Danielle Kang

Danielle Kang
Personal information
Born	October 20, 1992 (1992-10-20) (age 19) San Francisco, California
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Thousand Oaks, California
Career
College	Pepperdine University (two years)
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	none
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	CUT: 2011
LPGA Championship	T50: 2011
U.S. Women's Open	64th: 2010
Women's British Open	T49: 2011

Danielle Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011.

Personal

Kang was born in San Francisco, California to K.S. Kang and Grace Lee. Her brother Alex is on the San Diego State University men's golf team.

College and amateur career

Kang graduated from high school (began at Oak Park HIgh School and later transferred to Westalke High School) early to begin college at Pepperdine University in the spring of 2010. She played on the Pepperdine Team through the regular season in the spring of 2011. She was ruled academically ineligible to compete during the 2011 NCAA post-season and stated that she was not disappointed because "Pepperdine is in the past for me. I’m focusing on the future. Turning pro after the U.S. Women's Amateur."^[1][2]

Kang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2010. She was the low amateur at the 2011 Women's British Open, finishing in a tie for 49th place. She repeated her win at the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2011, becoming the first player in 15 years to win back-to-back titles.^[3]

Professional career

2011

In September, Kang played in her first tournament as a professional, the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, which she entered on a sponsor's exemption. She missed the cut.^[4]

Kang entered the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School. She survived Stage II, shooting [phone]=293), just making the cut line to qualify for the final stage.^[5]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T50
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	64	T68
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T49

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

References

1. ^ Miller, Eli (May 2011). "Report: Kang will turn professional after 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur". Southland Golf Magazine. http://www.southlandgolfmagazine.com/t-News_Danielle_Kang_Turning_Professional_Pepperdine_United_States_Womens_Amateur_Thousand_Oaks_0511.aspx. Retrieved August 14, 2011. 
2. ^ "5 things: Grades to keep Kang from postseason". Golfweek. May 4, 2011. http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/may/04/5-things-can-neff-lead-another-spartan-charge/. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
3. ^ "Danielle Kang Defends Women's Amateur Title". USGA.org. August 14, 2011. http://www.usga.org/ChampEventArticle.aspx?id=21474841748. Retrieved August 15, 2011. 
4. ^ "Yani Tseng putting together a special year". espn.com. September 12, 2011. http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-opinion/6962153/inside-ropes-yani-tseng-putting-together-special-year. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 
5. ^ "LPGA Qualifying Tournament Stage II Final Round Results". LPGA. September 30, 2011. http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=30485&mid=1. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 

External links

• Profile at Pepperdine Athletics site
• Profile at Pepperdine Golf site
• Profile at NBCSports site
• Profile at Yahoo! Sports

Persondata
Name	Kang, Danielle
Alternative names
Short description	Amateur golfer
Date of birth	October 20, 1992
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Date of death
Place of death