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Revision as of 06:21, 4 August 2021

In this Korean name, the family name is Ko.

Ko Jin-young
Personal information
Born (1995-07-07) 7 July 1995 (age 29)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)
Sporting nationality Südkorea
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins19
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour8
Ladies European Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour11
ALPG Tour1
Other1222846368
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT2: 2020
Women's British Open2nd: 2015
Evian ChampionshipWon: 2019
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year2019
LPGA Vare TrophyHeee heee2019
LPGA Rookie of the Year2018
LPGA Tour
Leading money winner		2019, 2020
Race to the CME Globe2020
Rolex Annika Major Award2019
Ko Jin-young
Hangul
고진영
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGo Jinyeong
McCune–ReischauerKo Chinyŏng

Ko Jin-young (Korean: 고진영; Hanja: 高眞榮;, 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 Open, and had won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.[1]

Having become a member of the LPGA Tour for the 2018 season, she won her opening tournament in February – the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open – as only the second player in LPGA history to win in her first tournament as a Tour member.[1] With 13 top-10 finishes out of 25 tournaments played in 2018, she was named the LPGA Rookie of the Year,[1][2] and completed the 2018 season as the 10th-ranked female player in the world.

In 2019, she won her first two LPGA major championships at the ANA Inspiration and the Evian Championship. Ko completed the 2019 season with the official money title ($2,773,894), the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average (69.06), and was named LPGA Player of the Year.[3] In 2020, she won the LPGA official money title ($1,667,925) having played in only four tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and finished the season as the number one ranked player in the world.

Professional career

2013–2017

Having become a professional in 2013 at age 18, Ko won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour over the period 2014 to 2017, winning the Nefs Masterpiece in August 2014 as her first professional victory. In 2015, she was second at the Ricoh Women's British Open.[4] Ko won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship,[5] after which she announced her plans to join the LPGA Tour in 2018.[6]

2018

Ko played in 25 LPGA Tour events in 2018, missing only one cut and finishing in the top 10 of 13 tournaments.[7] In February, she won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.[8] For the 2018 season, the LPGA named Ko the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.[1]

2019

On 24 March 2019, Ko won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour, and on 7 April 2019, she won her first LPGA major championship – the ANA Inspiration.[9] The victory elevated Ko to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[10]

On 28 July 2019, Ko clinched her second major title of the season, firing a final round 4-under 67 in the rain to win the Evian Championship by two shots with a 15-under total of 269.[11]

On 25 August 2019, Ko won the Canadian Women's Open in Aurora, Ontario. She shot a tournament record −26 (262) and won by 5 strokes. She did not make a bogey for the entire 72 hole tournament.[12] Ko went bogey-free for a tour-record 114 holes, ending her streak at the Cambia Portland Classic.[13]

Having won the season's money title and Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, Ko was named the LPGA Rolex Player of the Year for 2019.[3]

2020

On 20 December 2020, Ko won the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida.

2021

On 4 July 2021, Ko won the Volunteers of America Classic in The Colony, Texas.

Professional wins (19)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (11)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 17 Aug 2014 Nefs Masterpiece 71-70-70-70=281 −7 1 stroke Südkorea Cho Yoon-ji
2 26 Apr 2015 Nexen-Saint Nine Masters 70-65-68=203 −13 1 stroke Südkorea Lee Seung-hyun
3 10 May 2015 KyoChon Honey Ladies Open 70-68-70=208 −11 3 strokes Südkorea Bae Seon-woo
4 12 Jul 2015 Chojung Sparkling-Yongpyong Resort Open 67-67-69=203 −13 1 stroke Südkorea Kim Ye-jin
5 1 May 2016 KG-Edaily Ladies Open 64-68-69=201 −15 1 stroke Südkorea Kim Min-sun
6 17 Jun 2016 BMW Ladies Championship 65-68-72-70=275 −13 2 strokes Südkorea Jung Hee-won
7 9 Oct 2016 Hite Jinro Championship 70-66-74-70=280 −8 6 strokes Südkorea Cho Jeong-min
8 13 Aug 2017 Jeju Samdasoo Masters 67-66-66=199 −17 4 strokes Südkorea Kim Hae-rym
9 17 Sep 2017 BMW Ladies Championship 69-68-67-68=272 −12 1 strokes Südkorea Heo Yoon-kyung
10 15 Oct 2017 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship1 68-67-66-68=269 −19 2 strokes Südkorea Park Sung-hyun
11 13 Oct 2019 Hite Jinro Championship 71-71-71-72=285 −3 1 stroke Südkorea Choi Hye-jin, Südkorea Kim Ji-yeong,
Südkorea Lee So-mi, Südkorea Na Hee-won

