HANNA KANG

The Facts

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Hanna Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. She turned pro in 2004 and joined the KLPGA, where she played on developmental tours for two seasons. In 2007, she joined the Futures Tour in the US. She was well down the Futures tour money list her first three seasons.

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But 2011 proved to be a breakout year for Kang. She made 6 top tens, more than she had in her entire career before that, and made the cut in 14 of 15 events played. Her best finish was a third place at the Island Resort Championship in June. She finished 8th on the money list and earned limited status for the LPGA in 2012.

Kang played 7 events on the LPGA tour in 2012, but only made one cut. She had a little more success on the Symetra tour: she had one top ten and made nearly $8,800, but that was only good for 61st on that money list.

Kang went back to Q-School, where she finished tied for 27th and earned category 17 status on tour for 2013. The next year, she played 7 events and made the cut just twice. But one of those made cuts came at the Manulife, where she played the tournament of her life. It was a low scoring course, but she still managed to shoot two 64s, her best ever score, to finish 13th, by far her best finish ever on tour. That in turn qualified her for the season ending CME Group TitleHolders, where she made her other cut of the year (there was no cut there, so none to miss!). In all, she only made about $25,000 in 2013, almost all of it at the Manulife, but that allowed her to maintain limited status on tour for 2014.

In 2014, Kang only made a few thousand dollars and finished 156th on the money list. She lost her playing privileges. There is no record of her playing in America after this, and she may have retired.