Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win both championships and the second player to win both in the same year.

Early life Song was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan while her father was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She was raised in South Korea and holds dual Korean and United States citizenship. While in Korea, she attended Taejon Christian International School, Daejeon, Korea, where she excelled as a student-athlete and was a striker on the school's girls' soccer team. She was among the top goal scorers in the KAIAC Conference during her sophomore year.

While growing up in South Korea, Song played golf on the Korea National Team. In 2007, she tied for low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open and was the quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2008, she again qualified for the U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur.

Amateur career Beginning in 2008, she was a member of the golf team at the University of Southern California (USC). During her freshman year at USC in 2008-2009, Song had eight top-ten finishes in ten starts and finished the season as the number three ranked player in the country. She was named Freshman of the Year, All-American, All-Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-10. She also set the all-time single-season stroke average record. In the summer of 2009, Song finished low amateur at T-13 in the U.S. Women's Open, and won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur.

In her sophomore year, she was again named All-American after tying for fifth at the NCAA Championships and leading USC to within a stroke of first place. She was voted Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and was the third-ranked golfer in the country for the second year in a row. She finished her college career with a scoring average of 71.59, as well as her 15 career rounds in the 60s, all of which set USC school records.USCTrojans.com, Song Named Pac-10 Golfer Of The Year June 2, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010 In October 2009, she accepted a sponsor's exemption to the LPGA Hana Bank Championship where she finished in 65th place out of 71 players.LPGA.com, Hana Bank KOLON Championship November 17, 2009, Retrieved June 12, 2010 In April 2010, she qualified for the Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of four majors on the LPGA Tour. She finished tied for 21st place and was the low amateur at the tournament.LPGA.com, Kraft Nabisco Championship 2010 Leaderboard April 4, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010

She finished her amateur career by representing the United States on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team.

Professional career Song turned professional immediately following the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, which concluded on June 13, 2010.Golfweek, Song's Curtis Cup motto: 'Kick some butts' June 10, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010Daily Trojan, Jennifer Song to turn pro January 30, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010 She began playing full-time on the Duramed Futures Tour, of which she had been a member since June 2009, qualifying while still an amateur. She won her first event as a professional, the 2010 Tate & Lyle Players Championship, the sole major tournament on the Futures Tour. She won again in 2010 on the Futures Tour at the Greater Richmond Golf Classic to move into fourth place on the 2010 Futures Tour money list after playing in only eight events.

She finished the 2010 season in second place on the Futures Tour money list which earned her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011. She was also named Futures Tour Rookie of the Year.

In April 2018, Song finished as a runner-up at the ANA Inspiration, losing in a sudden-death playoff. In a playoff that included Pernilla Lindberg and Inbee Park, Song was eliminated on the third extra hole, when she could only make a par to the others' birdies. Previously, on the second extra hole, Song had a putt to win the championship, but missed to the right of the hole.

Awards and honors In 2010, she earned Futures Tour Rookie of the Year honors.

Professional wins (2) Futures Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Jun 20, 2010Tate & Lyle Players Championship–19 (68-67-65-61=261)6 strokes Esther Choe2Aug 16, 2010Greater Richmond Golf Classic–12 (68-70-66=204)Playoff Jenny Shin Futures Tour major championship is shown in bold.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12018 ANA Inspiration Pernilla Lindberg Inbee ParkLindberg won with birdie on eighth extra holeSong eliminated by birdie on third hole

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Chevron ChampionshipT21LAT56U.S. Women's OpenT39LACUTT13LAT58CUTT46Women's PGA ChampionshipT30CUTWomen's British OpenCUTCUT Tournament 201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Chevron ChampionshipCUTT46T36T35T2T26CUT69CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT38CUTT55T48T25CUTT54CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT30T34T17CUTCUTT60T33CUTT68CUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^CUTT41T16T178T49CUTNTT38CUTWomen's British OpenT47T43T16CUTCUTT7CUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

LA = low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 1 0 1 1 2 13 8U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 9Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 7The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 4Totals 0 1 0 1 3 10 59 34 Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2017 Evian – 2018 ANA)

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2007110000T39n/an/a73.501n/a2008100000MCn/an/a77.501n/a2009220000T13n/an/a74.291n/a2010Yahoo! Sports, Jennifer Song LPGA Tour Results 2010 Retrieved February 5, 2011.550000T1545,4061n/a73.251n/a201115100000T1677,4217972.8960201222130001T6128,2807173.198120131750000T1836,21610873.0397201419120000T23124,4468372.1663201527160000T11260,4956772.22692016252100113390,5014671.56462017292200024423,4864871.4052201824180113T2626,2633371.44502019211600018160,5318571.78892020161200143393,8832771.0918202122160001T8208,4918271.4976202222130000T12122,13211072.2211620231870000T2754,24715572.6012720241820000T3122,55817973.561582025300000MC0n/a75.50n/a Official as of the 2025 season 1 Not a member of the LPGA in this year. Scoring average and earnings not official.

Team appearances Amateur Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners)

Curtis Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%201052–2–1 0–1–0 lost to D. McVeigh 3&2 1–0–1 halved w/ J. Johnson, won w/ S. Kono 3&11–1–0 lost w/ K. Kim 4&3, won w/ C. Clanton 2&13.060.0

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External links

USC official biography (archived)