Updated: May, 2017

YOO KYEONG KIM

The Facts

Birthday: 22 in 2013
Rookie Year on LPGA: 2010
Birthplace: South Korea
Birth Name: Yoo-Kyeong Kim
Best LPGA Finish: T-34th (2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship)
Best Major Finish:
T-34th (2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship)
Best score: 69 (2010, 2011, 2012)
Best Scoring Average for a year: 73.46 (2011)
Best Season money total: $28,248 (2011)
Best Season Money Position: 110th (2011)
Most Top Tens/Season: 0 (2010)

Rookie of the Year Finish: Well back

Height: 5' 6"
2017 LPGA Status: Retired?
Other Names: Moon Su, Rucy Kim
Sponsors: None Known
Hobbies: Unknown
How's her English?: Unknown
Road to the LPGA: Earned exempt status in 2010 by finishing 14th at 2009 LPGA Q-School

Capsule Bio

Lucy Kim was born in South Korea as Yoo-Kyeong Kim. She played amateur golf there and turned pro in 2007. At that point she joined the Futures Tour, and things become a little confusing. She decided to take the name Moon Su when she played on the Futures Tour. For the next couple of years, she played on that tour under that name.

In 2009, she competed at the LPGA Qualfying School under a new name: Rucy Kim. She got through to the finals, then comically realized she had misspelled her "name". Thus, at Q-School finals she became known as Lucy Kim, her third new name since coming to America. Lucy had a great week at Q-School, finishing 14th to earn full membership on the LPGA in 2010.

Kim did not have a great year in 2010, and returned to Q-School in the Fall. She only finished 55th there, but received category 15 status for 2011, thanks to her 123rd place finish on the 2010 money list. She will be going by her birth name of Yoo Kyeong in the 2011 season.

Kim played better in 2011 than in her rookie year. She made only three cuts, but notched her best performance at a Major with a tie for 34th at the LPGA Championship. She ended up 110th on the money list, maintaining her category 15 status.

She played four events on the LPGA in 2012, but made no cuts and lost her playing privileges for 2013. I have not found any other pro results for her since then, so I suspect she has retired.

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