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This article is about the professional golfer from the United States. For other persons, see Christina Kim (disambiguation).
Christina Kim 
Kim at the 2009 LPGA ChampionshipPersonal information Nickname Kookie, CK, The CK[citation needed] Born March 15, 1984
San Jose, California, U.S.Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Orlando, Florida, U.S. Career College None Turned professional 2002 Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
LET (joined 2010)Former tour(s) Futures Tour (joined 2002) Professional wins 4 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 2 Ladies European Tour 1 Futures Tour 1 Best results in LPGA Major Championships Kraft Nabisco C'ship 7 : 2009 LPGA Championship T6: 2004 U.S. Women's Open T8: 2010 Women's British Open T3: 2009 Christina Kim Hangul 김초롱 Hanja 金楚籠 Revised Romanization Gim Cho-rong McCune–Reischauer Kim Ch'o'rong Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.
Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro. In 2002 she competed on the Futures Tour and won the Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic in a playoff over future LPGA Tour golfer Lorena Ochoa.[1]
Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge[2] and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions[3][4] and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005, 2009, and 2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.
She joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2010, competing in six events that year including two that were co-sanctioned with the LPGA. In 2011, she earned her first win on the LET at the Sicilian Italian Ladies Open.[5]
Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.[6]
Contents
Professional wins (4)
LPGA Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victoryRunner-up 1 Sep 26, 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge -18 (64-69-68-65=266) 1 stroke 
Karrie Webb2 Nov 13, 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions -15 (67-67-72-67=273) 1 stroke Rachel HetheringtonLPGA Tour playoff record (0-1)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 2010 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic 
In-Kyung Kim, Na Yeon Choi
Song-Hee KimChoi won with birdie on second extra hole Futures Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victoryRunner-up 1 Aug 4, 2002 Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic -14 (66-67-66=199) Playoff 
Lorena OchoaLadies European Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victoryRunner-up 1 Oct 9, 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open -7 (70-69-70=209) 4 strokes 
Giulia SergasResults in LPGA majors
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP T28 T8 T39 52 T24 CUT 7 LPGA Championship DNP DNP CUT T6 T33 T61 T56 CUT CUT U.S. Women's Open T48 DNP T22 T37 CUT CUT CUT T53 T52 Women's British Open DNP DNP CUT T13 T28 T45 T58 T64 T3 Tournament 2010 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT CUT LPGA Championship T25 CUT U.S. Women's Open T8 CUT Women's British Open T9 CUT DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.LPGA Tour career summary
Year Tournaments
playedCuts
madeWins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finishEarnings
($)Money
list rankScoring
averageScoring
rank2001 1 1 0 0 0 0 T48 n/a 74.00 2003 28 18 0 0 0 2 T4 215,632 49 72.37 2004 31 25 1 1 0 6 1 636,290 15 71.22 T21 2005 30 27 1 0 1 6 1 621,149 19 71.66 21 2006 29 26 0 0 0 3 T5 355,656 35 72.24 52 2007 29 26 0 2 0 7 2 626,075 23 72.18 26 2008 30 26 0 1 0 9 T2 678,598 27 71.85 32 2009 24 17 0 0 1 4 T3 344,055 38 72.29 49 2010 24 19 0 1 0 2 T2 436,050 26 72.17 38 2011 21 14 0 0 0 0 T13 149,275 58 72.86 56 - official through November 21, 2011 [7]
Solheim Cup record
Year Total
MatchesTotal
W-L-HSingles
W-L-HFoursomes
W-L-HFourballs
W-L-HPoints
WonPoints
%Career 10 6-2-2 3-0-0 2-1-1 1-1-1 7.0 70.0 2005 4 2-1-1 1-0-0 def L. Kreutz 5&4 1-0-1 halved w/ P. Hurst,
won w/ N. Gulbis 4&20-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 4&2 2.5 62.5 2009 4 3-1-0 1-0-0 def T. Elosegui 2 up 1-1-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 4&2,
lost w/N. Gulbis 5&41-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 5&4 3 75.0 2011 2 1-0-1 1-0-0 def M. Hjorth 4&2 0-0-1 halved w/ R. O'Toole 1.5 75.0 References
- ^ News Transcript, First-time winner tops the field at Knob Hill Golf Club 2002-08-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ UPI, Christina Kim gets first win on LPGA Tour 2004-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Life magazine, Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions- Final Round 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ ESPN, Kim posts second career title, wins by a stroke 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ LET, 2011 Ladies Italian Open Leaderboard. October 9, 2011.
- ^ amazon.com - Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star
- ^ "2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/Greensheet.aspx?pid=484&year=2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
External links
- Christina Kim at the LPGA Tour official site
- Christina Kim at the Futures Tour official site
- Christina Kim page at SeoulSisters.com
United States Solheim Cup team – 2005 Paula Creamer • Beth Daniel • Laura Diaz • Natalie Gulbis • Pat Hurst • Juli Inkster • Rosie Jones • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Meg Mallon • Michele Redman • Wendy Ward
Donna Caponi (non-playing assistant captain) • Nancy Lopez (non-playing captain)
Won: 15.5 – 12.5
United States Solheim Cup team – 2009 Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Natalie Gulbis • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Brittany Lang • Brittany Lincicome • Kristy McPherson • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Michelle Wie
Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) • Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) • Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)
Won: 16 – 12United States Solheim Cup team – 2011 Paula Creamer • Vicky Hurst • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Brittany Lang • Stacy Lewis • Brittany Lincicome • Ryann O'Toole • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Michelle Wie
Rosie Jones (non-playing captain) • Juli Inkster (playing assistant captain) • Sherri Steinhauer (non-playing assistant captain)
Lost: 13–15Categories:- American female golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- American sportspeople of Korean descent
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Solheim Cup competitors for the United States
- Asian American female golfers
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