Gina Kim

Gina Kim is an American professional golfer born on May 4, 2000, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She competes on the LPGA Tour under the United States flag. Her parents, both of Korean origin and professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, introduced her to golf at age seven. Kim built one of the most decorated junior and collegiate records of her generation before turning professional in January 2022.

At Duke University, Kim was a cornerstone of a program that won the NCAA National Championship in spring 2019. That same year, as an amateur, she shot an opening-round 5-under 66 at the U.S. Women's Open, matching the lowest single round ever recorded by an amateur in the tournament's history, and finished T12 to claim low-amateur honours. She also won the 2021 North and South Women's Amateur and represented the United States at the Curtis Cup (2021), Junior Solheim Cup (2017), and Junior Ryder Cup (2016). She earned her first LPGA Tour card through Q-Series while still an amateur, entering 2022 as a full member.

Kim's professional breakthrough came in stages. She won the 2022 Inova Mission Inn Championship on the Epson Tour in her rookie season, then after losing her LPGA card re-dedicated herself to the development circuit in 2025. The result was a dominant three-win campaign, taking the IOA Golf Classic, the Copper Rock Championship, and the Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship. Those results secured her 2026 LPGA Tour membership.

Kim entered the 2026 LPGA Tour season with four career professional victories, all on the Epson Tour, and her first major-level results as a professional still ahead of her. Her amateur record -- particularly that U.S. Women's Open display -- signals the ceiling of a player capable of competing deep into LPGA major weekends.

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