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Jenny Shin
Shin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceTorrance, California
Career
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Futures Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT11: 2015
Women's PGA C'shipT13: 2014
U.S. Women's OpenT10: 2014
Women's British Open6th: 2017
Evian ChampionshipT16: 2018

Jenny Shin (born 7 October 1992) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States aged 9. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2006.[1]

Shin turned professional in 2010. She played on the Futures Tour in 2010, winning The International at Concord in July and finishing 4th on the money list to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2011. She has played on the LPGA Tour since, with her first win at the 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout.[2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 1 May 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout 68-70-65-67=270 −14 2 strokes South Korea Mi Jung Hur
United States Gerina Piller
South Korea Amy Yang

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2012 HSBC Women's Champions South Korea Choi Na-yeon
China Shanshan Feng
United States Angela Stanford
Stanford won with par on third extra hole
Choi eliminated with par on second hole
Feng eliminated with par on first hole

LPGA Futures Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration CUT T55 T39 T11 T50 T35 T40 T12
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T35 T54 T10 19 T46 T21 T27 T39
Women's PGA Championship T68 T19 T22 T13 T22 CUT T29 CUT T37
The Evian Championship ^ T31 T20 T55 T17 T48 T16 CUT
Women's British Open CUT T17 T17 T29 T28 CUT 6 CUT T51

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

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 7
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 8
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 6
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 15 43 34
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 19 (2012 U.S. Open – 2016 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

References

  1. ^ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi (7 July 2015). "Former Torrance High star Jenny Shin looking for first LPGA win". Daily Breeze.
  2. ^ "Jenny Shin wins in Texas for first LPGA Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2016.