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Jenny Shin
Shin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-10-07) 7 October 1992 (age 32)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada
Career
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Futures Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT11: 2015
Women's PGA C'shipT8: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT10: 2014
Women's British Open6th: 2017
Evian ChampionshipT12: 2024

Jenny Shin (born 7 October 1992) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Shin moved to the United States at age 9. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2006 becoming its youngest winner at age 13.[1]

Shin turned professional in 2010. She played on the Futures Tour in 2010, winning The International at Concord in July and finishing 4th on the money list to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2011. She has played on the LPGA Tour since, with her first win at the 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout.[2]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (2)

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LPGA Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 1 May 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout 68-70-65-67=270 −14 2 strokes South Korea Mi Jung Hur
United States Gerina Piller
South Korea Amy Yang

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2012 HSBC Women's Champions South Korea Choi Na-yeon
China Shanshan Feng
United States Angela Stanford 		Stanford won with par on third extra hole
Choi eliminated by par on second hole
Feng eliminated by par on first hole

LPGA Futures Tour (1)

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Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship CUT T55 T39 T11 T50 T35 T40 T12 WD
Women's PGA Championship T68 T19 T22 T13 T22 CUT T29 CUT T37 T30
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T35 T54 T10 19 T46 T21 T27 T39 T23
The Evian Championship ^ T31 T20 T55 T17 T48 T16 CUT NT
Women's British Open CUT T17 T17 T29 T28 CUT 6 CUT T51 T51
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T28 DQ CUT T57
U.S. Women's Open T23 CUT T19
Women's PGA Championship CUT T25 T8 CUT
The Evian Championship T50 T58 T54 T12
Women's British Open T42 CUT T16 T17

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied for place

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 9
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 6 14 11
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 6 14 10
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 10
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 5 14 10
Totals 0 0 0 0 3 23 66 50
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 19 (2012 U.S. Open – 2016 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

World ranking

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

Year World
ranking		 Source
2008 330 [3]
2009 312 [4]
2010 466 [5]
2013 69 [6]
2014 43 [7]
2015 42 [8]
2016 37 [9]
2017 51 [10]
2018 63 [11]
2019 74 [12]
2020 84 [13]
2021 80 [14]
2022 98 [15]
2023 66 [16]

References

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  1. ^ Nguyen, Thuc Nhi (7 July 2015). "Former Torrance High star Jenny Shin looking for first LPGA win". Daily Breeze.
  2. ^ "Jenny Shin wins in Texas for first LPGA Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
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