Jennifer Song

For the Canadian synchronized swimmer, see Jennifer Song (synchronized swimmer).

Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win both championships and the second player to win both in the same year.

Jennifer Song 송민영
Personal information
Full name	Jennifer Song
Born	(1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	United States South Korea
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	University of Southern California (two years)
Turned professional	2010
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (since 2011)
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T2: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship	T17: 2016
U.S. Women's Open	T13: 2009
Women's British Open	T7: 2020
Evian Championship	8th: 2017
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour Rookie of the Year 2010

Korean name
Hangul	송민영
Revised Romanization	Song Minyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Song Minyŏng

Childhood and family life

Song was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan while her father was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She was raised in South Korea and holds dual Korean and United States citizenship. While in Korea, she attended Taejon Christian International School, Daejeon, Korea, where she excelled as a student-athlete and was a striker on the school's girls' soccer team. She was among the top goal scorers in the KAIAC Conference during her sophomore year.

Amateur career

While growing up in South Korea, Song played golf on the Korea National Team. In 2007, she tied for low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open and was the quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2008, she again qualified for the U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur.

Beginning in 2008, she was a member of the golf team at the University of Southern California. During her freshman year at USC in 2008-2009, Song had eight top-ten finishes in ten starts and finished the season as the number three ranked player in the country. She was named Freshman of the Year, All-American, All-Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-10. She also set the all-time single-season stroke average record. In the summer of 2009, Song finished low amateur at T13 in the U.S. Women's Open, and won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur.

In her sophomore year, she was again named All-American after tying for fifth at the NCAA Championships and leading USC to within a stroke of first place. She was voted Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and was the third-ranked golfer in the country for the second year in a row. She finished her college career with a scoring average of 71.59, as well as her 15 career rounds in the 60s, all of which set USC school records. In October 2009, she accepted a sponsor's exemption to the LPGA Hana Bank Championship where she finished in 65th place out of 71 players. In April 2010, she qualified for the Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of four majors on the LPGA Tour. She finished tied for 21st place and was the low amateur at the tournament.

She finished her amateur career by representing the United States on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team.

Professional career

Song turned professional immediately following the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, which concluded on June 13, 2010. She began playing full-time on the Duramed Futures Tour, of which she had been a member since June 2009, qualifying while still an amateur. She won her first event as a professional, the 2010 Tate & Lyle Players Championship, the sole major tournament on the Futures Tour. She won again in 2010 on the Futures Tour at the Greater Richmond Golf Classic to move into fourth place on the 2010 Futures Tour money list after playing in only eight events.

She finished the 2010 season in second place on the Futures Tour money list which earned her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011. She was also named Futures Tour Rookie of the Year.

In April 2018, Song finished as a runner-up at the ANA Inspiration, losing in a sudden-death playoff. In a playoff that included Pernilla Lindberg and Inbee Park, Song was eliminated on the third extra hole, when she could only make a par to the others' birdies. Previously, on the second extra hole, Song had a putt to win the championship, but missed to the right of the hole.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 20, 2010	Tate & Lyle Players Championship	–19 (68-67-65-61=261)	6 strokes	Esther Choe
2	Aug 16, 2010	Greater Richmond Golf Classic	–12 (68-70-66=204)	Playoff	Jenny Shin

Futures Tour major championship is shown in bold.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2018	ANA Inspiration	Pernilla Lindberg Inbee Park	Lindberg won with birdie on eighth extra hole Song eliminated by birdie on third hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship				T21LA		T56	CUT		T46	T36	T35	T2	T26	CUT	69	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T39LA	CUT	T13LA	T58	CUT	T46		T38	CUT	T55	T48	T25	CUT	T54	CUT
Women's PGA Championship					T30	CUT	CUT	T30	T34	T17	CUT	CUT	T60	T33	CUT	T68	CUT	CUT
The Evian Championship ^							CUT	T41	T16	T17	8	T49	CUT	NT	T38	CUT
Women's British Open					CUT	CUT			T47	T43	T16	CUT	CUT	T7	CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10

  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	1	0	1	1	2	13	8
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	9
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	7
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	6
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	4
Totals	0	1	0	1	3	10	59	34

• Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2017 Evian – 2018 ANA)

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	T39	n/a	n/a	73.501	n/a
2008	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	77.501	n/a
2009	2	2	0	0	0	0	T13	n/a	n/a	74.291	n/a
2010	5	5	0	0	0	0	T15	45,4061	n/a	73.251	n/a
2011	15	10	0	0	0	0	T16	77,421	79	72.89	60
2012	22	13	0	0	0	1	T6	128,280	71	73.19	81
2013	17	5	0	0	0	0	T18	36,216	108	73.03	97
2014	19	12	0	0	0	0	T23	124,446	83	72.16	63
2015	27	16	0	0	0	0	T11	260,495	67	72.22	69
2016	25	21	0	0	1	1	3	390,501	46	71.56	46
2017	29	22	0	0	0	2	4	423,486	48	71.40	52
2018	24	18	0	1	1	3	T2	626,263	33	71.44	50
2019	21	16	0	0	0	1	8	160,531	85	71.78	89
2020	16	12	0	0	1	4	3	393,883	27	71.09	18
2021	22	16	0	0	0	1	T8	208,491	82	71.49	76
2022	22	13	0	0	0	0	T12	122,132	110	72.22	116
2023	18	7	0	0	0	0	T27	54,247	155	72.60	127

¹Not a member of the LPGA in this year. Scoring average and earnings not official.

• Official as of the 2023 season

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners)

Curtis Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
2010	5	2–2–1	0–1–0 lost to D. McVeigh 3&2	1–0–1 halved w/ J. Johnson, won w/ S. Kono 3&1	1–1–0 lost w/ K. Kim 4&3, won w/ C. Clanton 2&1	3.0	60.0

External links

• Jennifer Song at the LPGA Tour official site
• Jennifer Song at the LPGA Futures Tour official site (archived)
• Jennifer Song at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• USC official biography (archived)