Yani Tseng Biography

Yani Tseng

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Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Yani Tseng
Born	23 January 1989 (age 21) Taiwan(1989-01-23)
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	Taiwan
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	none
Turned professional	2007
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2008)
Former tour(s)	Ladies Asian Golf Tour (joined 2007)
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Ladies Asian Golf Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T17: 2009
LPGA Championship	Won: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T42: 2008
Women's British Open	2: 2008
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year	2008

Yani Tseng (traditional Chinese: 曾雅妮) (born 23 January 1989) is a professional golfer from Taiwan currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Tseng was the top-ranked amateur in Taiwan from 2004 to 2006. The highlight of her amateur career was winning the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, defeating Michelle Wie in the final, 1 up.

• 2003 Won - Callaway Junior Golf Championship
• 2004 2nd place - Callaway Junior Golf Championship
• 2004 Won - U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
• 2005 Won - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship
• 2005 Semi-finalist - U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
• 2005 2nd place - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship

Professional career

Tseng turned professional in January 2007. She competed on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and won the DLF Women’s Indian Open. She also competed on the CN Canadian Women’s Tour, where she won the CN Canadian Women’s Tour at Vancouver Golf Club.

After finishing sixth in the final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in December 2007, Tseng earned full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2008. In June 2008, she claimed her first LPGA tour victory — the LPGA Championship — to become the first player from Taiwan to win an LPGA major tournament. At age 19, she was also the youngest player to win the LPGA Championship and the second-youngest player to win an LPGA major.

Tseng was named LPGA Rookie of the Year in 2008.

On March 29, 2009, Tseng became the fastest player in LPGA history to reach the $2 million mark in career earnings. She achieved this point in 32 events, spanning 1 year, 1 month, and 13 days. The previous record holder was Paula Creamer who reached the mark in 1 year, 4 months, and 15 days in 2006.

Personal life

Tseng lives in Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida in a house previously owned by LPGA great Annika Sorenstam. Tseng purchased the house from Sorenstam in April 2009.

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour (2)

• 2008 (1) LPGA Championship
• 2009 (1) LPGA Corning Classic

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Other (2)

• 2007 (2) DLF Women’s Indian Open (Ladies Asian Golf Tour) and CN Canadian Women’s Tour at Vancouver Golf Club (CN Canadian Women’s Tour)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score
2008	LPGA Championship	276 (-12)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	T21	T17
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	1	T23
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	T42	CUT
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	2	T20

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Official Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	T33	n/a	n/a	71.50	n/a
2005	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	77.00	n/a
2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	76.00	n/a
2007	1	1	0	0	0	1	T6	64,909	n/a	69.00	n/a
2008	27	26	1	5	2	10	1	1,752,086	3	70.77	4
2009	25	24	1	3	0	12	1	1,236,625	7	70.45	6

Anna Nordqvist Biography

Anna Nordqvist

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Anna Nordqvist
Anna Nordqvist at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born	10 June 1987 (age 22) Eskilstuna, Sweden(1987-06-10)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College	Arizona State University (2.5 years)
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2009) Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	DNP
LPGA Championship	Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open	T26: 2009
Women's British Open	T42 2008
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year	2009

Anna Maria Nordqvist (born 10 June 1987 in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County) is a Swedish professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Anna Nordqvist was a successful amateur golfer in both Europe and the United States. Whilst based in Europe she was Swedish Junior Player of the Year (2004,2005), Swedish Amateur of the Year (2005), British Girls’ Open Amateur Champion (2005), bronze medallist at the European Championship (2005), runner-up at the British Amateur Championship (2006) and part of the successful Swedish team at the European Team Amateur.

In 2007 in her freshman year at Arizona State University she was Pacific Athletic Conference (Pac-10) co-Champion and was named National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Freshman of the Year, (Pac-10) Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. NGCA First-Team All-American and Academic All-American honours were gained in both 2007 and 2008. She was runner-up at the British Amateur Championship in 2007 and finally won the championship in her third successive final in 2008.2008 saw her tie for fifth at the 2008 NCAA Championships and be a member of the victorious Swedish team at the World Amateur Team Championships.She made the cut at both the 2007 and 2008 RICOH Women’s British Open and earned the Smyth Salver for low amateur honours in 2008.

At the end of the 2008 season she tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and turned professional immediately following the final round. In January 2009 she won the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School.

Professional career

In only her fifth start on the LPGA, Nordqvist won her first professional tournament and major, the 2009 LPGA Championship.This led to her selection as a captain's pick for the 2009 Solheim Cup.In 2009 she also won the LPGA Tour Championship.

