Ko Jin-young

Ko Jin-young (Korean: 고진영; Hanja: 高眞榮;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British Open, and had won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Ko.

Ko Jin-young
Personal information
Born (1995-07-07) 7 July 1995
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m)
Nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)LPGA of Korea Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour7
Ladies European Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour11
ALPG Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
ANA InspirationWon: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT2: 2020
Women's British Open2nd: 2015
Evian ChampionshipWon: 2019
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year2019
LPGA Vare Trophy2019
LPGA Rookie of the Year2018
LPGA Tour
Leading money winner		2019, 2020
Race to the CME Globe2020
Rolex Annika Major Award2019
Ko Jin-young
Hangul
고진영
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGo Jinyeong
McCune–ReischauerKo Chinyŏng

Having become a member of the LPGA Tour for the 2018 season, she won her opening tournament in February – the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open – as only the second player in LPGA history to win in her first tournament as a Tour member.[1] With 13 top-10 finishes out of 25 tournaments played in 2018, she was named the LPGA Rookie of the Year,[1][2] and completed the 2018 season as the 10th-ranked female player in the world.

In 2019, she won her first two LPGA major championships at the ANA Inspiration and the Evian Championship. Ko completed the 2019 season with the official money title ($2,773,894), the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average (69.06), and was named LPGA Player of the Year.[3] In 2020, she won the LPGA official money title ($1,667,925) having played in only four tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and finished the season as the number one ranked player in the world.

Professional career

2013–2017

Having become a professional in 2013 at age 18, Ko won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour over the period 2014 to 2017, winning the Nefs Masterpiece in August 2014 as her first professional victory. In 2015, she was second at the Ricoh Women's British Open.[4] Ko won the 2017 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship,[5] after which she announced her plans to join the LPGA Tour in 2018.[6]

2018

Ko played in 25 LPGA Tour events in 2018, missing only one cut and finishing in the top 10 of 13 tournaments.[7] In February, she won the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.[8] For the 2018 season, the LPGA named Ko the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.[1]

2019

On 24 March 2019, Ko won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour, and on 7 April 2019, she won her first LPGA major championship – the ANA Inspiration.[9] The victory elevated Ko to number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[10]

On 28 July 2019, Ko clinched her second major title of the season, firing a final round 4-under 67 in the rain to win the Evian Championship by two shots with a 15-under total of 269.[11]

On 25 August 2019, Ko won the Canadian Women's Open in Aurora, Ontario. She shot a tournament record −26 (262) and won by 5 strokes. She did not make a bogey for the entire 72 hole tournament.[12] Ko went bogey-free for a tour-record 114 holes, ending her streak at the Cambia Portland Classic.[13]

Having won the season's money title and Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, Ko was named the LPGA Rolex Player of the Year for 2019.[3]

2020

On 20 December 2020, Ko won the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida.

Professional wins (18)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (11)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Aug 2014 Nefs Masterpiece 71-70-70-70=281 −7 1 stroke Cho Yoon-ji
2 26 Apr 2015 Nexen-Saint Nine Masters 70-65-68=203 −13 1 stroke Lee Seung-hyun
3 10 May 2015 KyoChon Honey Ladies Open 70-68-70=208 −11 3 strokes Bae Seon-woo
4 12 Jul 2015 Chojung Sparkling-Yongpyong Resort Open 67-67-69=203 −13 1 stroke Kim Ye-jin
5 1 May 2016 KG-Edaily Ladies Open 64-68-69=201 −15 1 stroke Kim Min-sun
6 17 Jun 2016 BMW Ladies Championship 65-68-72-70=275 −13 2 strokes Jung Hee-won
7 9 Oct 2016 Hite Jinro Championship 70-66-74-70=280 −8 6 strokes Cho Jeong-min
8 13 Aug 2017 Jeju Samdasoo Masters 67-66-66=199 −17 4 strokes Kim Hae-rym
9 17 Sep 2017 BMW Ladies Championship 69-68-67-68=272 −12 1 strokes Heo Yoon-kyung
10 15 Oct 2017 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship1 68-67-66-68=269 −19 2 strokes Park Sung-hyun
11 13 Oct 2019 Hite Jinro Championship 71-71-71-72=285 −3 1 stroke Choi Hye-jin, Kim Ji-yeong,
Lee So-mi, Na Hee-won

