Ji-Yai Shin
| Jiyai Shin 신지애 |
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| — Golfer — | |
Shin at the 2009 HSBC Women's Champions
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jiyai Shin |
| Nickname | Final Round Queen |
| Born |
28 April 1988 South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Nationality |
 South Korea
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| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) |
KLPGA (joined 2005) JLPGA Tour (joined 2005) |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (2009–13) |
| Professional wins | 47 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 11 |
| Ladies European Tour | 5 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 15 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 21 |
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) |
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| ANA Inspiration | T5: 2010 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 3rd/T3: 2009, 2010 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T5: 2010 |
| Women's British Open | Won: 2008, 2012 |
| Evian Championship | T44: 2013 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| (For a full list of awards, see here) | |
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 Shin Ji-ae, [ɕʰin dʑi.ɛː]; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2016 golf season. Shin previously played primarily on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broken all existing KLPGA records, winning 10 events in 19 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007. In 2008, playing only 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour as a non-member, she won three events, including the Women's British Open and the ADT Championship. She has been ranked No. 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 25 weeks and was the first Asian to be ranked No. 1.
In 2005, while she was still in high school, Shin was the only amateur to win a KLPGA event that season when she won the SK Enclean Invitational. She turned professional at the end of the 2005 season.
Returning to the KLPGA as a rookie in 2006, she started her year with a pair of third-place finishes in her first two events and went on to claim three wins on the season.
2007 marked Shin's breakout year. She played 19 events on the KLPGA and won 10 of them, shattering all existing Tour records. She also ventured onto the LPGA Tour for the first time and played three of the four women's major championships. At the U.S. Women's Open she finished sixth. The next month at the Evian Masters, an event on the LPGA Tour and a major on the Ladies European Tour, she finished tied for third. Shin finished 2007 ranked 8th in the world, the highest ranked Korean of all, and the only non-LPGA member who ranked in the top ten.
Opening 2008 at the Women's World Cup of Golf, Shin and number two KLPGA player Eun-Hee Ji succumbed to the Philippines pair of Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin with a score of −16 after 3rd and final day of competition. Philippines scored −18 and received the $240,000 cheque.
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