurestour-bio">{{cite web |title = Futures Tour Player Biographies |publisher = LPGA Futures Tour |year = 2008 |url = http://www.lpgafuturestour.com/content/FormerPlayerBios/KangHaeji.html |accessdate = 31 March 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> share (US$) |- |align=center|1 |17 Aug 2008 |Greater Richmond Duramed Futures Classic |align=right|65-72-68=205 |align=center|−11 |Playoff |{{flagicon|MEX}} Sophia Sheridan |align=center|14,000 |}

==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T48 |CUT |T15 |style="background:yellow;"|T5 |T51 |T51 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |T57 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T17 |T59 |WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T55 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T53 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |CUT |T34 |T72 |T51 |T33 |T40 |CUT |CUT |CUT |CUT |T37 |T65 |CUT |CUT |T36 |CUT |CUT |- |align=left|The Evian Championship ^ |style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=4| |T44 |T54 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T62 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |T35 |T69 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T70 |- |align=left|Women's British Open |CUT |T31 |T30 |T47 |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T20 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T29 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |} ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013  {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} 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 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 6 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 5 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 8 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 6 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 11 || 5 |- !Totals !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 4 !! 49 !! 30 |} *Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2011 British Open – 2013 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1

==LPGA Tour career summary== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made !!Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings (US$) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoring rank |- |2009 |16 |10 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T4 |align="right"|48,048 |67 |72.37 |67 |- |2010 |19 |13 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |align="right"|55,984 |58 |72.91 |69 |- |2011 |16 |10 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T14 |align="right"|81,691 |45 |73.50 |76 |- |2012 |24 |21 |0 |0 |1 |4 |T3 |align="right"|456,425 |29 |71.54 |23 |- |2013 |25 |19 |0 |0 |0 |3 |T5 |align="right"|408,641 |37 |71.62 |32 |- |2014 |26 |18 |0 |0 |1 |2 |T3 |align="right"|333,072 |49 |72.49 |88 |- |2015 |19 |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T29 |align="right"|44,869 |115 |73.60 |124 |- |2016 |14 |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T20 |align=right|38,539 |126 |72.58 |99 |- |2017 |9 |4 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T5 |align=right|87,160 |108 |70.84 |n/a |- |2018 |24 |14 |0 |0 |1 |2 |T3 |align=right|258,711 |70 |72.00 |83 |- |2019 |21 |13 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T27 |align=right|116,843 |104 |72.00 |100 |- |2020 |11 |9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T28 |align=right|59,129 |101 |72.16 |75 |- |2021 |20 |15 |0 |0 |0 |1 |T6 |align=right|221,843 |78 |71.44 |73 |- |2022 |22 |14 |0 |0 |0 |2 |T4 |align=right|213,640 |92 |71.61 |85 |- |2023 |12 |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |T22 |align=right|112,747 |126 |72.77 |137 |- |2024 |20 |7 |0 |0 |1 |1 |T3 |align=right|168,193 |106 |72.33 |119 |- |2025 |17 |7 |0 |0 |1 |1 |3 |align=right|216,252 |104 |72.77 |131 |} * Official as of 2025 season<ref>{{cite web |title=Haeji Kang – Results |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/haeji-kang/87949/results |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{LPGA player|haeji-kang/87949}} *{{WWGR|2781}} *[http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/misc/haeji.htm Biography on seoulsisters.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, Haeji}} Category:South Korean female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Seoul Category:South Korean emigrants to New Zealand Category:South Korean emigrants to Australia Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century South Korean sportswomen