Oh Ji-young (golfer)

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Ji Young Oh 오지영
Oh at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Ji Young Oh 오지영
Born	(1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36) Seoul, South Korea
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Career
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2007)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T31: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship	T29: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T31: 2008
Women's British Open	T17: 2008
Evian Championship	T16: 2014

Ji-Young Oh (Korean: 오지영, born 3 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 16.

In 2006, she came to the United States and enrolled at the Leadbetter Academy. She played on the Future Collegians World Tour, a second tier amateur golf league, and won all six events she entered.

In the fall of 2006 she entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament as an amateur and finished 9th, earning exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2007. She immediately turning professional.

In 2007, her best finish was sixth at the Safeway Classic, where she carded a career-low 66 in the opening round.

In 2008, she earned her first win at the State Farm Classic beating top rookie Yani Tseng in a playoff.

In 2009, she gained her second win at the Sybase Classic.^[1]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Jul 2008	LPGA State Farm Classic	−18 (66-66-69-69=270)	Playoff	Yani Tseng
2	17 May 2009	Sybase Classic	−14 (66-69-69-70=274)	4 strokes	Suzann Pettersen

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2008	LPGA State Farm Classic	Yani Tseng	Won with par on first extra hole

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

• Official as of the 2016 season

• Oh Ji-young at the LPGA Tour official site
• Oh Ji-young at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Profile on SeoulSisters.com