Birthplace/Hometown – Seoul, South Korea/Seoul, South Korea
Birthdate – January 21, 1993 – currently 23 years, 1 months, 28 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour – T6th at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Rookie Year – 2015
VICTORIES
- LPGA: Fourth career victory: 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, 2015 LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, 2015 Blue Bay LPGA
- KLPGA: Has five career victories on the KLPGA
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
- Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 6th to 2nd in the race with 1,027 points
ROLEX RANKINGS
- With her victory, Sei Young is projected to jump from No. 7 to No. 5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
- Will be the second-highest ranked South Korean player in the world, trailing only No. 2 Inbee Park
- Sei Young will move from the fourth spot on Korea’s UL International Crown and Olympics teams to the second spot
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, Sei Young moves from 128th to 120th on the LPGA Career Money List with $2,237,494
- SEASON: Sei Young has earned $417,438 this season and moves from 9th to 2nd on the 2016 LPGA Tour Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- Wins the JTBC Founders Cup in only her second appearance in this event, finishing in T6 in 2015
- Sei Young ties Annika Sorenstam’s all-time LPGA scoring record in relation to par at 27-under-par, a record Sorenstam set at the 2001 Standard Register Ping at nearby Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix.
- Sei Young becomes the third different South Korean player to win in 2016
- Sei Young’s final round 62 tied the course record and lowest round in tournament history
OF NOTE
- Finished first in the 2015 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings and third in the 2015 Rolex Player of the Year standings
2016 IN A NUTSHELL
- 5 events played, 5 cuts made, $417,438, 1 win, two additional top-three finishes in five starts
2015 RECAP
- 27 events played, 25 cuts made, $1,820,056, three wins, and 8 additional top-10s
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