Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Birthdate: July 7, 1995; currently 23 years, 8 months and 17 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned LPGA Tour Membership by virtue of her win at the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2013/2018
VICTORIES
LPGA: Third career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2018 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship (as a non-Member)
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Ko earns 500 points and is projected to move from seventh to second in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,032 points
MONEY
With her win, Ko earns $225,000; she has earned $450,159 this season and $1,609,164 for her career
PREVIOUS BANK OF HOPE FOUNDERS CUP FINISH
2018 – T46
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Four events played, four cuts made, $450,159, one victory, two additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
Ko is the sixth different winner of the 2019 LPGA season
She is the season’s fourth winner from the Republic of Korea, joining Eun-Hee Ji, Sung Hyun Park and Amy Yang
This is her first LPGA win in the United States, joining wins in the Republic of Korea (the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship) and Australia (the 2016 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open)
Won the 2018 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award
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