Kimberly Kim
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Kimberly Kim is an American professional golfer
who plays on the LPGA Tour
.
. She attended the University of Denver in 2009-10, leading the team with a 73.67 scoring average and winning the 2009-10 SBC Golf Tournament.
At age 14, she became the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2006. She finished runner-up at the 2006 and 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
and the 2009 U.S. Girls' Junior.
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 plays 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...
.
Amateur career
Kim was born in Hilo, HawaiiHawaii
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. She attended the University of Denver in 2009-10, leading the team with a 73.67 scoring average and winning the 2009-10 SBC Golf Tournament.
At age 14, she became the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2006. She finished runner-up at the 2006 and 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
The U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, is a women's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the USGA and first played in 1977. The USGA officially calls the event the U.S. Women's Amateur...
and the 2009 U.S. Girls' Junior.