Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality.
Kim competed in eight events in 2001 on the Futures Tour and made three cuts and a tied for second once. Shortly after her 18th birthday, Kim turned professional and competed on the 2002 Futures Tour for prize money. Kim missed just one cut in 18 starts with 12 top-ten finishes. She won her first event as a professional in August 2002 - the Hewlett-Packard Garden State Futures Summer Classic in a six-hole playoff over future LPGA Tour star Lorena Ochoa. Kim was second to Ochoa on the money list and both earned LPGA Tour cards for 2003.
Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005, 2009, and 2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.
She joined the Ladies European Tour in 2010 and competed in six events, including two that were co-sanctioned with the LPGA. She earned her first win on the LET in 2011 at the Sicilian Italian Ladies Open.
Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.
Professional wins (5) LPGA Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Sep 26, 2004Longs Drugs Challenge64-69-68-65=266−181 stroke Karrie Webb2Nov 13, 2005The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions67-67-72-67=273−151 stroke Rachel Hetherington3Nov 16, 2014Lorena Ochoa Invitational65-69-68-71=273−15Playoff Shanshan Feng
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Na Yeon Choi In-Kyung Kim Song-Hee KimChoi won with birdie on second extra hole22014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Shanshan FengWon with par on second extra hole
Ladies European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Oct 9, 2011Sicilian Ladies Italian Open−7 (70-69-70=209)4 strokes Giulia Sergas
Futures Tour wins(1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Aug 4, 2002Hewlett-Packard Garden State Futures Summer Classic66-67-66=199−14Playoff Lorena Ochoa
Futures Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12002 Hewlett-Packard Garden State Futures Summer Classic Lorena OchoaWon with birdie on sixth extra hole
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Chevron ChampionshipT28T8T3952T24CUT7Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT6T33T61T56CUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT48T22T37CUTCUTCUTT53T52Women's British OpenCUTT13T28T45T58T64T3 Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTT75T16T11CUTT42Women's PGA ChampionshipT25CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT39CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT8CUTCUTT31CUTT26T27The Evian Championship ^ T31T54T64CUTCUTT67Women's British OpenT9CUTCUTT54T31T50 Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023Chevron ChampionshipT24T19CUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT67CUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^NTT38Women's British OpenCUTCUT ^ 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 0 2 7 18 12Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 21 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 9The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5Women's British Open 0 0 1 1 2 3 15 10Totals 0 0 1 1 6 14 78 43 Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2004 Kraft Nabisco – 2005 LPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournamentsplayed Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Bestfinish Earnings ($) Moneylist rank Scoringaverage Scoringrank2001110000T48n/a74.00200328180002T4215,6324972.37552004312511061636,2901571.22192005302710161621,1491971.6621200629260003T5355,6563572.24522007292602072626,0752372.1826200830260109T2678,5982771.8532200924170014T3344,0553872.2949201024190102T2436,0502672.1738201121140000T13149,2755872.865620121980000T4938,38411074.02111201320130000T11126,5357673.071002014272211031570,3742771.6238201529240001T8234,1536972.01572016272001032411,0304572.5189201725160000T13151,6698772.33114201821130000T17121,4309471.867020192070000T1979,20911772.43120202015110003T9167,1256771.8254202120100000T16151,5149171.848820221950000T3527,65316673.0014720231370000T3145,57615972.711352024510000T773,14519472.33n/a2025400000CUT0n/a75.25n/aTotal^ 511 356 3 7 2 49 1 6,190,831 70 ^ Official as of 2025 season * Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
LET career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings(€) Order ofMerit2010640103T2108,4611620111081001163,41235 Includes events co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour (Evian Masters and Women's British Open)
Futures Tour summary Year Tournamentsplayed Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Bestfinish Earnings ($) Moneylist rank Scoringaverage Scoringrank200183013T2n/a72.092002181713212153,460271.472
Team appearances Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011 Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW-L-H SinglesW-L-H FoursomesW-L-H FourballsW-L-H Pointswon Points%Career106-2-23-0-02-1-11-1-17.070.0200542-1-11-0-0 def L. Kreutz 5&41-0-1 halved w/ P. Hurst,won w/ N. Gulbis 4&20-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 4&22.562.5200943-1-01-0-0 def T. Elósegui 2 up1-1-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2,lost w/N. Gulbis 5&41-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 5&4375.0201121-0-11-0-0 def M. Hjorth 4&20-0-00-0-1 halved w/ R. O'Toole1.575.0
References
External links
Christina Kim at SeoulSisters.com