KIM Hyojoo

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 14 Jul 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.66/5'5''

Place of birth: WONJU

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Golf	Women's Individual Stroke Play	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kasumigaseki Country Club	Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1 #1	Finished
	Kasumigaseki Country Club	Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 2 #2	Finished
	Kasumigaseki Country Club	Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 3 #3	Finished
	Kasumigaseki Country Club	Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 4 #4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

The Evian Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Individual Stroke Play	2014	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	273
2	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	271
14	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	211
39	Individual Stroke Play	2016	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	285
49	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Evian-les-Bains, FRA	287

The Women's British Open

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Kingsbarns, GBR	277
22	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Lytham St Annes, GBR	285
24	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Milton Keynes, GBR	283

The ANA Inspiration

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	284
28	Individual Stroke Play	2021	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	284
40	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	287
77	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA	146

LPGA Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Individual Stroke Play	2021	Johns Creek, GA, USA	278
7	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Chaska, MN, USA	284
15	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Kildeer, IL, USA	285
123	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Olympia Fields, IL, USA	150

U.S. Women's Open

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Individual Stroke Play	2018	Shoal Creek, AL, USA	277
20	Individual Stroke Play	2021	San Francisco, CA, USA	289
99	Individual Stroke Play	2017	Bedminster, NJ, USA	151
103	Individual Stroke Play	2019	Charleston, SC, USA	149

LPGA Tour overview - Three best ranks per season since 2017

Year	Doubles	Individual Stroke Play
2021	1 x 17th	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th
2019	1 x 6th	2 x 2nd, 2 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 15th, 1 x 24th
2017	-	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 9th

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

Year	Individual Stroke Play
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 13th, 1 x 24th
2018	1 x 22nd, 1 x 49th, 1 x 103rd
2017	1 x 7th, 1 x 14th, 1 x 23rd

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Individual Stroke Play	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore, SIN
2	2019	Individual Stroke Play	The Evian Championship	Evian-les-Bains, FRA
2	2019	Individual Stroke Play	Toto Japan Classic	Otsu, JPN
2	2019	Individual Stroke Play	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Rogers, AR, USA
2	2018	Individual Stroke Play	U.S. Women's Open	Shoal Creek, AL, USA
3	2021	Individual Stroke Play	LPGA Championship	Johns Creek, GA, USA
5	2021	Individual Stroke Play	Kia Classic	Carlsbad, CA, USA
5	2019	Individual Stroke Play	Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic	Oneida, WI, USA
5	2019	Individual Stroke Play	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore, SIN
6	2019	Women's Doubles	Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational	Midland, MI, USA
6	2019	Individual Stroke Play	The ANA Inspiration	Rancho Mirage, CA, USA

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

Physical Education - Korea University, Seoul, KOR

Languages spoken:

English, Korean

Right (Athlete)

Turned professional in 2012

Pain in her neck forced her to withdraw from the 2020 BC Card Hankyung Ladies Cup in the Republic of Korea. (edaily.co.kr, 28 Jun 2020)

In 2014 she was troubled by an injury to her right Achilles tendon and a pain in her wrist. (widesports.co.kr, 29 Sep 2014; news.joins.com, 15 Sep 2014)

She began playing golf at age six. (hani.co.kr, 24 Dec 2012)

Her parents planned on sending her to a taekwondo academy, as they were busy running a restaurant. However, her father had a friend who owned a driving range, so she ended up learning golf instead of taekwondo. (donga.com, 25 Feb 2013; lpga.com, 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mk.co.kr, 30 Nov 2020)

Winning the 2020 Lotte Open in Seogwipo, Republic of Korea. (mk.co.kr, 30 Nov 2020; koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 07 Nov 2020)

Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam. (womennews.co.kr, 24 Sep 2014)

Her parents. (womennews.co.kr, 24 Sep 2014)

In 2020 she received the Most Popular Player and Best Player Awards at the 2020 Korean Ladies' Professional Golf Association [KLPGA] Grand Awards. (news.joins.com, 25 Nov 2020)

In 2014 and 2020 she was awarded the Best Player Trophy by the Korea Golf Writers' Association. (yna.co.kr, 04 Dec 2014; news.joins.com, 25 Nov 2020)

In 2014 she received the Player of the Year Award from the Korean Golf Journalists' Society. (news.joins.com, 04 Dec 2014; Arirang News, 09 Dec 2014)

In 2013 she was named Rookie of the Year by the KLPGA. (hani.co.kr, 13 Nov 2013)

General Interest

General
TEACHING
Between April and June 2017 she took a six-week break from the LPGA Tour in order to complete a teaching placement that was a compulsory element of her final year of university in Seoul, Republic of Korea. "I often got asked the question, 'Which one was more difficult between golf and teaching?' Honestly, golf is easier, because, in golf, it is important for me to do great on my own, while a teacher has to care about many students. It was a good decision to become a golfer." (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 07 Jun 2017; edaily.co.kr, 05 Jan 2018; yna.co.kr, 06 Apr 2017)

ACADEMY
In 2021 she established the Kim Hyo Joo Golf Academy in Wonju, Republic of Korea. (jtbcgolf.joins.com, 18 Mar 2021; Instagram profile, 13 Mar 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/hyojookim

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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