Youngin Chun

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

2017 POLO GOLF JUNIOR CLINIC (FIRST PLACE)

 

Rolex Ranking 420
Rookie Year 2019
Scoring Average 72.71

Personal
Chun is 5’4” and started playing golf at the age of 5. Chun has been making news ever since she started winning international tournaments at age 7. The daughter of a longtime commentator for JTBC Golf Channel in Korea, Chun was sometimes featured on the channel’s golf lesson programs even in her junior years. In 2018, Chun turned pro and was the youngest player on the Symetra Tour. The 17-year-old was not able to earn an LPGA Tour card there, but she did manage to finish tied for 13th in the Q-Series to earn an LPGA card. In 2019, she was the youngest player on the LPGA Tour. Her hobbies include drawing and photography.

2019

  • 18 events, eight cuts made, $63,774

  • Recorded a career-best T11 finish at the Marathon Classic

2018

  • As a rookie, she competed in all 21 events on the Symetra Tour in 2018 and made 14 cuts

  • Recorded two top-10s in 2018 with ties for sixth place at both the IOA Invitational and the Symetra Tour Championship

  • Finished T13 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn Priority List Category 14 status for the 2019 season

Amateur

  • Earned five victories on the AJGA

  • Winner of the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship (2010, 2012)

  • Member of the 2017 Ping Junior Solheim Cup Team

  • Four-time Rolex Junior All American Team (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

  • Three-time Wyndham Cup Team (2015, 2016, 2017)