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Amy Yang
양희영
Yang at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name Yang Hee-Young
Born (1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 35)
Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College None
Turned professional 2006
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006)
Professional wins 9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 6
Ladies European Tour 3
LPGA of Korea Tour 2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T4: 2012, 2023
LPGA Championship Won: 2024
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2012, 2015
Women's British Open 4th/T4: 2011, 2023
The Evian Championship T8: 2015
Achievements and awards
Race to the CME Globe 2023

Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (Korean: 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States–based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Amateur career

Yang began playing golf at age 10 in South Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005, she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 16 years, 192 days (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul in July 2017).

Professional career

After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.

That December, she returned to the LPGA Qualifying School, this time earning full playing status for 2009 by finishing second in the five-round event.

On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA tournament at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a title she won for a second and third time in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

On 24 June 2024, Yang won her first major title at the Women's PGA Championship in her 75th major start.

Personal life

Yang lives with her father, Joon Mo (James), mother, Sun Hee (Sunny), and younger brother, Steven. In the fall of 2007 the family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 20 Oct 2013 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship 67-71-69=207 −9 Playoff South Korea Hee-kyung Seo 285,000
2 1 Mar 2015 Honda LPGA Thailand 67-66-71-69=273 −15 2 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee
United States Stacy Lewis
Taiwan Yani Tseng		 225,000
3 26 Feb 2017 Honda LPGA Thailand (2) 66-67-65-68=266 −22 5 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon 240,000
4 24 Feb 2019 Honda LPGA Thailand (3) 69-66-66-65=266 −22 1 stroke Australia Minjee Lee 240,000
5 19 Nov 2023 CME Group Tour Championship 68-63-64-66=261 −27 3 strokes Japan Nasa Hataoka
United States Alison Lee		 2,000,000
6 23 Jun 2024 Women's PGA Championship 70-68-71-72=281 −7 3 strokes United States Lilia Vu
South Korea Ko Jin-young
Japan Miyū Yamashita		 1,560,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Taiwan Yani Tseng Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2013 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (3)

  • 2006 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (as an amateur)
  • 2008 (2) Ladies German Open, Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika

KLPGA Tour (2)

  • 2011 (1) KB Star Championship
  • 2013 (1) LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship (co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2024 Women's PGA Championship 2 shot lead −7 (70-68-71-72=281) 3 strokes South Korea Ko Jin-young
United States Lilia Vu
Japan Miyū Yamashita

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T27 T19 T4 T32 10 T29 T14 T8 CUT T26 T15 T50 T39 T4 T46
U.S. Women's Open T50 CUT T34 T5 T10 2 T50 4 2 T3 T8 CUT CUT CUT T54 CUT T33 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T9 T14 T12 CUT T5 CUT T26 7 T4 T11 T21 T37 T9 CUT T36 1
The Evian Championship ^ T67 T54 T8 T14 T48 T49 T44 NT T10 T19 T36 T63
Women's British Open T60LA CUT CUT T5 4 T26 CUT T21 T36 T30 T35 CUT T51 CUT CUT T4 T37

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.      Win      Top 10      Did not play LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 2 4 7 15 14
U.S. Women's Open 0 2 1 5 7 7 18 12
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 0 3 6 10 16 14
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 11
Women's British Open 0 0 0 3 3 4 17 11
Totals 1 2 1 13 22 32 77 61
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2014 Evian – 2017 Evian)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Events
Played		 Cuts
Made		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
Average		 Rank
2006 2 2 0 0 0 0 T52 n/a n/a 74.38 n/a
2007 2 2 0 0 0 0 T50 17,100 n/a 74.38 n/a
2008 7 5 0 0 0 1 T9 60,834 129 72.46 n/a
2009 23 19 0 0 1 2 T3 302,816 45 71.68 29
2010 22 22 0 1 0 6 2 765,929 14 71.09 13
2011 22 20 0 2 0 7 2 912,160 10 71.12 10
2012 22 20 0 1 0 5 2 844,305 13 71.04 12
2013 22 19 1 0 0 6 1 719,481 18 70.76 13
2014 21 18 0 1 0 5 T2 618,180 25 71.60 37
2015 23 21 1 2 0 10 1 1,438,312 6 70.51 10
2016 22 22 0 2 4 9 T2 1,152,686 13 70.09 7
2017 23 22 1 1 0 6 1 991,855 18 70.35 20
2018 23 19 0 0 3 8 3 809,492 24 70.24 13
2019 23 21 1 0 2 6 1 941,956 17 70.02 12
2020 13 10 0 0 0 0 T12 171,438 66 71.93 63
2021 22 16 0 0 1 6 T3 548,544 37 70.73 34
2022 20 14 0 0 0 3 T4 439,097 58 70.42 24
2023 20 16 1 0 1 5 1 3,165,834 2 70.49 24
2024 12 6 1 0 0 1 1 1,672,443 3 71.82 59
Totals^ 340 (2008) 290 (2008) 6 10 12 86 1 15,555,362 6

Official as of 23 June 2024
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2013 15
2014 23
2015 8
2016 12
2017 15
2018 25
2019 20
2020 44
2021 60
2022 82
2023 16
2024 5^

^ As of 24 June 2024

Team appearances

Professional

  • International Crown (representing South Korea): 2016
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