Jiyai Shin

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Jiyai Shin
신지애
HSBC Women's Champions 2.jpg
Shin at the 2009 HSBC Women's Champions
Personal information
Full nameJiyai Shin
NicknameFinal Round Queen
Born (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 33)
South Korea
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Nationality South Korea
Career
CollegeYonsei University
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2005)
LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2005)
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (2009–13)
Professional wins61
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour11
Ladies European Tour6
LPGA of Japan Tour28
LPGA of Korea Tour21
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
ALPG Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
ANA InspirationT5: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship3rd/T3: 2009, 2010
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2010
Women's British OpenWon: 2008, 2012
Evian ChampionshipT44: 2013
Achievements and awards
(For a full list of awards, see here)
In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 Shin Ji-ae, [ɕin dʑi.ɛː]; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broken existing KLPGA records, winning 10 events in 19 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007. In 2008, playing only 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour as a non-member, she won three events, including the Women's British Open and the ADT Championship. She has been ranked No. 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 25 weeks and was the first Asian to be ranked No. 1.

Amateur career[]

In 2005, while she was still in high school, Shin was the only amateur to win a KLPGA event that season when she won the SK Enclean Invitational. She turned professional at the end of the 2005 season.

Professional career[]

2006[]

Returning to the KLPGA as a rookie in 2006, she started her year with a pair of third-place finishes in her first two events and went on to claim three wins on the season.

2007[]

2007 marked Shin's breakout year. She played 19 events on the KLPGA and won 10 of them, shattering all existing Tour records. She also ventured onto the LPGA Tour for the first time and played three of the four women's major championships. At the U.S. Women's Open she finished sixth. The next month at the Evian Masters, an event on the LPGA Tour and a major on the Ladies European Tour, she finished tied for third. Shin finished 2007 ranked 8th in the world, the highest ranked Korean of all, and the only non-LPGA member who ranked in the top ten.

2008[]

Opening 2008 at the Women's World Cup of Golf, Shin and number two KLPGA player Eun-Hee Ji succumbed to the Philippines pair of Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin with a score of −16 after 3rd and final day of competition. Philippines scored −18 and received the $240,000 cheque.

Shin then played at the Women's Australian Open where she finished 2nd, losing to Karrie Webb in a playoff.[1]

Shin won the Women's British Open in Berkshire, England for her first LPGA Tour and major win. This made her the first non-member of the LPGA to win a major since Laura Davies won the U.S. Women's Open in 1987. She won the 2008 Mizuno Classic in November, shooting scores of 68, 66 and 67. She was six shots ahead of the next competitor to win at −15 (201), to notch her second LPGA career win.[2] Two weeks later she won the ADT Championship, the culminating event in the season-long LPGA playoff series, and claimed the $1 million prize. She became the first-ever non-LPGA member to win three LPGA tournaments.

2009[]

Shin's wins in LPGA Tour events in 2008 qualified her for LPGA membership in 2009. She got off to a slow start as an LPGA member, missing her first cut ever in an LPGA tournament at the season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay. She rebounded and won the third event of the season, the limited field HSBC Women's Champions, scoring 66 in both the third and fourth rounds. She won again in June at the full-field Wegmans LPGA tournament[3] and in September at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. By the first week of November she officially clinched the LPGA Rookie of the Year award.

She had been awarded a Talent Medal of Korea by the President of Korea in 2009.[4]

2010[]

On 2 May, Shin won the on the LPGA of Japan Tour. On 3 May, she became the World Number 1 ranked women's golfer, replacing Lorena Ochoa who finished in sixth place in an LPGA tournament the previous day.[5] She held the position until it was taken over by Ai Miyazato on 21 June 2010 and regained it on 26 July after winning the Evian Masters.[6]

On 19 September, Shin won the , one of the major championships on the LPGA of Korea Tour. With this victory, Shin qualified for the KLPGA Hall of Fame, although she has to fulfill her career as professional golfer for 10 years before membership can be official. If she continues her professional career, she will be the third Hall of Famer in 2015, after Ok-Hee Ku and Se Ri Pak.[7]

2014[]

Shin gave up her LPGA membership before the start of the season to be nearer to her family in Korea and played on the LPGA of Japan Tour, winning four times during the 2014 season.[8]

