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词条 Candie Kung
释义

  1. Amateur career

  2. Professional career

  3. Personal information

  4. Professional wins (5)

     LPGA Tour (4)  Futures Tour (1) 

  5. Results in LPGA majors

     Summary 

  6. Team appearances

  7. References

  8. External links

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Candie Kung ({{zh|t=龔怡萍|p=Gōng Yípíng|poj=Kióng Sîn-phêng}}; born 8 August 1981) is an American professional golfer of Taiwanese descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Kung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American and was named 1999 AJGA Player of the Year. She won the 2001 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. While at USC, Kung was a two-time NCAA All-American and won the 2000 Pac-10 Championship.

Professional career

After turning pro in 2001, Kung initially played on the second tier Futures Tour, and she won the SBC Futures Tour Championship that year. She tied for 15th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to win a place on the main tour for 2002. She had a solid rookie season, finishing 36th on the money list. In 2003, she won her first three LPGA events, and was sixth on the money list. She finished 17th on the money list in 2004, tied for 11th in 2005, and 29th in 2006. Kung won her fourth LPGA tournament at the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship in 2008.

Kung came close to winning the 2009 U.S. Women's Open. She finished the tournament at one over 285 and was tied for first till Eun-Hee Ji birdied the final hole to take home the title.

Personal information

Kung was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States in 1995. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in approximately 2005; She does not hold dual citizenship. She currently lives in Allen, Texas.[2]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
119 Apr 2003LPGA Takefuji Classic−12 (67-67-70=204)2 strokesKOR}} Soo-Yun Kang
{{flagicon|USA}} Cristie Kerr
{{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam
224 Aug 2003Wachovia LPGA Classic−14 (71-67-66-70=274)2 strokesUSA}} Meg Mallon
{{flagicon|KOR}} Se Ri Pak
331 Aug 2003State Farm Classic−14 (64-67-71=202)1 strokeENG}} Laura Davies
42 Nov 2008Hana Bank-KOLON Championship−6 (70-71-69=210)1 strokeAUS}} Katherine Hull
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12008Navistar LPGA ClassicUSA}} Cristie Kerr
{{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa
Ochoa won with par on second extra hole
Kerr eliminated with par on first hole

Futures Tour (1)

  • 2001 (1) SBC FUTURES Tour Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
ANA InspirationDNPDNPCUTDNPT28T8T9T24T60T21T30
U.S. Women's OpenCUTDNPDNPDNPCUTT5T6T28T58T192
Women's PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPCUTCUTT64T13T44DNPT10T57
Women's British Open ^DNPT4T10T29T22T10T33T42CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
ANA InspirationT69T62T49T69T71T69T65T56T66
U.S. Women's OpenT28T13CUTWDT30T56CUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship72T2029T44T48T34T72T20CUT
Women's British OpenCUTT1438T25CUTT36T31T49DNP
The Evian Championship ^^T52T50T11T14T32DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001

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

DNP = did not play

WD = withdrew

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 2 4 17 16
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 2 3 5 17 10
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 4 16 13
Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 3 6 16 13
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5
Totals 0 1 0 3 9 21 71 57
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2003 British Open – 2009 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2003 British Open – 2004 Kraft Nabisco)

Team appearances

Professional
  • Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008
  • International Crown (representing Taiwan/Chinese Taipei): 2014, 2016, 2018

References

1. ^http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_3_55/ai_114373147/
2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20080728084639/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=15849 Third-round interviews from the Evian Masters ]

External links

  • {{LPGA player|candie-kung/81127}}
  • {{WWGR|535}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kung, Candie}}

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