Education
She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.
She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.
Yang began playing golf at age 10 in her native of Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously. Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008. 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.
She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo. LPGA Tour wins (2) Ladies European Tour (3) KLPGA Tour (2) Results not in chronological order before 2015.
The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2010 Kraft Nabisco – 2012 Kraft Nabisco) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2011 United States Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco) official as of 22 November 2015.
