Tiffany Joh

Tiffany Joh
Personal information
Born	8 December 1986 (1986-12-08) (age 24) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	San Diego, California, U.S.
Career
College	UCLA (graduated 2009)
Turned professional	2009
Current tour(s)	Futures Tour (joined 2009) LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Futures Tour	2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T21: 2009
LPGA Championship	T25: 2011
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 2010
Women's British Open	T30: 2011

Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.

Childhood

Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the United States as adults.^[1] She attended Rancho Bernardo High School where she earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-America honors.

Amateur career

In 2006 and 2008, Joh won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. She is one of five players in the history of the tournament to win the tournament twice. She was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team

In August 2007, she finished tied for 21st at the Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.

College

Joh attended UCLA where she was a member of the golf team for all four years, from 2005 through her graduation in 2009. She was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st Team in 2006 and 2008) and four-time All-American, and was a seven-time member of the Director’s Honor Roll at UCLA, awarded to student athletes with a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

In 2006-07, her sophomore year, she won the Pac-10 title. She was the Pac-10 player of the year twice, in 2006–07 and in 2007-08.

At the 2008 NCAA Division I Golf Championship (May 20–23), Joh lost in a playoff to Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State for the individual championship in Albuquerque, after they tied at 287 (-1).^[2] Joh was named 2008 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and captured her third All-America nod from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) after leading the Bruins in every statistical category during the 2008 season. She was ranked among the nation's top five players all season.

Professional career

After graduating from UCLA in June 2009 with a degree in communication studies, Joh turned professional and joined the Futures Tour, the official development tour of the LPGA Tour. She won one event on tour in 2010, the ING New England Golf Classic. She finished T22 at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2010 to earn conditional playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011 while still retaining privileges on the Futures Tour. She won again on the Futures Tour in 2011 at the South Shore Championship and had two top-30 finishes on the LPGA by the halfway point in the season. Her good performance on the LPGA Tour improved her priority status on the LPGA Tour and gave her entry to more tournaments in the second half of the 2011 LPGA season.

On September 18, 2011, Joh had her best yet finish on the LPGA Tour, as the runner-up at the Navistar LPGA Classic, five strokes behind winner Lexi Thompson.^[3] She earned $120,057 for the solo second place finish, her largest payday to date as a professional.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	July 18, 2010	ING New England Golf Classic	67-65-68=200	-10	Playoff	Gerina Mendoza	14,000
2	July 2, 2011	South Shore Championship	68-70=138^	-6	2 strokes	Mallory Blackwelder, Jane Rah, Tiffany Tavee	14,000

^ Tournament was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T21TLA	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T25
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	CUT	DNP
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	T30

LA = Low Amateur
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	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	T22	n/a		71.66
2009	1	1	0	0	0	0	T21	n/a		72.50
2010	2	0	0	0	0	0	T82	0	n/a	79.00	n/a
2011	14	12	0	1	0	0	2	237,365	41	72.75	52

• official as of November 20, 2011 ^[4]

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners)

Curtis Cup Record^[5]

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	4	2-1-1	1-0-0	1-0-1	0-1-0	2.5	62.5%
2008	4	2-1-1	1-0-0 def. C. Booth 6&5	1-0-1 won w/ A. Blumenherst 1-up, halved w/ A. Blumenherst	0-1-0 lost w/ Meghan Bolger, 3&2	2.5	62.5%

References

1. ^ Park, Martin (February 25, 2005). "Tiffany Joh in the Media Centre". Ladies European Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=3731. Retrieved February 20, 2008. 
2. ^ USA Today - college sports - golf - Southern California, Arizona State's Munoz win golf titles - 2008-05-24 - accessed 2011-11-20
3. ^ Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic
4. ^ "2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/greensheet.aspx?pid=27111&year=2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011. 
5. ^ About.com, 2008 Curtis Cup Retrieved August 28, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Tiffany Joh at the LPGA Tour official site
• Tiffany Joh at the Futures Tour official site
• Profile at Yahoo! Sports
• Blog at SBNation
• Profile at SeoulSisters.com
• Profile at UCLA athletics site

Persondata
Name	Joh, Tiffany
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	December 8, 1986
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death