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Sei Young Kim Kim Sei-young (김세영 / 金世煐)

South Korea KOR
#8 CME Rank
1,413.646 CME Points
13 Lifetime Wins
$17,504,015 Lifetime Earned
born Jan 21, 1993 (age 33)
birthplace Seoul, South Korea
height 5'4" (163 cm)
college Korea University
turned_pro 2010 (16 yrs)
lpga_rookie 2015

Tournament Results

2026 Latest Tournament Results
Date Tournament Pos To Par R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Earnings
8/27 FM Championship T4 -10 64 74 67 73 278 $209,582
8/20 CPKC Women's Open 3 -13 68 68 64 67 267 $188,173
7/30 AIG Women's Open T29 +4 72 72 72 72 288 $72,345
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Career

From amateur golf to the LPGA Tour — curated milestones merged with tournament results.

Career timeline10 milestones · 2010–2025
  1. 2010
    • PRO
      Turned professionalNon-LPGA wins: 5 (KLPGA)
  2. 2015
    • RKE
      LPGA Tour rookie season
    • AWD
      LPGA ROY
  3. 2016
    • OLY
      Rio OlympicsFinished 25th
  4. 2019
    • AWD
      Race to CME Globe
  5. 2020
    • MAJ
      Won the Women's PGAMajor championship
    • OLY
      Tokyo OlympicsFinished 9th
    • AWD
      LPGA Player of the Year
    • AWD
      GWAA Female POY
  6. 2025
Honors7 entries

Major championships

1
  • 2020Women's PGA — Winner

Olympic Games

2
  • 2016Rio — 25th
  • 2020Tokyo — 9th

Awards

4
  • 2020LPGA Player of the Year
  • 2015LPGA ROY
  • 2019Race to CME Globe
  • 2020GWAA Female POY

Path to the LPGA

Korea University College
2010 Turned pro age 17
2015 LPGA rookie season age 22 · 5 yrs after turning pro
5 Wins outside the LPGA KLPGA
2020 First LPGA win KPMG Women's PGA Championship · age 27
1 Major
2 Olympic Games 2016, 2020

Player statistics

Performance 8 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Official Wins 13
Starts 262 #219
Cuts Made 224 #141
Cuts Missed 37 #632
Events Played 256 #220
Rounds Played 945 #171
Top 10 Finishes 87
Top 25 Finishes 164
Scoring 12 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Scoring Avg Per Round 70.17 #9
Low Round 61 #11
High Round 80 #1158
Sub Par Rounds 584
Bogey Free Rounds 81 #26
Round 1 Scoring Avg 70.27 #15
Round 2 Scoring Avg 70.2 #11
Round 3 Scoring Avg 69.9 #12
Round 4 Scoring Avg 70.32 #36
Par 3 Scoring Avg 2.98 #20
Par 4 Scoring Avg 4 #17
Par 5 Scoring Avg 4.64 #8
Driving & Greens 6 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Drive Distance Avg 265.62 #81
Drive Accuracy Pct 69.98 % #481
Greens in Regulation Pct 73.11 % #20
Green Hit from Fairway Pct 81.54 %
Green Hit from Rough Pct 54.64 %
Ball Striking 101 #35
Putting 6 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Putts Per Round Avg 29.63 #107
Putts Per GIR Avg 1.77 #16
Putts Per Hole 1.65 #104
Sand Save Pct 52.01 % #32
One Putt Avg Per Round 6.62 #124
Three Putt Avg Per Round 0.7 #517
Birdies & Bogeys 9 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Birdies 3814 #38
Eagles 103 #15
Bogeys 2028 #183
Double Bogeys 244 #134
Birdie Pct 22.96 % #4
Birdie Or Better Avg Per Round 4.24 #4
Birdie to Bogey Ratio 1.7 #12
Bogey Avoidance 0.14 #23
Bogey Avg Per Round 2.2 #1127
Earnings & Points 4 stats
Statistic Value Rank
Official Money $17,504,015 #9
CME Points 0
Solheim Points 0
Player of Year Points 0
Updated Aug 31, 2026