1 Co-sanctioned with LPGA Tour

LPGA Tour wins (7)
Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 15 Oct 2017 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship1 68-67-66-68=269 −19 2 strokes Park Sung-hyun
2 18 Feb 2018 ISPS Handa Australian Women's Open 65-69-71-69=274 −14 3 strokes Choi Hye-jin
3 24 Mar 2019 Bank of Hope Founders Cup 65-72-64-65=266 –22 1 stroke Carlota Ciganda
Jessica Korda
Nelly Korda
Yu Liu
4 7 Apr 2019 ANA Inspiration 69-71-68-70=278 –10 3 strokes Lee Mi-hyang
5 28 Jul 2019 The Evian Championship 65-71-66-67=269 −15 2 strokes Shanshan Feng
Kim Hyo-joo
Jennifer Kupcho
6 25 Aug 2019 CP Women's Open 66-67-65-64=262 −26 5 strokes Nicole Broch Larsen
7 20 Dec 2020 CME Group Tour Championship 68-67-69-66=270 −18 5 strokes Hannah Green Kim Sei-young

1 Co-sanctioned with KLPGA Tour

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (2)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2019ANA Inspiration1 shot lead−10 (69-71-68-70=278)3 strokes Lee Mi-hyang
2019The Evian Championship4 shot deficit–15 (65-71-66-67=269)2 strokes Shanshan Feng, Kim Hyo-joo
Jennifer Kupcho

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration T71 CUT T64 1
U.S. Women's Open T15 T17 T16 T2
Women's PGA Championship T11 T14
The Evian Championship 28 T39 T26 1 NT
Women's British Open 2 CUT 3
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration10011143
U.S. Women's Open01011444
Women's PGA Championship00000222
The Evian Championship10011144
Women's British Open01122232
Totals22155101715
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2018 Evian – 2020 U.S. Open, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2019 Evian – 2020 U.S. Open, current)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Birdies
(rank)		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2018 25 24 1 1 1 13 1 374
(7)		 1,159,005 10 69.81 3
2019 22 22 4 3 2 12 1 348
(14)		 2,773,894 1 69.06 1
2020 ^ 4 4 1 1 0 3 1 52
(128)		 1,667,925 1 69.69 n/a

^ Official as of 20 December 2020[14]

World rank

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking		Source
201810[15]
20191[16]
20201[17]
20211 ^[18]

^ As of 25 January 2021

Team appearances

Professional

  • The Queens (representing Korea): 2015, 2016 (winners), 2017

Awards

References
  1. "Jin Young Ko, Bio". LPGA. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. Nichols, Beth Ann (23 October 2018). "Jin Young Ko clinches LPGA Rookie of the Year award". Golfweek. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. "Jin Young Ko Captures Vare Trophy and Official Money Title at CME Group Tour Championship". LPGA. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. "Inbee Park Wins Women's British Open, Captures 4th Different Major". Golf.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. "Ko wins LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship". Fox Sports Asia. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. Lamport-Stokes, Mark (22 November 2017). "Jin Young Ko makes decision to take up LPGA Tour membership in 2018". LPGA. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. "Jin Young Ko, 2018 Results". LPGA. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  8. Nichols, Beth Ann (18 February 2018). "Jin Young Ko posts wire-to-wire win at Women's Australian Open". Golfweek. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. "Jin Young Ko wins ANA Inspiration for first major". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". Rolex. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  11. "Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season". CBC Sports. 28 July 2019.
  12. Nichols, Beth Ann (25 August 2019). "Jin Young Ko wins CP Women's Open for fourth title of the season". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  13. Mell, Randall (29 August 2019). "J.Y. Ko passes Tiger, but bogey-free run ends at 114 holes". Golf Channel.
  14. "Jin Young Ko statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 January 2021.
Awards
Preceded by
Park Sung-hyun		 World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
8 April 2019 – 30 June 2019		 Succeeded by
Park Sung-hyun
Preceded by
Park Sung-hyun		 World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
29 July 2019 – present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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