Haeji Kang (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australia to pursue a golf career. She had success as a junior and amateur golfer in Australia. She was the leading amateur in the 2006 LG Bing Lee Women's NSW Open. She won the Australian Girls' Championship in 2007 and finishing in second place up at the Senior Amateur. In 2007, she received a sponsor's invitation to play in the ANZ Ladies Masters where she was the low amateur.
Professional career Kang participated in the Futures Tour qualifying tournament in the fall of 2007, finishing in 12th place. She turned professional after the qualifying tournament and played 2008 on the Futures Tour. In the 2008 season on the Futures Tour she had six top-10 finishes and one win.
Kang participated in the LPGA qualifying tournament in the fall of 2008 and finished in 29th place which gave her conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2009 and the ability to continue playing on the Futures Tour. She played in 16 tournaments on the LPGA Tour in 2009, earning enough money to secure full playing privileges on the Tour for 2010. Her best finish in her rookie year of 2009 was a T4 at the Wegmans LPGA. In her second year on the LPGA Tour, 2010, she played a full season of events with a top finish of T5 at the Sybase Match Play Championship.
Professional wins (1) Futures Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upWinner'sshare (US$)117 Aug 2008Greater Richmond Duramed Futures Classic65-72-68=205−11Playoff Sophia Sheridan14,000
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025Chevron ChampionshipT48CUTT15T5T51T51T52U.S. Women's OpenT57CUTT17T59WDT55T53Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT34T72T51T33T40CUTCUTCUTCUTT37T65CUTCUTT36CUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^T44T54CUTT62NTT35T69T70Women's British OpenCUTT31T30T47CUTCUTT20CUTT29CUTCUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 6U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 5Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 49 30 Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2011 British Open – 2013 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings(US$) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank200916100001T448,0486772.37672010191300001155,9845872.9169201116100000T1481,6914573.5076201224210014T3456,4252971.5423201325190003T5408,6413771.6232201426180012T3333,0724972.498820151980000T2944,86911573.6012420161440000T2038,53912672.58992017940001T587,16010870.84n/a201824140012T3258,7117072.0083201921130000T27116,84310472.0010020201190000T2859,12910172.1675202120150001T6221,8437871.4473202222140002T4213,6409271.618520231260000T22112,74712672.7713720242070011T3168,19310672.33119202517700113216,25210472.77131 Official as of 2025 season
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External links
Biography on seoulsisters.com