Yoo Sun-young
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 Yu Seon-Yeong [ju sʌnjʌŋ]; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first major championship.
| Yoo Sun-young 유선영 | |||
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.jpg.webp) Yoo at the 2013 Women's British Open | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Yoo Sun-young | ||
| Nickname | Course Clown | ||
| Born | 13 December 1986 Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea | ||
| Residence | Orlando, Florida[1] | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2006) | ||
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (2005) | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| LPGA Tour | 2 | ||
| Epson Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||
| Chevron Championship | Won: 2012 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 2013 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T25: 2011 | ||
| Women's British Open | T7: 2011 | ||
| Evian Championship | T29: 2015 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Amateur career
Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001, she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur in addition to being a quarter-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Professional career
Yoo turned professional in November 2004 and began playing the Futures Tour in 2005. Yoo won her first professional event, the Betty Puskar Golf Classic.[2] That and ten top ten finishes in 18 events allowed Yoo to begin playing the LPGA Tour in 2006.
In September 2009 Yoo had her best ever finish on the LPGA Tour. At the end of 54 holes at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, she was tied for first with Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford. A sudden death playoff followed which was won on the second extra hole by Shin.[3]
Yoo won her first LPGA Tour title at the 2010 Sybase Match Play Championship where she again faced Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford on the way to the title. She defeated world number one Shin, in a semifinal match 2&1 and went on to defeat Stanford 3&1 in the championship match.[4]
On 1 April 2012, Yoo won her first major title, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. I.K. Kim had a one-foot putt on the final hole for the win but missed it, resulted in a tie with Yoo and a sudden death playoff. On the first hole of the playoff, Yoo won with a 20-foot birdie putt.[5]
Among her fellow South Koreans on the LPGA Tour, Yoo is known as 'Course Clown'.[6]
Professional wins (3)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 May 2010 | Sybase Match Play Championship | 3 and 1 |  Angela Stanford |
375,000 | ||
| 2 | 1 Apr 2012 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 69-69-72-69=275 | −9 | Playoff | I.K. Kim |
300,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009 | P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship | Jiyai Shin Angela Stanford |
Shin won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2012 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | I.K. Kim |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2015 | Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic |  Ariya Jutanugarn Kim Sei-young |
Kim won with birdie on first extra hole |
Futures Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Aug 2005 | Betty Puskar Golf Classic | 67-69-68=204 | −12 | 2 strokes | Brandi Jackson |
9,800 |
Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | −9 (69-69-72-69=275) | Playoff1 | I.K. Kim |
1 Defeated I.K. Kim in a sudden death playoff with birdie on first extra hole
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2018.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | CUT | T12 | CUT | T62 | 1 | CUT | T55 | CUT | T18 | T35 | T16 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | 33 | CUT | T25 | T32 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | WD | T77 | T49 | T25 | T20 | T15 | T5 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Women's British Open | T36 | CUT | T46 | T33 | T31 | T7 | T47 | T25 | CUT | T24 | CUT | T39 | |
| The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | T36 | T29 | CUT | T64 | ||||||||
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 28 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2010 British Open – 2012 British Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2011 British Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T5 | 231,473 | 57 | 72.53 | 64 |
| 2007 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 131,092 | 75 | 73.06 | 61 |
| 2008 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 688,983 | 25 | 71.62 | 20 |
| 2009 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | T2 | 614,874 | 23 | 71.16 | 16 |
| 2010 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 655,832 | 16 | 71.77 | 27 |
| 2011 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 476,672 | 25 | 72.04 | 29 |
| 2012 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 781,587 | 17 | 71.66 | 28 |
| 2013 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | T5 | 383,748 | 39 | 71.50 | 28 |
| 2014 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 261,351 | 61 | 72.06 | 58 |
| 2015 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | T2 | 340,324 | 53 | 71.99 | 55 |
| 2016 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 125,421 | 91 | 72.54 | 92 |
| 2017 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T6 | 235,898 | 72 | 71.69 | 68 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | 85,100 | 107 | 72.32 | 104 |
- official as of 2018 season[7]
*Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
Futures Tour summary
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 42,007 | 5 | 71.42 | 6 |
References
- "LPGA 2013 Player Guide – Sun Young Yoo". LPGA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- "Yoo Victorious In Morgantown". 14 August 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- "Shin wins in Arkansas". The New York Times. Associated Press. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- "Yoo wins Sybase Match Play Title". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 May 2010.
- "Sun-Young Yoo wins Kraft Nabisco". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- Crouse, Karen (2 November 2008). "A Culture Clash for South Korean Players on the L.P.G.A. Tour". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- "Sun Young Yoo Stats". LPGA. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
External links
- Sun Young Yoo at the LPGA Tour official site
- Sun Young Yoo at the LPGA Futures Tour official site (archived)
- Profile at Yahoo! Sports Archived 2015-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Sun Young Yoo at SeoulSisters.com