Danielle Kang

Danielle Kang
Kang at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	(1992-10-20) October 20, 1992 (age 24) San Francisco, California
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Career
College	Pepperdine University (two years)
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2012) Futures Tour (joined 2011)
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T26: 2015, 2016
Women's PGA C'ship	T22: 2013
U.S. Women's Open	T14: 2012
Women's British Open	T42: 2013
Evian Championship	T30: 2016

Danielle Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011.

Born in San Francisco, Kang grew up in southern California, and qualified for the U.S. Women's Open as a 14-year-old in 2007. She began high school at Oak Park High School and later transferred to Westlake High School early to begin college at Pepperdine University in Malibu in the spring of 2010.

She played on the Pepperdine golf team through the regular season in the spring of 2011. She was ruled academically ineligible to compete in the 2011 NCAA post-season and stated that she was not disappointed because "Pepperdine is in the past for me. I'm focusing on the future. Turning pro after the U.S. Women's Amateur."

Kang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2010 and competed in all four majors as an amateur in 2011. She made the cut in three of the majors, including the LPGA Championship, where she was the only non-professional in the field. Kang was the low amateur at the Women's British Open, finishing in a tie for 49th place. She repeated her win at the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2011 in August to become the first player in 15 years to win consecutive titles.

Kang played her first tournament as a professional at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, in September 2011. She entered on a sponsor's exemption and missed the cut. Kang entered the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School. She survived Stage II, shooting +5 (73-74-71-75=293), just above the cut line to qualify for the final stage. She finished the final stage, Stage III, of Q-School tied for 39th. This gave her conditional status (Priority List Category 20) on the LPGA Tour for 2012 She also retained membership on the Futures Tour, now known as the Symetra Tour.