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Nickname
  
Kookie, CK, The CK

Name
  
Christina Kim

Symetra tour wins
  
1

Nationality
  
United States

Role
  
Professional golfer

Ladies european tour
  
1

Residence
  
Orlando, Florida, U.S.

Height
  
1.68 m

LPGA tour wins
  
3

Turned professional
  
2002

Former tours
  
Symetra Tour


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Born
  
March 15, 1984 (age 40) San Jose, California, U.S. (
1984-03-15
)

College
  
De Anza Community College

Current tour(s)
  
LPGA Tour (joined 2003) LET (joined 2010)

TV shows
  
In Play with Jimmy Roberts

Profiles

Walk No. 18 with Christina Kim


Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality.

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Kim competed in eight events in 2001 on the Futures Tour and made three cuts and a tied for second once. Shortly after her 18th birthday, Kim turned professional and competed on the 2002 Futures Tour for prize money. Kim missed just one cut in 18 starts with 12 top-ten finishes. She won her first event as a professional in August 2002 - the Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic in a six-hole playoff over future LPGA Tour star Lorena Ochoa. Kim was second to Ochoa on the money list and both earned LPGA Tour cards for 2003.

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Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge and the 2005 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005, 2009, and 2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.

She joined the Ladies European Tour in 2010 and competed in six events, including two that were co-sanctioned with the LPGA. She earned her first win on the LET in 2011 at the Sicilian Italian Ladies Open.

Kim's autobiography, Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star, co-written with Alan Shipnuck was published in 2010.

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LPGA Tour (3)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Futures Tour (1)

Futures Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DNP = did not play
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2004 Kraft Nabisco – 2005 LPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
  • LPGA Tour career summary

  • Official as of 2016 season
  • * Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

    LET career summary

  • includes events co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour (Evian Masters and Women's British Open)
  • Team appearances

    Professional

  • Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011
  • Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)
  • References

    Christina Kim Wikipedia