Candie Kung

Candie Kung
龔怡萍
Candie Kung; 龔怡萍
Personal information
Full name	Kung I-Ping
Born	8 August 1981 (age 43); Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	Taiwan; United States
Residence	Allen, Texas, U.S.
Career
College	University of Southern California
Turned professional	2001
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2002)
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (2000–01)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	4
Epson Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships;
Chevron Championship	T8: 2004
Women's PGA C'ship	T10: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2009
Women's British Open	T4: 2002
Evian Championship	T11: 2015

Candie Kung (Chinese: 龔怡萍; pinyin: Gōng Yípíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kióng Sîn-phêng; born 8 August 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Kung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American and was named 1999 AJGA Player of the Year. She won the 2001 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. While at USC, Kung was a two-time NCAA All-American and won the 2000 Pac-10 Championship.

Professional career

After turning pro in 2001, Kung initially played on the second tier Futures Tour, and she won the SBC Futures Tour Championship that year. She tied for 15th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to win a place on the main tour for 2002. She had a solid rookie season, finishing 36th on the money list. In 2003, she won her first three LPGA events, and was sixth on the money list. She finished 17th on the money list in 2004, tied for 11th in 2005, and 29th in 2006. Kung won her fourth LPGA tournament at the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship in 2008.

Kung came close to winning the 2009 U.S. Women's Open. She finished the tournament at one over 285 and was tied for first till Eun-Hee Ji birdied the final hole to take home the title.

Personal information

Kung was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States in 1995. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in approximately 2005; She does not hold dual citizenship. She currently lives in Allen, Texas.^[2]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Apr 2003	LPGA Takefuji Classic	−12 (67-67-70=204)	2 strokes	Kang Soo-yun Cristie Kerr Annika Sörenstam
2	24 Aug 2003	Wachovia LPGA Classic	−14 (71-67-66-70=274)	2 strokes	Meg Mallon Se Ri Pak
3	31 Aug 2003	State Farm Classic	−14 (64-67-71=202)	1 stroke	Laura Davies
4	2 Nov 2008	Hana Bank-KOLON Championship	−6 (70-71-69=210)	1 stroke	Katherine Hull

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2008	Navistar LPGA Classic	Cristie Kerr Lorena Ochoa	Ochoa won with par on second extra hole Kerr eliminated by par on first hole

Futures Tour (1)

2001 (1) SBC FUTURES Tour Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

! Tournament	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
ANA Inspiration		CUT		T28	T8	T9	T24	T60	T21	T30
U.S. Women's Open	CUT			CUT	T5	T6	T28	T58	T19	2
Women's PGA Championship			CUT	CUT	T64	T13	T44		T10	T57
Women's British Open ^			T4	T10	T29	T22	T10	T33	T42	CUT

! Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ANA Inspiration	T69	T62	T49	T69	T71	T69	T65	T56	T66
U.S. Women's Open	T28	T13	CUT	WD	T30	T56	CUT	CUT	CUT
Women's PGA Championship	72	T20	29	T44	T48	T34	T72	T20	CUT
Women's British Open	CUT	T14	38	T25	CUT	T36	T31	T49
The Evian Championship ^^				T52	T50	T11	T14	T32

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	2	4	17	16
U.S. Women's Open	1	2	3	5	17	10
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	1	4	16	13
Women's British Open	0	1	3	6	16	13
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	2	5	5
Totals	1	3	9	21	71	57

Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2003 British Open – 2009 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2003 British Open – 2004 Kraft Nabisco)

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Chinese Taipei): 2000

Professional

Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008
International Crown (representing Taiwan/Chinese Taipei): 2014, 2016, 2018

References

External links

Candie Kung at the LPGA Tour official site
Candie Kung at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site

[1] ttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_3_55/ai_114373147/ ^{[bare URL]}

[2] Third-round interviews from the Evian Masters

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