Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 Yu Seon-Yeong [ju sʌnjʌŋ]; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first major championship.

Yoo Sun-young
유선영
Personal information
Full nameYoo Sun-young
NicknameCourse Clown
Born (1986-12-13) 13 December 1986 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceOrlando, Florida[1]
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (2005)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2012
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 2013
U.S. Women's OpenT25: 2011
Women's British OpenT7: 2011
Evian ChampionshipT29: 2015
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour
Rookie of the Year
2005

Amateur career

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Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001, she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur in addition to being a quarter-finalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur.

Professional career

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Yoo turned professional in November 2004 and began playing the Futures Tour in 2005. Yoo won her first professional event, the Betty Puskar Golf Classic.[2] That and ten top ten finishes in 18 events allowed Yoo to begin playing the LPGA Tour in 2006.

In September 2009 Yoo had her best ever finish on the LPGA Tour. At the end of 54 holes at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship, she was tied for first with Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford. A sudden death playoff followed which was won on the second extra hole by Shin.[3]

Yoo won her first LPGA Tour title at the 2010 Sybase Match Play Championship where she again faced Jiyai Shin and Angela Stanford on the way to the title. She defeated world number one Shin, in a semifinal match 2&1 and went on to defeat Stanford 3&1 in the championship match.[4]

On 1 April 2012, Yoo won her first major title, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. I.K. Kim had a one-foot putt on the final hole for the win but missed it, resulted in a tie with Yoo and a sudden death playoff. On the first hole of the playoff, Yoo won with a 20-foot birdie putt.[5]

Among her fellow South Koreans on the LPGA Tour, Yoo is known as 'Course Clown'.[6]

Professional wins (3)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 23 May 2010 Sybase Match Play Championship 3 and 1   Angela Stanford 375,000
2 1 Apr 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship 69-69-72-69=275 −9 Playoff   I.K. Kim 300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship   Jiyai Shin
  Angela Stanford
Shin won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship   I.K. Kim Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic   Ariya Jutanugarn
  Kim Sei-young
Kim won with birdie on first extra hole

Futures Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 14 Aug 2005 Betty Puskar Golf Classic 67-69-68=204 −12 2 strokes   Brandi Jackson 9,800

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship −9 (69-69-72-69=275) Playoff1   I.K. Kim

1 Defeated I.K. Kim in a sudden death playoff with birdie on first extra hole

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ANA Inspiration CUT T12 CUT T62 1 CUT T55 CUT T18 T35 T16
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT 33 CUT T25 T32 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT WD T77 T49 T25 T20 T15 T5 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open T36 CUT T46 T33 T31 T7 T47 T25 CUT T24 CUT T39
The Evian Championship ^ CUT T36 T29 CUT T64

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 1 0 0 1 1 4 11 7
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 9
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Totals 1 0 0 2 3 12 52 28
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2010 British Open – 2012 British Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2011 British Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2006 27 18 0 0 0 2 T5 231,473 57 72.53 64
2007 22 17 0 0 0 0 17 131,092 75 73.06 61
2008 30 25 0 0 1 6 3 688,983 25 71.62 20
2009 25 23 0 1 3 4 T2 614,874 23 71.16 16
2010 22 18 1 0 0 3 1 655,832 16 71.77 27
2011 21 16 0 0 0 6 4 476,672 25 72.04 29
2012 23 22 1 1 0 4 1 781,587 17 71.66 28
2013 25 20 0 0 0 4 T5 383,748 39 71.50 28
2014 26 18 0 0 0 1 T8 261,351 61 72.06 58
2015 25 15 0 1 0 2 T2 340,324 53 71.99 55
2016 21 9 0 0 0 1 T8 125,421 91 72.54 92
2017 22 17 0 0 0 2 T6 235,898 72 71.69 68
2018 15 7 0 0 0 1 T7 85,100 107 72.32 104
  • official as of 2018 season[7]

*Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

Futures Tour summary

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Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2005 18 18 1 10 1 42,007 5 71.42 6

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "LPGA 2013 Player Guide – Sun Young Yoo". LPGA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Yoo Victorious In Morgantown". 14 August 2005. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Shin wins in Arkansas". The New York Times. Associated Press. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Yoo wins Sybase Match Play Title". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Sun-Young Yoo wins Kraft Nabisco". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  6. ^ Crouse, Karen (2 November 2008). "A Culture Clash for South Korean Players on the L.P.G.A. Tour". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Sun Young Yoo Stats". LPGA. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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