Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 Yu Seon-Yeong ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her only major championship.
Amateur career Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001, she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur in addition to being a quarter-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Professional career Yoo turned professional in November 2004 and began playing the Futures Tour in 2005. Yoo won her first professional event, the Betty Puskar Golf Classic. That and ten top ten finishes in 18 events allowed Yoo to begin playing the LPGA Tour in 2006.
In September 2009 Yoo had her best ever finish on the LPGA Tour. At the end of 54 holes at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, she was tied for first with Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford. A sudden death playoff followed which was won on the second extra hole by Shin.
Yoo won her first LPGA Tour title at the 2010 Sybase Match Play Championship where she again faced Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford on the way to the title. She defeated world number one Shin, in a semifinal match 2&1 and went on to defeat Stanford 3&1 in the championship match.
On 1 April 2012, Yoo won her first major title, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. I.K. Kim had a one-foot putt on the final hole for the win but missed it, resulted in a tie with Yoo and a sudden death playoff. On the first hole of the playoff, Yoo won with a 20-foot birdie putt.
Among her fellow South Koreans on the LPGA Tour, Yoo is known as 'Course Clown'.
Professional wins (3) LPGA Tour wins (2) Legend Major championships (1) Other LPGA Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upWinner'sshare ($)123 May 2010Sybase Match Play Championship3 and 1 Angela Stanford375,00021 Apr 2012Kraft Nabisco Championship69-69-72-69=275−9Playoff I.K. Kim300,000
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12009P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Jiyai Shin Angela StanfordShin won with birdie on second extra hole22012Kraft Nabisco Championship I.K. KimWon with birdie on first extra hole32015Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Ariya Jutanugarn Kim Sei-youngKim won with birdie on first extra hole
Futures Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upWinner'sshare ($)114 Aug 2005Betty Puskar Golf Classic67-69-68=204−122 strokes Brandi Jackson9,800
Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship −9 (69-69-72-69=275) Playoff1 I.K. Kim
1 Defeated I.K. Kim in a sudden death playoff with birdie on first extra hole
Results timeline Results not in chronological order before 2018. Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018ANA InspirationCUTT12CUTT621CUTT55CUTT18T35T16U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUT33CUTT25T32CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTWDT77T49T25T20T15T5CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTWomen's British OpenT36CUTT46T33T31T7T47T25CUTT24CUTT39The Evian Championship ^ CUTT36T29CUTT64 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a 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 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 9The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3Totals 1 0 0 2 3 12 52 28 Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2010 British Open – 2012 British Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2011 British Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank200627180002T5231,4735772.536420072217000017131,0927573.06612008302500163688,9832571.6220200925230134T2614,8742371.16162010221810031655,8321671.77272011211600064476,6722572.04292012232211041781,5871771.6628201325200004T5383,7483971.5028201426180001T8261,3516172.0658201525150102T2340,3245371.995520162190001T8125,4219172.5492201722170002T6235,8987271.696820181570001T785,10010772.32104 official as of 2018 season *Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
Futures Tour summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank20051818110142,007571.426
Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004
References
External links
Profile at Yahoo! Sports Sun Young Yoo at SeoulSisters.com