Kang Ji-min (, born 28 January 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played primarily on the LPGA Tour.
Kang had a distinguished amateur career including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur.1999 U.S. Women's Amateur She attended Arizona State University. She turned professional in 2002.
Kang played on the Futures Tour from 2002 to 2004, winning three times. In 2004, she won the Player of the Year honors and the money list title to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2005.
Kang won the 2005 LPGA Corning Classic, which included a hole-in-one at the short 15th hole in the final round.
In 2013, Kang was forced to take time off from golf after her immune system shut down and played the 2014 on the LPGA Tour and 2015 seasons on the Symetra Tour. She returned to Arizona State for her degree and earned her LPGA teaching certification in 2018. Kang qualified for the 2019 Women's PGA Championship via a qualifying tournament reserved for LPGA teaching and club professionals and finished T78, the only one to make the cut.
Professional wins (7) LPGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up129 May 2005LPGA Corning Classic−15 (69-70-68-66=273)2 strokes Meena Lee Annika Sörenstam224 Oct 2010Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia−9 (70-69-65=204)1 stroke Juli Inkster
Symetra Tour wins (4) 2002 M&T Bank Loretto Futures Golf Classic 2004 Greater Tampa Duramed Futures Classic, Betty Puskar Golf Classic 2015 Mission Health Wellness Classic, Decatur-Forsyth Classic (unofficial, shortened to 18 holes)
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2019. Tournament 1999 2000 ANA InspirationCUTLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTdu Maurier Classic Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012ANA InspirationT4526CUTT8T27T18CUTLPGA ChampionshipT33WDT36T25CUTT7T25CUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT1668T17CUTT21Women's British Open ^CUTT28T59CUTT27WDCUT Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019ANA InspirationCUTT46U.S. Women's OpenWDCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT62T78The Evian Championship *Women's British Open ^ ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001. * The Evian Championship became an LPGA major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut. WD = withdrew "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 6U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 4Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3Totals 0 0 0 0 2 8 39 18 Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2007 ANA – 2007 British) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
References
External links
Jimin Kang at 2009 U.S. Women's Open (archived)