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● In 2021, she made the cut in 13 of 19 starts on Tour ● Kim has played in the U.S. Women’s Open three
and recorded two top-20 finishes times; her best finish was a T12 in 2019; she shot a
● Chang first earned LPGA Tour status for 2020/21 by 66 in the opening round in 2019, tying the record for
finishing T9 at the 2019 LPGA Q-Series lowest 18-hole score by an amateur; also finished as
● She played collegiate golf at the University of the low amateur that same year
Southern California; she declared she was leaving ● She is a senior at Duke University; Kim helped the
school to turn pro following the 2019 LPGA Q-Series Blue Devils to a national championship in 2019
● Chang had two wins at USC and 12 top-10 finishes; in ● She competed in the Augusta National Women’s
2019, she was an All-American and All-Pac-12 First- Amateur in 2019 and 2021
Team pick as well as a finalist for the ANNIKA Award ● Kim won the 2018 Landfall Tradition college event
and WGCA Player of the Year
● She was a member of the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup Katie Yoo (T41, -4)
and 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup teams ● Yoo, 20, is from Orlando, Florida
● She turned professional in 2019, primarily playing
Gina Kim (a) (T35, -5) on the Symetra Tour
● Kim, 21, is from Durham, North Carolina ● Yoo has made $40,505 in career earnings on the
● She was medalist at LPGA Qualifying Tournament Symetra Tour
Stage I with a four-day total of 273 ● She played in 20 events in 2021; her best finish was a
● She won the 2021 ACC Championship as an individual T16 at the Casino Del Sol Golf Classic
● Kim was a member of the 2021 United States Curtis ● Yoo has three career top-10s on Symetra including
Cup team; the United States defeated Great Britain & a T9 at the 2020 IOA Golf Classic, a T10 at the 2020
Ireland 12 ½ to 7 ½ Symetra Classic, and a T8 at the 2020 Mission Inn
● She was named an All-American for the 2020-21 Resort & Club Championship
season ● She won the 2020 Florida Women’s Open

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