KIM Sei Young

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
25	Individual Stroke Play	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	283

The Evian Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	273
5	Individual Stroke Play	2016	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	270
6	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	206
17	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	280

The Women's British Open

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Lytham St Annes, GBR	279
16	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Kingsbarns, GBR	280
24	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Milton Keynes, GBR	283

The ANA Inspiration

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Individual Stroke Play	2021	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	277
18	Individual Stroke Play	2020	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	282
27	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	285
40	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	285
101	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	155

LPGA Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Individual Stroke Play	2020	Newtown Square, PA, USA	266
4	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Olympia Fields, IL, USA	275
12	Individual Stroke Play	2021	Johns Creek, GA, USA	283
20	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Chaska, MN, USA	287
25	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Kildeer, IL, USA	287

U.S. Women's Open

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Bedminster, NJ, USA	283
16	Individual Stroke Play	2021	San Francisco, CA, USA	288
16	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Charleston, SC, USA	284
20	Individual Stroke Play	2020	Houston, TX, USA	290
27	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Shoal Creek, AL, USA	293

LPGA Tour overview - Three best ranks per season since 2017

Year	Individual Stroke Play
2021	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th
2020	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 5th
2019	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 4th
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

Ladies European Tour overview - Three best ranks per season since 2017

Year	Individual Stroke Play
2019	1 x 17th, 1 x 24th, 1 x 35th
2018	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 21st
2017	2 x 6th, 1 x 16th

LPGA Tour & Ladies European Tour - Ten best performances since 2017 season

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Individual Stroke Play	Pelican Women's Championship	Belleair, FL, USA
1	2020	Individual Stroke Play	LPGA Championship	Newtown Square, PA, USA
1	2019	Individual Stroke Play	CME Group Tour Championship	Naples, FL, USA
1	2019	Individual Stroke Play	Marathon LPGA Classic	Sylvania, OH, USA
1	2019	Individual Stroke Play	LPGA Mediheal Championship	Daly City, CA, USA
1	2018	Individual Stroke Play	Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic	Oneida, WI, USA
1	2017	Individual Stroke Play	Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match Play	Mexico City, MEX
2	2021	Individual Stroke Play	Lotte Championship	Kapolei, HI, USA
2	2020	Individual Stroke Play	CME Group Tour Championship	Naples, FL, USA
2	2019	Individual Stroke Play	Hugel-Air Premia LA Open	Los Angeles, CA, USA
2	2018	Individual Stroke Play	The Evian Championship	Evian-les-Bains, FRA
2	2018	Individual Stroke Play	Buick LPGA Shanghai	Shanghai, CHN

Legend
DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, WD - Withdrawn

Magic of Red Trousers, Kim Lotto, Risk-Taker, Queen of Extra Time, Queen of Reversal [because she has claimed come-from-behind victories on a number of occasions]. (news.joins.com, 03 Feb 2021; sports.donga.com, 22 Mar 2016; mizuno.co.kr, 24 Aug 2014)

Korea University, Seoul, KOR

English, Korean

Right (channel.mk.co.kr, 04 Oct 2013)

Turned professional in 2010

She began playing golf in the sixth grade of primary school. (sbssports.sbs.co.kr, 14 Aug 2013)

She went to golf courses with her father, who was a taekwondo coach and also enjoyed playing golf. "As soon as I hit the ball, it felt so different. That weird feeling went straight to my heart. To describe it with words, I would say, it felt like this was the path I had to pursue. It literally came as a feeling. As a kid, I played many different sports like badminton, taekwondo and football, but I never imagined I could have a future in those sports. When I played golf, I could picture myself here." (sbssports.sbs.co.kr, 14 Aug 2013; Korea JoongAng Daily YouTube channel, 27 May 2020)

To be ranked number one in the world, to win all five LPGA major championships, to win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame. (donga.com, 09 Feb 2021; Korea JoongAng Daily YouTube channel, 27 May 2020; news.joins.com, 03 Feb 2021; edition.cnn.com, 11 Dec 2020)

Korean golfer Pak Se-Ri. (Korea JoongAng Daily YouTube channel, 27 May 2020)

She likes to wear red trousers for the final round. "I was about age 15 when I picked up my first win. At that time I really wanted to win and create my own luck. Some players like Tiger Woods who always wears his trademark red shirt have lucky charms, so I also wanted to follow them. I decided to change it up a little, so went with red pants. It feels like I've become a character. I repeatedly won when I wore red trousers, so the confidence kept rising." (tokyo2020.org, 03 Apr 2021; Korea JoongAng Daily YouTube channel, 27 May 2020; edition.cnn.com, 11 Dec 2020)

"I think motivation is critical to athletes. If you don't have that motivation, you won't have the will and the thought to go forward, so I think motivation is really important." (edition.cnn.com, 11 Dec 2020)

In 2020 she was named Player of the Year by the Ladies Professional Golf Association [LPGA]. (lpga.com, 20 Dec 2020)

She was named 2020 Women's Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America [GWAA]. (lpga.com, 28 Jan 2021)

In 2015 she was named Rookie of the Year by the LPGA. (golfchannel.com, 20 Nov 2015)

In 2015 she received the Kia Most Compelling Performance Award for her performance at the 2015 LOTTE Championship in Kapolei, HI, United States of America. (lpga.com, 2021)

She received a Winning Leader Award and Popularity Award at the 2013 Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association [KLPGA] Grand Award Ceremony. (golfjournal.co.kr, 02 Dec 2013)