Personal life

Nordqvist currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (2)

• 2009 (2) LPGA Championship, LPGA Tour Championship

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Major Championships (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score
2009	LPGA Championship	273 (-15)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	1
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	DNP	T26
Women's British Open	T58	T42LA	T51

DNP = did not play
LA = Low Amateur
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
2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	T58	n/a	n/a	76.50	n/a
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	T42	n/a	n/a	71.25	n/a
2009	17	17	2	0	0	5	1	871,785	15	70.78	12

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	4somes W-L-H	4balls W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	4	2-2-0	0-1-0	1-1-0	1-0-0	2	50.0%
2009	4	2-2-0	0-1-0 lost to M. Pressel 3&2	1-1-0 won w/M. Hjorth 3&2, lost w/M. Hjorth 1dn	1-0-0 won w/S. Pettersen 1 up	2	50.0%

Suzann Pettersen Biography

Suzann Pettersen

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Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Suzann Pettersen
Nickname	Tutta
Born	April 7, 1981 (age 28) Oslo, Norway(1981-04-07)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Norway
Residence	Orlando, Florida, USA
Career
College	none
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2003) LET (joined 2001)
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	6
Ladies European Tour	4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T2: 2007, 2008
LPGA Championship	Won 2007
U.S. Women's Open	T6: 2009
Women's British Open	24: 2002
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year	2001

Suzann "Tutta" Pettersen (born April 7, 1981, Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian professional golferLPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. who plays mainly on the U.S. based

Amateur career

Pettersen was a successful amateur golfer. She is a five-time Norwegian Amateur Champion (1996-2000) and won the British Girls Championship in 1999.She represented Norway in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1998 and 2000, becoming World Amateur Champion in her second appearance.She also represented Europe in the 1997 and 1999 Junior Ryder Cup Matches.

Professional career

Pettersen turned professional in September 2000 and gained her LET Tour card with an 11th place finish at the 2001 LET Qualifying School^.In her 2001 Ladies European Tour rookie season she played in ten events without missing a cut and won the French Open in only her second start as a professional after beating Becky Morgan in a playoff.She finished second on the Order of Merit and was named LET Rookie of the Year.

Pettersen started 2002 with a playoff loss to Karrie Webb in the AAMI Australian Women’s Open2002 Solheim Cup.In the singles, Suzann was five down with five to play and rescued a half point for Europe against Michelle Redman, who performed one of the most dramatic collapses in Matchplay history.On the 18th green on live TV after her comeback, she accidentally offered a four-letter swear word while being interviewed by NBC's Roger Maltbie.She tied for 10th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2003 LPGA season. and two more top ten finishes led to her winning a place on the European team for the

In 2003 Pettersen played in 5 events on the LET missing no cuts and finished runner-up to Sophie Gustafson at the HP Open.She played a full rookie season on the LPGA, her best finish being a third at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship.She was a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup and recorded an impressive 4-1-0 record as a member of the victorious European Team.

In 2004 Pettersen played in just four events on the LET with a best finish of T9 at the Evian Masters. On the LPGA, Suzann began her season late after recuperating from elbow surgery. She recorded four top-10 finishes including a season-best tie for fifth at the State Farm Classic.

In 2005 Suzann played in only three events on the LET and nine events on the LPGA due to a debilitating back injury. When she came back her best LPGA finish was a sixth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic and she finished tied for second at the Ladies Finnish Masters.She registered a 2-0-2 record as a captain’s pick on the European Solheim Cup Team and played for the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup.

In 2006 Pettersen played 5 times on the LET recording two top ten finishes including a third place at the Scandinavian TPC.On the LPGA tour she had 3 top ten finishes with a season's best of fifth at the Florida’s Natural Charity Championship.

At the start of 2007, Pettersen was selected to represent Norway at the Women's World Cup of GolfAt the Safeway International she recorded her then best finish on the LPGA Tour, a 2nd place, two strokes behind Lorena Ochoa and a late meltdown at the Kraft Nabisco saw her equal that finish, her second best at a major.Pettersen became the first Norwegian LPGA winner at the 2007 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, beating Jee Young Lee in a playoff.Pettersen followed up this win by capturing the second major championship of 2007, the LPGA Championship, by one stroke over Karrie Webb which moved her up to fourth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On the Ladies European Tour she won the SAS Masters in her native Norway.October 2007 was a very successful month for Pettersen. At the Longs Drugs Challenge she won her third LPGA victory, beating Lorena Ochoa in a playoff, whilst her Asian trip saw her collect wins number four and five in Korea and Thailand.On December 31, 2007, Pettersen reached the number two position in the Women's World Golf Rankings, surpassing Karrie Webb and Annika Sörenstam. but withdrew due to illness before the event started.

