Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (Korean: 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Amy Yang 양희영
Yang at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Yang Hee-Young
Born	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 34) Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	None
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2008) Ladies European Tour (LET) (joined 2006)
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	5
Ladies European Tour	3
LPGA of Korea Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T4: 2012, 2023
Women's PGA C'ship	T4: 2017
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2012, 2015
Women's British Open	4th/T4: 2011, 2023
Evian Championship	T8: 2015
Achievements and awards
Race to the CME Globe 2023

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Yang began playing golf at age 10 in South Korea and moved to the Gold Coast of Australia with her family at age 15 to pursue golf more seriously.

In 2005, she won the Queensland Amateur Championship, the youngest winner ever of that championship. In 2006, while still an amateur she won the ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour (LET), making her the youngest winner ever on the LET at age 16 years, 192 days (a record later broken by 14-year-old amateur Atthaya Thitikul in July 2017).

After her win in at the ANZ Ladies Masters, the LET offered Yang a special three-year membership exemption beginning in 2006 as a 17-year-old, providing she traveled with her parents until she turned 18. She recorded four top-20 finishes in 2007 while still attended high school.

Yang attended LPGA Tour qualifying school in the fall of 2007 and obtained conditional status on the LPGA Tour as well for 2008.

In June 2008, Yang claimed her second LET win with a four-shot win at the Ladies German Open. Upon winning, Yang announced that she was donating her entire prize of $61,260 to victims of a recent earthquake in China.^[1]

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.^[2]

On 20 October 2013, Yang won her first LPGA Tour event at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. She birdied the first sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Hee-Kyung Seo.^[3]

On 1 March 2015, Yang won her second LPGA tournament at the Honda LPGA Thailand, a title she won for a second and third time in 2017 and 2019 respectively.^[4]

Yang lives with her father, Joon Mo (James), mother, Sun Hee (Sunny), and younger brother, Steven. In the fall of 2007 the family moved from Australia to Orlando, Florida.^[5]

Results not in chronological order.

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

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Official as of 2023 season^[7][8][9]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

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

Professional

• International Crown (representing South Korea): 2016