2015[]

Shin won the in early May for the second time in her career. She birdied three of the final five holes on the back nine to win by one stroke over Erika Kikuchi of Japan. This victory is her 10th win on the JLPGA Tour.[9]

Honors and awards[]

2005

  • KLPGA Rookie of the Year
  • KLPGA Best Amateur

2006

  • KLPGA Money list leader

2007

  • KLPGA Player of the Year
  • KLPGA Money list leader

2008

  • KLPGA Player of the Year
  • KLPGA Money list leader

2009

  • LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year
  • LPGA Tour Money list leader
  • Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year

2015

  • KLPGA Hall of Fame

2018

Personal life[]

In 2004 at age 16, Shin's mother was killed in a car accident. Her younger brother and sister were seriously injured and spent nearly a year in a hospital. Her mother's death insurance money funded the beginning of her golf career.[10] Shin currently owns a home in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her brother, stepmother, and father.[11]

Endorsements[]

Shin has endorsement deals with Three Bond Holdings, Jatco, M.U Sports & Ecco.

Professional wins (61)[]

LPGA Tour wins (11)[]

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (9)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 3 Aug 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open[1] 66-68-70-66=270 −18 3 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
2 9 Nov 2008 Mizuno Classic[2] 68-66-67=201 −15 6 strokes Japan
3 23 Nov 2008 ADT Championship 69-75-71-70 1 stroke Australia Karrie Webb
4 8 Mar 2009 HSBC Women's Champions 72-73-66-66=277 −11 2 strokes Australia Katherine Hull
5 28 Jun 2009 Wegmans LPGA 65-68-67-71=271 −17 7 strokes United States Kristy McPherson
Taiwan Yani Tseng
6 13 Sep 2009 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship 70-70-64=207 −9 Playoff United States Angela Stanford
South Korea Sun Young Yoo
7 25 Jul 2010 Evian Masters[1] 70-69-68-67=274 −14 1 stroke South Korea Na Yeon Choi
United States Morgan Pressel
United States Alexis Thompson
8 7 Nov 2010 Mizuno Classic[2] 65-66-67=198 −18 2 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
9 10 Sep 2012 Kingsmill Championship 62-68-69-69=268 −16 Playoff United States Paula Creamer
10 16 Sep 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open[1] 71-64-71-73=279 −9 9 strokes South Korea Inbee Park
11 17 Feb 2013 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[3] 65-67-70-72=274 −18 2 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship United States Angela Stanford
South Korea Sun Young Yoo 		Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2012 Kingsmill Championship United States Paula Creamer Won with par on ninth extra hole

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.
2 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Japan Tour.
3 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Ladies European Tour wins (6)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 3 Aug 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open[4] 66-68-70-66=270 −18 3 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
2 25 Jul 2010 Evian Masters[4] 70-69-68-67=274 −14 1 stroke South Korea Na Yeon Choi
United States Morgan Pressel
United States Alexis Thompson
3 16 Sep 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open[4] 71-64-71-73=279 −9 9 strokes South Korea Inbee Park
4 17 Feb 2013 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[5] 65-67-70-72=274 −18 2 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
5 28 Feb 2016 RACV Ladies Masters[6] 68-70-71-69=278 −14 3 strokes England Holly Clyburn
6 11 Feb 2018 ActewAGL Canberra Classic [6] 65-68-64=197 −19 6 strokes Australia Minjee Lee