In January 2008 Pettersen signed a multi-year agreement with Nike Golf, and will represent Nike in clubs, balls, footwear, glove and bag.Her first win of 2008 came at the rain shortened Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.

In September 2009, Pettersen won her 6th LPGA Tour event and first in two years at the CN Canadian Women's Open at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club in Calgary, Alberta. Pettersen won the event by a five strokes over Karrie Webb, Momoko Ueda, Morgan Pressel, Ai Miyazato and Angela Stanford.

Professional wins (11)

Ladies European Tour (4)

• 2001 (1) French Ladies Open
• 2007 (1) SAS Masters
• 2008 (2) Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, Ladies Irish Open

LPGA Tour (6)

• 2007 (5) Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, LPGA Championship, Longs Drugs Challenge, Hana Bank-KOLON Championship, Honda LPGA Thailand
• 2009 (1) CN Canadian Women's Open

LPGA Majors are shown in bold

Other wins (1)

• 2009 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr, unofficial event)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2007	LPGA Championship	-14 (69-67-71-67=274)	1 stroke	Karrie Webb

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	T40	T2	T2	T5
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T11	CUT	T49	T20	1	T34	WD
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	DNP	T10	T16	T52	T28	CUT	T13	T6
Women's British Open	32	24	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T28	T24	CUT

DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half=way cut.
"T" tied
WD = withdrew
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	No. events	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average
2001	2	2	0	0	0	0	T11	48,750	n/a	71.00
2002	5	4	0	0	0	0	24	48,632	n/a	71.72
2003	19	18	0	0	1	4	3	387,920	31	71.08
2004	16	9	0	0	0	4	T5	193,845	58	71.59
2005	9	7	0	0	0	1	T6	81,224	92	73.03
2006	23	21	0	0	0	3	T5	292,621	46	72.12
2007	24	21	5	2	0	11	1	1,802,400	2	70.86
2008	24	24	0	3	2	10	2	1,177,809	7	70.96
2009	18	17	1	3	0	10	1	1,294,810	3	70.42

• Official as of September 13, 2009.

LET career summary

Year	Majors	Other wins	LET wins	Earnings (€)	Money list rank	Average
2000	0	0	0	2,084	n/a	n/a
2001	0	0	1	211,472	2	71.25
2002	0	0	0	118,808	8	71.89
2003	0	0	0	79,622	11	70.41
2004	0	0	0	49,352	n/a	71.00
2005	0	0	0	38,924	43	72.60
2006	0	0	0	52,903	34	71.09
2007	0	1	1	79,604	25	72.13

• Career earnings on the LET: € 656,227 (through 2007)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	4somes W-L-H	4balls W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	21	9-7-5	0-3-2	4-3-2	5-1-1	11.5	54.76%
2002	3	1-1-1	0-0-1 halved w/M. Redman	1-1-0 Won w/H. Alfredsson 4&2, Lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&1		1.5	50%
2003	5	4-1-0	0-1-0 lost to C. Kerr conceded on 16	2-0-0 won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3, won w/S. Gustafson 3&1	2-0-0 won w/P. Meunier-Lebouc 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 1up	4	80%
2005	4	2-0-2	0-0-1 halved with R. Jones	1-0-0 won w/A.Sörenstam 1up,	1-0-1 won w/L. Davies 4&3, halved w/S. Gustafson	3	75%
2007	4	1-1-2	0-1-0 lost to S. Prammanasudh 2up	0-0-2 halved w/S. Gustafson x2	1-0-0 won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2	2	50%
2009	5	1-4-0	0-1-0 lost to Paula Creamer 3&2	0-2-0 lost w/Sophie Gustafson 4&2, lost w/Helen Alfredsson 2up	1-1-0 lost w/Sophie Gustafson 1up, won w/ Anna Nordqvist 1up	1	20%

Jiyai Shin Biography

Jiyai Shin

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Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin at the 2009 HSBC Women's Champions
Personal information
Full name	Jiyai Shin
Nickname	Final Round Queen
Born	28 April 1988 (age 21) South Korea(1988-04-28)
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.

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

Wikinews has related news: Shin wins Singapore HSBC Womens Golf Classic

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.

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 )

• 2006 (1) Kosaido Taiwan Japan Friendship Tournament
• 2007 (1) Thailand Ladies` Open Presented by TAT

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.

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.