Chun In-gee | |
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— Golfer — | |
Chun in 2016
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Personal information | |
Born | 10 August 1994 |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Nationality | South Korea |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Current tour(s) |
LPGA of Korea Tour LPGA Tour |
Professional wins | 13 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 2 |
Ladies European Tour | 1 |
LPGA of Japan Tour | 2 |
LPGA of Korea Tour | 9 |
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) |
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ANA Inspiration | T2: 2016 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T30: 2016 |
U.S. Women's Open | Won: 2015 |
Women's British Open | T8: 2016 |
Evian Championship | Won: 2016 |
Achievements and awards | |
LPGA of Korea Tour money list leader |
2015 |
LPGA Vare Trophy | 2016 |
LPGA Rookie of the Year | 2016 |
Chun In-gee | |
Hangul | 전인지 |
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Revised Romanization | Chŏn In-ji |
McCune–Reischauer | Jeon Inchi |
Chun In-gee (Korean: 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship. She won the 2016 Evian Championship with a score of 21 under par, which is the lowest winning score in a major tournament for either men or women.
In 2015, Chun became the first player in history to win majors on three different tours in the same calendar year. On the KLPGA Tour she won two majors, the Hite Jinro Championship and the KB Financial Star Championship, on the JLPGA she also won two majors, the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup and the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship, and on the LPGA Tour she won one major the U.S. Women's Open. By virtue of winning the 2016 Evian Championship, she joined compatriot Se Ri Pak as the only two players in LPGA Tour history to win majors as their first two LPGA Tour titles.
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Professional