Kim Saiki
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Kim Saiki-Maloney is a Japan
ese-American
professional golfer
who played on the LPGA Tour
from 1992 to 2007.
Saiki was born in Inglewood, California
. She won the 1983 U.S. Girls' Junior
. She was a college All-America
at the University of Southern California
in 1986 and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Public Adminsitration. She turned professional in 1989.
Saiki played on several tours before joining the LPGA Tour: Players West Golf Tour in 1989 (wining five times), Futures Tour in 1990 (winning twice), Women Professional Golfers' European Tour in 1991, and the Ladies Asian Tour in 1991.
Siaki played over a decade on the LPGA Tour before winning the 2004 Wegmans Rochester LPGA. She competed under the name Kim Saiki-Maloney after marrying in 2006.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
who played on the LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
from 1992 to 2007.
Saiki was born in Inglewood, California
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...
. She won the 1983 U.S. Girls' Junior
United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 18 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 18.4 or less...
. She was a college All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in 1986 and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Public Adminsitration. She turned professional in 1989.
Saiki played on several tours before joining the LPGA Tour: Players West Golf Tour in 1989 (wining five times), Futures Tour in 1990 (winning twice), Women Professional Golfers' European Tour in 1991, and the Ladies Asian Tour in 1991.
Siaki played over a decade on the LPGA Tour before winning the 2004 Wegmans Rochester LPGA. She competed under the name Kim Saiki-Maloney after marrying in 2006.