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Player Bio: Gina Kim (a)2021 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 21
Country: United States
College: Duke
Road to Olympic: Qualified at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C.

The Duke University junior qualified for her third U.S. Women’s Open by surviving a 4-for-2 playoff for the last spots in Southern Pines, N.C. on May 4. Kim was the low amateur in 2019 at the Country Club of Charleston (S.C.), tying for 12th at 1-under 283 after she opened with a 66 to match the lowest score by an amateur in U.S. Women’s Open history. Kim was one of 12 players invited to an informal practice session for this summer’s Curtis Cup Match in Wales. She is a two-time semifinalist in USGA events: 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior at Poppy Hills and the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with Jennifer Chang. This past January, she won the Harder Hall Invitational in Sebring, Fla.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2021 The Olympic Club (Lake Course) 76-77 +11 MC

2019

Country Club of Charleston

66-72-73-72—283

-1

T-12

2018

Shoal Creek

72-79  

+7

MC