Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song 송민영 | ||
---|---|---|
Futures Tour Rookie of the Year | 2010 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송민영 |
---|---|
Revised Romanization | Song Minyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Minyŏng |
Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional
Childhood and family life
Song was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan while her father was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. She was raised in South Korea and holds dual Korean and United States citizenship. While in Korea, she attended Taejon Christian International School, Daejeon, Korea, where she excelled as a student-athlete and was a striker on the school's girls' soccer team. She was among the top goal scorers in the KAIAC Conference during her sophomore year.[1]
Amateur career
While growing up in South Korea, Song played golf on the Korea National Team. In 2007, she tied for low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open and was the quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2008, she again qualified for the U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur.
Beginning in 2008, she was a member of the golf team at the University of Southern California. During her freshman year at USC in 2008-2009, Song had eight top-ten finishes in ten starts and finished the season as the number three ranked player in the country. She was named Freshman of the Year, All-American, All-Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and All-Pac-10. She also set the all-time single-season stroke average record. In the summer of 2009, Song finished low amateur at T13 in the U.S. Women's Open, and won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur.
In her sophomore year, she was again named All-American after tying for fifth at the NCAA Championships and leading USC to within a stroke of first place. She was voted Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and was the third-ranked golfer in the country for the second year in a row. She finished her college career with a scoring average of 71.59, as well as her 15 career rounds in the 60s, all of which set USC school records.
She finished her amateur career by representing the United States on the winning 2010 Curtis Cup team.
Professional career
Song turned professional immediately following the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, which concluded on June 13, 2010.
She finished the 2010 season in second place on the Futures Tour money list which earned her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011. She was also named
In April 2018, Song finished as a runner-up at the
Professional wins (2)
Futures Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jun 20, 2010 | Tate & Lyle Players Championship
|
–19 (68-67-65-61=261) | 6 strokes | Esther Choe |
2 | Aug 16, 2010 | Greater Richmond Golf Classic
|
–12 (68-70-66=204) | Playoff | Jenny Shin |
Futures Tour major championship is shown in bold.
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2018 | ANA Inspiration
|
Pernilla Lindberg Inbee Park |
Lindberg won with birdie on eighth extra hole Song eliminated by birdie on third hole |
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevron Championship | T21LA | T56 | CUT | T46 | T36 | T35 | T2 | T26 | CUT | 69 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
U.S. Women's Open | T39LA | CUT | T13LA | T58 | CUT | T46 | T38 | CUT | T55 | T48 | T25 | CUT | T54 | CUT | ||||
Women's PGA Championship | T30 | CUT | CUT | T30 | T34 | T17 | CUT | CUT | T60 | T33 | CUT | T68 | CUT | |||||
The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | T41 | T16 | T17 | 8 | T49 | CUT | NT | T38 | CUT | ||||||||
Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | T47 | T43 | T16 | CUT | CUT | T7 | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevron Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 34 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2017 Evian – 2018 ANA)
LPGA Tour career summary
Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | n/a | n/a | 73.501 | n/a |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | n/a | n/a | 77.501 | n/a |
2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T13 | n/a | n/a | 74.291 | n/a |
2010[7] | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 45,4061 | n/a | 73.251 | n/a |
2011 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | 77,421 | 79 | 72.89 | 60 |
2012 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T6 | 128,280 | 71 | 73.19 | 81 |
2013 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T18 | 36,216 | 108 | 73.03 | 97 |
2014 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T23 | 124,446 | 83 | 72.16 | 63 |
2015 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 260,495 | 67 | 72.22 | 69 |
2016 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 390,501 | 46 | 71.56 | 46 |
2017 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 423,486 | 48 | 71.40 | 52 |
2018 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | T2 | 626,263 | 33 | 71.44 | 50 |
2019 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 160,531 | 85 | 71.78 | 89 |
2020 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 393,883 | 27 | 71.09 | 18 |
2021 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 208,491 | 82 | 71.49 | 76 |
2022 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 122,132 | 110 | 72.22 | 116 |
2023 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 54,247 | 155 | 72.60 | 127 |
1Not a member of the LPGA in this year. Scoring average and earnings not official.
- Official as of the 2023 season[8]
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners)
Curtis Cup record
Year | Total matches |
Total W–L–H |
Singles W–L–H |
Foursomes W–L–H |
Fourballs W–L–H |
Points won |
Points % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 5 | 2–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost to D. McVeigh 3&2 | 1–0–1 halved w/ J. Johnson, won w/ S. Kono 3&1 | 1–1–0 lost w/ K. Kim 4&3, won w/ C. Clanton 2&1 | 3.0 | 60.0 |
References
- ^ "USC Official Bio". University of Southern California. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ USCTrojans.com, Song Named Pac-10 Golfer Of The Year Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine June 2, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
- ^ LPGA.com, Hana Bank KOLON Championship Archived 2009-10-22 at the Wayback Machine November 17, 2009, Retrieved June 12, 2010
- ^ LPGA.com, Kraft Nabisco Championship 2010 Leaderboard Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine April 4, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
- ^ Golfweek, Song's Curtis Cup motto: 'Kick some butts' June 10, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
- ^ Daily Trojan, Jennifer Song to turn pro January 30, 2010, Retrieved June 12, 2010
- ^ Yahoo! Sports, Jennifer Song LPGA Tour Results 2010 Retrieved February 5, 2011.
- ^ "Jennifer Song – Results". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
External links
- Jennifer Song at the LPGA Tourofficial site
- Jennifer Song at the LPGA Futures Tourofficial site (archived)
- Jennifer Song at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- USC official biography (archived)