양희영(Amy Yang)골퍼

[시너먼]

Yang at the 2009 Women's British Open

Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (양희영, born  1989)

is a Korean professional golfer,

currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour

and on the Ladies European Tour .

Amateur career

Yang began playing golf at age 10 in her native Korea

and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15

to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005

she won the Queensland Amateur Championship,

the youngest winner ever of that championship.

 In 2006,

while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters

on the Ladies European Tour (LET),

making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 7008521510400000000♠16 years, 192 days.

Professional career

After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters,

the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption

beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old,

providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18.

She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 a

nd obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008,

Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open.

Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260

to victims of a recent earthquake in China.

That December, s

he returned to the LPGA Qualifying School,

this time earning full playing status for 2009

by finishing second in the five-round event.

On 20 October 2013,

Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship.

She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.

On 1 March 2015,

Yang won her second LPGA Tour championship

at the Honda LPGA Thailand.

Personal life

Yang lives with her father,

Joon Mo (James), mother, Sun Hee (Sunny), and younger brother, Steven.

In the fall of 2007 the family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.

LPGA Tour wins (2)  

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	20 Oct 2013	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	67-71-69=207	−9	Playoff	Hee-Kyung Seo	285,000
2	1 Mar 2015	Honda LPGA Thailand	67-66-71-69=273	−15	2 strokes	Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis Yani Tseng	225,000