Aree Song
| Aree Song 송아리 อารี วงศ์ลือเกียรติ |
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
1 May 1986 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Nationality |
 Thailand
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| Career | |
| College | Sung Kyun Kwan University |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2004) |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | 2nd: 2004 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T30: 2004 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 5th: 2003 |
| Women's British Open | T23: 2004 |
Aree Song (Korean: 송아리, Thai: อารี วงศ์ลือเกียรติ; rtgs: Ari Wonglue-kiat) (born Aree Wongluekiet 1 May 1986) is a Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Her father is South Korean and her mother is Thai. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a South Korean citizen, and has represented Thailand in junior team competition, but she has spent much of her life in the United States.
Song was a child prodigy, setting a number of "youngest" age records. In 1999 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship at thirteen years old, becoming the youngest player to win any United States Golf Association championship. In 2000, she tied for 10th place in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, at the age of thirteen. The same year, a few months after her fourteenth birthday, she became the youngest ever semi-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2001, she was the recipient of the Nancy Lopez Award, which is presented to the best female amateur golfer of the year. The next year she placed first individually at the World Amateur Team Championships and helped Thailand to a second-place finish. She won a number of adult amateur events in 2002 and 2003 and in the latter year she placed fifth at the U.S. Women's Open.
Song turned professional in August 2003 at the age of 17 and 3 months. She was granted an exemption from the LPGA's minimum age rule to allow her to enter the 2003 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament where she finished fifth to earn membership on the LPGA Tour for 2004. In her rookie season, she finished second at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and ended the year 28th on the money list. Song eagled the 72nd hole at the Kraft Nabisco to tie for the lead but lost by one shot when Grace Park birdied the final hole.
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