Tiffany Joh | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
December 8, 1986
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Nationality | United States |
Residence | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Career | |
College | UCLA (graduated 2009) |
Turned professional | 2009 |
Current tour(s) |
Symetra Tour (joined 2009) LPGA Tour (joined 2011) |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Symetra Tour | 2 |
Best results in LPGA major championships |
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ANA Inspiration | T16: 2014 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T17: 2016 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
Women's British Open | T30: 2011 |
Evian Championship | T43: 2016 |
Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour.
Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the United States as adults. She attended Rancho Bernardo High School where she earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-America honors.
In 2006 and 2008, Joh won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. She is one of five players in the history of the tournament to win the tournament twice. She was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team
In August 2007, she finished tied for 21st at the Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.
Joh attended UCLA where she was a member of the golf team for all four years, from 2005 through her graduation in 2009. She was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st Team in 2006 and 2008) and four-time All-American, and was a seven-time member of the Director's Honor Roll at UCLA, awarded to student athletes with a 3.0 or higher grade point average.
In 2006-07, her sophomore year, she won the Pac-10 title. She was the Pac-10 player of the year twice, in 2006–07 and in 2007-08.
At the 2008 NCAA Division I Golf Championship (May 20–23), Joh lost in a playoff to Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State for the individual championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after they tied at 287 (−1). Joh was named 2008 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and captured her third All-America nod from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) after leading the Bruins in every statistical category during the 2008 season. She was ranked among the nation's top five players all season.