Hyo Joo Kim

Kim grabbed her first golf club when she was seven years old on her way to register for a taekwondo academy.

LPGA Tour Victories (6 wins, 1 major)

• 2023 The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America 
• 2022 LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei
• 2021 HSBC Women's World Championship
• 2016 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
• 2015 JTBC Founders Cup
• 2014 Evian Championship*

*as a non-member

Olympics (1)

• 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T15)

International Crown (1)

• 2023

2023 in a Nutshell

• 20 events, 20 cuts made, $2,123,856 (7)
• Earned her sixth LPGA Tour victory at The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America; she also recorded eight additional top-10 results

Career Highlights:

2022:

• 17 events, 15 cuts made, $1,533,497 (11)
• Earned her fifth LPGA Tour victory at the LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei; she also recorded seven additional top-10 results

2021:

• 16 events, 15 cuts made, $855,962 (21)
• Earned her fourth LPGA Tour victory at the HSBC Women's World Championship; she also recorded three additional top-10 results
• Represented the Republic of Korea in the Tokyo Olympics

2020:

•  Did not compete in 2020

2019:l

• 21 events, 20 cuts made, $1,290,743 (10)
• Recorded a career-high 12 top-10 finishes with three runner-up performances and crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings with a seventh place finish at the Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA
• Ranked first in putts per GIR (1.72) and putting average (27.59) and second in sand saves (62.35%), scoring average (69.41) and rounds under par (60)

2018:

• 22 events, 18 cuts made, $753,439(25)
• Finished runner-up to Ariya Jutanugarn in a four-hole playoff at the U.S. Women's Open

2017:

• 22 events, 18 cuts made, $492,408 (38)
• Recorded four top-10 finishes in 22 starts, including a season-best T7 result at the Ricoh Women's British Open

2016

• 27 events, 23 cuts made, $753,638 (20)
• Had six top-10 finishes and captured the third LPGA victory of her career at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, where she also crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings
• Finished ranked third on Tour in putting average (28.79), fourth in putts per GIR (1.75) and ninth in birdies (367)

2015:

• 25 events, 22 cuts made, $923,221 (13)
• Became a Rolex First-Time Winner with her victory at the JTBC Founders Cup and had eight additional top-10 finishes
• Finished second in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year race

2014:

• 4 events, 4 cuts made competing as a non-member
• Captured the 2014 Evian Championship for her first LPGA victory and Major Championship
• Shot a 10-under, 61, in the opening round of the Evian Championship, the lowest round in Major Championship history
• Added top-10 finishes at all three of her other LPGA events, including a solo fourth at the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented by J Golf