Jiyai Shin
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| Jiyai Shin | |
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 Jiyai Shin at the 2009 HSBC Women's Champions | |
| 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 |
| Career | |
| College | Yonsei University |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2009) KLPGA (joined 2005) JLPGA Tour (joined 2005) |
| Professional wins | 30 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 6 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 1 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 20 |
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1) | |
| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T15: 2007 |
| LPGA Championship | 3rd: 2009 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 6th: 2007 |
| Women's British Open | Won: 2008 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| KLPGA Best Amateur | 2005 |
| KLPGA Rookie of the Year | 2005 |
| KLPGA Player of the Year | 2007, 2008 |
| LPGA Rookie of the Year | 2009 |
| LPGA Leading Money Winner | 2009 |
- This is a Korean name; the family name is Shin .
Jiyai Shin, also known as Ji-Yai Shin (Hangul:born April 28, 1988), is a professional golfer currently playing 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.
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Career
Amateur
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.
Professional
2006
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
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 after holding the tournament lead going into the final round. The next month at the Evian Masters, an event on the LPGA Tour an 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.
2008
Opening 2008 at the Women's World Cup of Golf, Shin and number two KLPGA player Eun-Hee JiPhilippines 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. succumbed to the
Shin then played at the Women's Australian Open where she finished 2nd, losing to Karrie Webb in a playoff.[1]
Shin won the Women's British Open in Berkshire, England for her first LPGA Tour and major win. This made her the first non-member of the LPGA to win a major since Laura Davies won the U.S. Women's Open in 1987. She won the 2008 Mizuno Classic in November, shooting scores of 68, 66 and 67. She was six shots ahead of the next competitor to win at -15 (201), to notch her second LPGA career win. Two weeks later she won the ADT Championship, the culminating event in the season-long LPGA playoff series, and claimed the $1 million prize. She became the first-ever non-LPGA member to win three LPGA tournaments.
Shin was the first non-LPGA member to ever win three tournaments.
Shin has endorsement deals with Mirae Asset & PRGR Golf.
2009
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Shin's wins in LPGA Tour events in 2008 qualified her for LPGA membership in 2009 (one win would have been sufficient). She got off to a slow start as an LPGA member, missing her first cut ever in an LPGA tournament at the season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay. She rebounded and won the third event of the season, the limited field HSBC Women's Champions, scoring 66 in both the third and fourth rounds. She won again in June at the full-field Wegmans LPGA tournament[2]and in September at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. By the first week of November she officially clinched the LPGA Rookie of the Year award.
Professional wins (30)
LPGA Tour (6)
- 2008 (3) Women's British Open, Mizuno Classic, ADT Championship
- 2009 (3) HSBC Women's Champions, Wegmans LPGA, P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship
LPGA majors are shown in bold.
Wins in 2008 were prior to becoming an LPGA member.
Wins in 2008 were prior to becoming an LPGA member.
KLPGA Tour (20)
- 2005 (1) SK Energy Invitational (as an amateur)
- 2006 (3) Taeyoung Cup Korea Women`s Open, PAVV Invitational, Orient China Ladies` Open
- 2007 (9) MBC Tour MC Square Cup, Hill State Ladies` Open, MBC Tour BC Card Classic KB Star Tour in Pohang, KB Star Tour in Chungcheong, SK Energy Invitational, Samsung Finance Ladies` Championship, Inter-Burgo Masters, ADT-CAPS Championship,
- 2008 (7) Orient China Ladies` Open Presented by Samsung,Woori Investment & Securities Ladies` Championship, Taeyoung Cup Korea Women`s Open, BC Card Classic, Shinsegae KLPGA Championship, Hite Cup, KB Star Tour in Incheon
KLPGA majors are shown in bold.
Ladies Asian Golf Tour (2 )
Japan LPGA Tour (3)
- 2008 (2) Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies` Cup, Mizuno Classic
- 2009 (1) Masters GC Ladies
Major Championships (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Women's British Open | -18 (66-68-70-66=270) | 3 strokes |  Yani Tseng |
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T15 | T31 | T21 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | 3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 6 | T19 | T13 |
| Women's British Open | T28 | 1 | T8 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 63,719 | n/a | 70.33 | n/a |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | T3 | 346,259 | n/a | 71.76 | n/a |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1,682,976 | n/a | 70.73 | n/a |
| 2009 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1,807,334* | 1 | 70.26 | 2 |
*Shin's $24,349 earnings at the 2009 Honda LPGA Thailand were considered unofficial under LPGA rules and are not included in this total
Personal life
In 2004, Shin's mother was killed in a car accident. Her younger brother and sister were seriously injured and spent nearly a year in a hospital. Spent some time living in The Philippines prior to winning her first tournament at 17. Her mom's death insurance money funded the beginning of her golf career.