1 Co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour

LPGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 15 Oct 2017 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship1 68-67-66-68=269 −19 2 strokes Südkorea Park Sung-hyun
2 18 Feb 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Women's Open 65-69-71-69=274 −14 3 strokes Südkorea Choi Hye-jin
3 24 Mar 2019 Bank of Hope Founders Cup 65-72-64-65=266 –22 1 stroke Spanien Carlota Ciganda
Vereinigte Staaten Jessica Korda
Vereinigte Staaten Nelly Korda
China Yu Liu
4 7 Apr 2019 ANA Inspiration 69-71-68-70=278 –10 3 strokes Südkorea Lee Mi-hyang
5 28 Jul 2019 The Evian Championship 65-71-66-67=269 −15 2 strokes China Shanshan Feng
Südkorea Kim Hyo-joo
Vereinigte Staaten Jennifer Kupcho
6 25 Aug 2019 CP Women's Open 66-67-65-64=262 −26 5 strokes Dänemark Nicole Broch Larsen
7 20 Dec 2020 CME Group Tour Championship 68-67-69-66=270 −18 5 strokes Australien Hannah Green Südkorea Kim Sei-young
8 4 Jul 2021 Volunteers of America Classic 63-70-66-69=268 −16 1 stroke Finnland Matilda Castren

1 Co-sanctioned with KLPGA Tour

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2019 ANA Inspiration 1 shot lead −10 (69-71-68-70=278) 3 strokes Südkorea Lee Mi-hyang
2019 The Evian Championship 4 shot deficit –15 (65-71-66-67=269) 2 strokes China Shanshan Feng, Südkorea Kim Hyo-joo
Vereinigte Staaten Jennifer Kupcho

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration T71 CUT T64 1 T7
U.S. Women's Open T15 T17 T16 T2 T7
Women's PGA Championship T11 T14 T46
The Evian Championship 28 T39 T26 1 NT T60
Women's British Open 2 CUT 3
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 4
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 1 2 5 5 5
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
The Evian Championship 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 5
Women's British Open 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2
Totals 2 2 1 5 7 12 20 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2018 Evian – 2021 Evian, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 5 (2019 Evian – 2021 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Birdies
(rank)		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2018 25 24 1 1 1 13 1 374
(7) 		1,159,005 10 69.81 3
2019 22 22 4 3 2 12 1 348
(14) 		2,773,894 1 69.06 1
2020 4 4 1 1 0 3 1 52
(128) 		1,667,925 1 69.69 n/a
2021 ^ 12 11 1 1 6 1 159
(37) 		803,185 11 70.10 11

^ Official as of 25 July 2021[14]

World rank

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

Year World
ranking		 Source
2018 10 [15]
2019 1 [16]
2020 1 [17]
2021 2 ^ [18]

^ As of 26 July 2021

Team appearances

Professional

  • The Queens (representing Korea): 2015, 2016 (winners), 2017

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jin Young Ko, Bio". LPGA. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Nichols, Beth Ann (23 October 2018). "Jin Young Ko clinches LPGA Rookie of the Year award". Golfweek. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Jin Young Ko Captures Vare Trophy and Official Money Title at CME Group Tour Championship". LPGA. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Inbee Park Wins Women's British Open, Captures 4th Different Major". Golf.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Ko wins LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship". Fox Sports Asia. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. ^ Lamport-Stokes, Mark (22 November 2017). "Jin Young Ko makes decision to take up LPGA Tour membership in 2018". LPGA. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Jin Young Ko, 2018 Results". LPGA. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  8. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (18 February 2018). "Jin Young Ko posts wire-to-wire win at Women's Australian Open". Golfweek. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Jin Young Ko wins ANA Inspiration for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". Rolex. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season". CBC Sports. 28 July 2019.
  12. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (25 August 2019). "Jin Young Ko wins CP Women's Open for fourth title of the season". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  13. ^ Mell, Randall (29 August 2019). "J.Y. Ko passes Tiger, but bogey-free run ends at 114 holes". Golf Channel.
  14. ^ "Jin Young Ko statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 July 2021.
Awards
Preceded by World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
8 April 2019 – 30 June 2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
29 July 2019 – 27 June 2021 		Succeeded by
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