IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE WITH AMY YANG AT THE
HONDA LPGA THAILAND
AMY YANG
Hometown: Ilsan, South Korea
Resides: Orlando, Fla.
Birth date: July 28, 1989 – currently 27 years, 6 months, and 29 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour
Finished T54 at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2008 LPGA season
Victories
LPGA: Third-career victory
Previous wins: 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2013 LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship
LET: Three career wins
KLPGA: Two career wins
Race to CME Globe
Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings moves into a tie for 1st place
Rolex Rankings
Amy is projected to move up from No. 11 to No. 5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
Money
CAREER: With the $240,000 first-place check, Amy moves from 32nd to 28th on the LPGA Career Money List with $7,059,422
SEASON: Has earned $244,718 this season and moves from T79 to 3rd on the 2017 LPGA Official Money List
Tournament Specific
- Becomes the second multiple-time winner of the Honda LPGA Thailand (Yani Tseng in 2011 and 2012)
- This is her eighth time playing the Honda LPGA Thailand and is her sixth top-10 finish
- 2016 – T3
- 2015 – 1
- 2014 – T45
- 2013 – T12
- 2012 – 4
- 2011 – 7
- 2010 – 10
Of Note
- Crossed the $7 million mark with the win, the 30th player in LPGA history to do so
- This is Yang’s first win since this event in 2015, a stretch of 44 events without a win. Yang had 17 top-10 finishes in that time frame
- First wire-to-wire winner since Minjee Lee at the 2016 Blue Bay LPGA
- Becomes the third different player to win on the LPGA Tour this year
