Amy Yang
| Amy Yang 양희영 |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Yang at the 2009 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
28 July 1989 Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea
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| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | None |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (joined 2008) Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006) |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 2 |
| Ladies European Tour | 3 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T4: 2012 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 2013 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 2nd: 2012, 2015 |
| Women's British Open | 4th: 2011 |
| Evian Championship | T8: 2015 |
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (Korean: 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Yang began playing golf at age 10 in her native Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.
In 2005 she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 16 years, 192 days.
After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.
Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.
In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.
That December, she returned to the LPGA Qualifying School, this time earning full playing status for 2009 by finishing second in the five-round event.
On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.
On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA Tour championship at the Honda LPGA Thailand.
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