Christina Kim

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 Championship
Personal information
Nickname	Kookie, CK, The CK[citation needed]
Born	March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) San Jose, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	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.

Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions 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.

Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 26, 2004	Longs Drugs Challenge	-18 (64-69-68-65=266)	1 stroke	Karrie Webb
2	Nov 13, 2005	The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions	-15 (67-67-72-67=273)	1 stroke	Rachel Hetherington

LPGA 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 Kim	Choi won with birdie on second extra hole

Futures Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 4, 2002	Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic	-14 (66-67-66=199)	Playoff	Lorena Ochoa

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 9, 2011	Sicilian Ladies Italian Open	-7 (70-69-70=209)	4 strokes	Giulia Sergas

Results 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 played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2001	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

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
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&2	0-1-0 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&4	1-0-0 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

External links

• Christina Kim at the LPGA Tour official site
• Christina Kim at the Futures Tour official site
• Christina Kim page at SeoulSisters.com