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Eunjung Yi started playing golf at the age
of 14. Her most notable amateur success came when she won
the 2005 US Women's Pub Links Championship. She turned pro
in 2006 and competed on the Futures Tour the next two years.
She never won there, but did manage a second place finish
in 2006.
Yi earned non-exempt status at 2007 Q-School,
finishing tied for 25th. In 2008, she played quite a few events
for a conditional player, her best finish coming at the Safeway
Classic in August, a tie for 11th. She would not make enough
to earn exempt status, however, and would return to Q School
in December. She failed to improve her situation there, and
would thus again only have limited status for the 2009 season.
By and large, Yi had a so so season in 2009,
with one glaring exception. At the Jamie Farr Owens Corning
Classic, she was a woman on a mission. In round 3, she shot
a 61, one of the best scores ever achieved by a Korean. She
struggled a bit more in round 4, and was unable to birdie
one of the final two par 5s. As a result, she ended up in
a playoff with Morgan Pressel. But if she was nervous, it
didn't show: she won that playoff for her first career win!
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