4 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.
5 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour.
6 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour.
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LET.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (28)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 23 Mar 2008 70-69-73=212 −4 Playoff Japan Sakura Yokomine
2 9 Nov 2008 Mizuno Classic[7] 68-66-67=201 −15 6 strokes Japan
3 25 Oct 2009 Masters GC Ladies 70-70-68-208 −8 Playoff Japan
Japan Akiko Fukushima
4 2 May 2010 72-70-66=208 −8 2 strokes Japan
Japan
5 7 Nov 2010 Mizuno Classic[7] 65-66-67=198 −18 2 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
6 22 Jun 2014 69-65-70=204 −12 4 strokes Japan
Japan
7 10 Aug 2014 Meiji Cup 70-66-68=204 −12 2 strokes Taiwan Teresa Lu
8 31 Aug 2014 67-71-70=208 −8 3 strokes Japan
South Korea Lee Bo-mee
9 21 Sep 2014 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic 68-67-67=202 −14 1 stroke South Korea
10 3 May 2015 68-71-69=208 −8 1 stroke Japan
11 21 Jun 2015 71-67-67=205 −11 1 stroke South Korea
12 29 Nov 2015 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 70-71-72-68=281 −7 6 strokes Japan Shiho Oyama
13 15 May 2016 71-67-68=206 −10 2 strokes South Korea Kim Ha-neul
South Korea Lee Bo-mee
14 19 Jun 2016 67-69-68=204 −12 3 strokes Japan Minami Katsu (a)
15 30 Oct 2016 Hisako Higuchi Mitsubishi Electric Ladies Golf Tournament 69-72-66=207 −9 1 stroke South Korea
16 25 Aug 2017 69-65-70-74=278 −10 2 strokes Taiwan
17 19 Nov 2017 70-66-68-67=271 −17 2 strokes Japan Ai Suzuki
18 6 May 2018 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup 74-71-70-70=285 −3 1 stroke Japan Ai Suzuki
19 2 Sep 2018 64-68-70=202 −14 Playoff Japan
20 9 Sep 2018 Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup 67-66-71-68=272 −16 9 strokes South Korea Ahn Sun-ju
South Korea
21 25 Nov 2018 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 66-73-70-68=277 −11 Playoff South Korea
22 14 Apr 2019 68-70-69=207 −9 1 stroke Japan
Japan
23 28 Apr 2019 Fujisankei Ladies Classic 70-72-63=205 −8 2 strokes Japan Hinako Shibuno
Japan Ai Suzuki
Japan
24 30 Jun 2019 67-66-68-72=273 −15 3 strokes Japan
Japan Mika Miyazato
25 18 Oct 2020 Fujitsu Ladies Golf Tournament 70-70-69=209 −7 2 strokes South Korea
Japan
26 8 Nov 2020 Toto Japan Classic 66-65-66=197 −19 3 strokes Japan Yuka Saso
27 20 Jun 2021 70-70-66=206 −10 Playoff South Korea
28 25 Jul 2021 68-68-66-71=273 −15 5 strokes Japan Mayu Hamada
South Korea
Japan
Japan

7 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in JLPGA.

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (21)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 11 Sep 2005 (as an amateur) −11 (68-67-70=205) 2 strokes South Korea
2 21 May 2006 Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open −11 (67-73-65=205) 2 strokes United States Cristie Kerr
3 8 Sep 2006 −12 (68-66-70=204) 1 stroke South Korea
4 19 Nov 2006 Orient China Ladies Open −17 (72-66-64-69=271) 8 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi
5 27 Apr 2007 E (76-73-67=216) Playoff South Korea
6 3 Jun 2007 −12 (67-71-66=204) 1 stroke South Korea Eun-Hee Ji
7 15 Jun 2007 −12 (71-67-66=204) 1 stroke South Korea
8 23 Jun 2007 −16 (66-68-66=200) 2 stroke South Korea Eun-Hee Ji
9 8 Sep 2007 −10 (69-65=134) 2 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi
10 16 Sep 2007 −12 (68-66-70=204) 5 strokes South Korea Hee Young Park
South Korea Jin Joo Hong
11 7 Oct 2007 −8 (71-67-70=208) 2 strokes South Korea
12 28 Oct 2007 −9 (71-72-67=210) 5 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi
13 25 Nov 2007 −5 (74-69-68=211) 3 strokes South Korea
14 16 Dec 2007 China Ladies Open −13 (68-68-67=203) 5 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
15 20 Apr 2008 −13 (66-70-67=203) 1 stroke South Korea Ilhee Lee
16 18 May 2008 Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open −3 (75-69-69=213) Playoff South Korea So Yeon Ryu
17 15 Jun 2008 −5 (68-71-72=211) Playoff South Korea
South Korea
18 26 Sep 2008 −7 (67-70-72=209) 2 strokes South Korea Sun Ju Ahn
19 18 Oct 2008 −13 (68-67-68=203) 2 strokes South Korea Soo-Yun Kang
20 26 Oct 2008 −3 (66-74-70-73=285) Playoff South Korea Sun Ju Ahn
South Korea
21 19 Sep 2010 −12 (66-72-68-70=276) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Hye-youn

Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in KLPGA

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 9 Feb 2007 Thailand Ladies Open −10 (67-72-67=206) 10 strokes South Korea

ALPG Tour wins (3)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 17 Feb 2013 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[8] 65-67-70-72=274 −18 2 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
2 28 Feb 2016 RACV Ladies Masters[9] 68-70-71-69=278 −14 3 strokes England Holly Clyburn
3 11 Feb 2018 ActewAGL Canberra Classic[9] 65-68-64=197 −19 6 strokes Australia Minjee Lee

8 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
9 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

Major championships[]

Wins (2)[]

No. Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
1 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open −18 (66-68-70-66=270) 3 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
2 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open −9 (71-64-71-73=279) 9 strokes South Korea Inbee Park

Results timeline[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration T15 T31 T21 T5 T29 T26 T7 T16 T21
U.S. Women's Open 6 T19 T13 T5 T10 CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship 3 T3 T34 T5 T11
The Evian Championship ^ T44
Women's British Open T28 1 T8 T14 21 1 T36 T29 T60

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

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary[]

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 9
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 5
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 2 3 3 4 5 5
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Women's British Open 2 0 0 2 3 5 9 9
Totals 2 0 2 7 11 20 32 29
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 22 (2007 Kraft Nabisco – 2013 LPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2009 British Open – 2010 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary[]

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
(US$)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2006 1 1 0 0 0 1 T4 63,719 n/a 70.33 n/a
2007 7 7 0 0 1 2 T3 346,259 n/a 71.76 n/a
2008 10 10 3 0 0 6 1 1,682,976 n/a 70.73 n/a
2009 25 23 3 1 3 12 1 1,807,3341 1 70.26 2
2010 18 17 2 1 4 14 1 1,783,127 2 70.25 5
2011 18 18 0 2 0 7 2 720,735 15 70.81 4
2012 18 18 2 0 3 8 1 1,234,597 7 70.31 1
2013 20 19 1 0 0 5 1 602,875 22 70.66 9
2014 5 5 0 0 0 0 T16 n/a n/a 72.47 n/a

1 Shin's $24,349 earnings at the 2009 Honda LPGA Thailand were considered unofficial under LPGA rules and are not included in this total.
* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

  • official through 23 November 2014[12]

World ranking[]

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

Year Ranking
2006 33[13]
2007 7[14]
2008 6[15]
2009 2[16]
2010 1[17]
2011 7[18]
2012 8[19]
2013 16[20]
2014 36[21]
2015 33[22]
2016 23[23]
2017 25[24]
2018 21[25]

Team appearances[]

Professional

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Martin, Blake (4 February 2008). "Webb trumps Korean star". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  2. ^ "South Korea's Shin wins Mizuno Classic in Japan". The New York Times. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  3. ^ "South Korea's Shin triumphs at Wegmans LPGA event". AFP. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Seungchan Kim and Jiyai Shin conferred the 2009 Talent Medals of Korea". Yonsei University.
  5. ^ Shin gains No. 1 world ranking
  6. ^ "Shin back to No. 1 in women's golf ranking". United Press International. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  7. ^ Jiyai Shin enters Hall of Fame (article in Korean)
  8. ^ Mell, Randall. "Former world No. 1 prefers Japan Tour over LPGA". Golf Channel. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Jiyai Shin won 10 career wins". Kuki News. 3 May 2015.
  10. ^ Martin, Blake (31 January 2008). "Korean teenager to give Webb a run for the money at the Open". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  11. ^ "Transcript: Interview with Jiyai Shin". Signon San Diego. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  12. ^ "Jiyai Shin stats". LPGA. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2006.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  24. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by
Lorena Ochoa 		World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
3 May 2010 – 20 June 2010 		Succeeded by
Ai Miyazato
Preceded by
Ai Miyazato 		World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
26 July 2010 – 15 August 2010 		Succeeded by
Cristie Kerr
Preceded by
Cristie Kerr 		World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
1 November 2010 – 13 February 2011 		Succeeded by
Yani Tseng
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