HYE YOUN KIM

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Hye Youn Kim joined the KLPGA tour in 2008. She had a great rookie year, and came close to winning Rookie of the Year, finishing just behind the budding superstars So Yeon Ryu and He Yong Choi for that honor. Like those two teens, Kim managed a victory in 2008. Her win came at the S-OIL Champions Invitational. In addition, she had 9 other top tens and finished 7th on the money list.

2009 was a bit of a step back for Kim. She did not win a tournament that season, with her best result a 4th place. Consequently, she only finished 20th on the money list that year.

But 2010 saw her soar to her best season ever. She notched her second career win at the Rush & Cash Charity Classic in May. She came close to winning again at the Met Life, where she finished second. All in all, she had 8 top tens for the season and finished 5th on the money list.

Kim got 2011 out to a great start. In the first event of the season, the 2010 Orient China Ladies Open, she was in a pitched battle for the win with two big stars: So Yeon Ryu and Ha Neul Kim, both of whom were looking for their first win in a while. It was Kim, however, who collected the trophy, her third victory on tour.

Kim did not win again in 2011, but she still had a very good season. She accumulated six other top ten finishes, including a second and third at the year's final two events, and finished 6th on the money list. At the KLPGA Awards Show, she joined five other 2011 winners in a dance number!

She started the 2012 year the same way she started 2011: by winning in China, defending her title there for her fourth career win.

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