(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 36) Yeonggwang-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Height
5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sporting nationality
South Korea
Career
College
Yonsei University
Turned professional
2005
Current tour(s)
LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2005) LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 2005)
Former tour(s)
LPGA Tour (2009–13)
Professional wins
64
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour
11
Ladies European Tour
6
LPGA of Japan Tour
30
LPGA of Korea Tour
21
Ladies Asian Golf Tour
1
ALPG Tour
4
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Chevron Championship
T5: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship
3rd/T3: 2009, 2010
U.S. Women's Open
T2: 2023
Women's British Open
Won: 2008, 2012
Evian Championship
T44: 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; RR: Sin Jiae; [ɕindʑi.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. 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. With 64 wins worldwide on six different tours, she is the winningest Korean golfer, male or female, of all time.
JiyaiShin (Korean: 신지애; RR: Sin Jiae; [ɕin dʑi.ɛː]; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily...
Corpuz won the U.S. Women's Open by three strokes over Charley Hull and JiyaiShin. She won $2 million, a record. It was her first LPGA Tour win. She rose...
finished the 72-hole event at 16-under-par, one stroke ahead of runner-up JiyaiShin Previously her best finish had been fifth at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic...
at least 2004. Rookie JiyaiShin topped the money list, earning $1,807,334. In addition Shin took Rookie of the Year honors. Shin and Lorena Ochoa each...
Yeon Choi South Korea 1,871,166 5 – Ai Miyazato 2009 JiyaiShin South Korea 1,807,334 3 – JiyaiShin, Lorena Ochoa 2008 Lorena Ochoa Mexico 2,754,660 7...
2012 Kingsmill Championship, Creamer finished the tournament tied with JiyaiShin, and the two entered a playoff. They played eight playoff holes, each...
for a two-stroke margin over fellow American Paula Creamer, and beating JiyaiShin, Cristie Kerr and Morgan Pressel by two strokes. She then finished second...
World Golf Rankings as of a March 25, 2024 Bang Shin-sil Akie Iwai (7) JiyaiShin Miyū Yamashita (7) Lee Ye-won (7) and Park Min-ji did not play 7. Top-2...
Yani Tseng (LPGA Championship), Inbee Park (U.S. Women's Open), and JiyaiShin (Women's British Open). All major winners except Ochoa were not only first-time...
behind Kazuma Kobori, and won the Women's Victorian Open a stroke ahead of JiyaiShin. A few months ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Lau sat 52nd in the qualification...
000 2023 U.S. Women's Open Allisen Corpuz 279 −9 3 strokes Charley Hull JiyaiShin 2,000,000 2027 U.S. Open 2032 U.S. Open 2035 U.S. Women's Open 2037 U...
has won seven major tournaments since 2008 and 21 LPGA Tour events; and JiyaiShin, Ryu So-yeon, Chun In-gee, Park Sung-hyun and Ko Jin-young, who have won...
history of the tournament. 31 July – 3 August: Ricoh Women's British Open - JiyaiShin, a member of the KLPGA, won her first major tournament in a three-stroke...
for the first time in 2012. The championship was won by South Korea's JiyaiShin, who set a new record for the largest winning margin in the event (9 strokes)...
15-under, Sandra Gal hit a wedge to within two feet (0.6 m) of the hole and JiyaiShin was four feet (1.2 m) out. Gal made hers for birdie to win her first LPGA...
States 11 4 1965–1976 Jane Geddes 1960– United States 11 2 1986–1994 JiyaiShin 1988– South Korea 11 2 2008–2013 Lexi Thompson 1995– United States 11...
Hae-ryung into becoming the next queens of golf like Se Ri Pak, Michelle Wie, JiyaiShin, and Eun-Hee Ji. Uee as Sung Mi-soo Jin Ji-hee as young Mi-soo Lee Yong-woo...
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