Jennifer Song

For the Canadian synchronized swimmer, see Jennifer Song (synchronized swimmer).

Jennifer Song 송민영
— Golfer —
File:Song Min-Young (Jennifer Song).jpg
Personal information
Full name	Jennifer Song
Born	(1989-12-20) December 20, 1989 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States South Korea
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	University of Southern California (two years)
Turned professional	2010
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (joined 2010) LPGA Tour (2011–13)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T21: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship	T30: 2011, 2014
U.S. Women's Open	T13: 2009
Women's British Open	T47: 2015
Evian Championship	T16: 2015
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour Rookie of the Year	2010

Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009 she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win both championships and the second player to win both in the same year.

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 scorer's in the KAIAC Conference during her sophomore year.

Amateur career

While growing up in Korea, Song played 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. In October 2009, she accepted a sponsor's exemption to the LPGA Hana Bank Championship where she finished in 65th place out of 71 players. In April 2010, she qualified for the Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of four majors on the LPGA Tour. She finished tied for 21st place and was the low amateur at the tournament.

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 began playing full-time on the Duramed Futures Tour, of which she had been a member since June 2009, qualifying while still an amateur. She won her first event as a professional, the 2010 Tate & Lyle Players Championship, the sole major tournament on the Futures Tour. She won again in 2010 on the Futures Tour at the Greater Richmond Golf Classic to move into fourth place on the 2010 Futures Tour money list after playing in only eight events.

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 Futures Tour Rookie of the Year.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour (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.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
ANA Inspiration	DNP	DNP	DNP	T21LA	DNP	T56	CUT	DNP	T46
Women's PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30	CUT	CUT	T30	T34
U.S. Women's Open	T39LA	CUT	T13LA	T58	CUT	T46	DNP	T38	CUT
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T47
The Evian Championship ^							CUT	T41	T16

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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	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

¹Not a member of the LPGA in this year. Scoring average and earnings not official.

• Official as of the 2015 season

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 %
Career	5	2-2-1	0-1-0	1-0-1	1-1-0	3.0	60.0
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

External links

• Jennifer Song at the LPGA Tour official site
• Jennifer Song at the Futures Tour official site
• USC official biography