Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus Windy City Collegiate Classic on September 29, 2025
Women's Golf
vs Windy City Collegiate Classic
2019-20 Women's Golf Roster
Kim, Gina
Gina Kim
- Position:
- Player
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Durham, N.C.
Bio
Career:
Turned professional in January of 2022, after earning her LPGA Tour card in December ... led Duke to the 2019 NCAA Championship and the 2021 ACC Championship … totaled a 72.92 career scoring average … collected eight rounds in the 60s and 35 rounds of even or under par … posted two victories – ACC Individual Championship (2021) and Landfall Tradition (2018).
Career Honors:
ACC Individual Champion (2021), WGCA All-America (2021 - First Team, 2019 - Third Team), Golfweek All-America (2021 - Second Team; 2020, 2019 - Honorable Mention), All-ACC (2021, 2019), ACC Golfer of the Month (April - 2021), Golfweek Player of the Week (April - 2021), WGCA Scholar All-American (2021, 2020, 2019), All-ACC Academic Team (2021, 2019), ACC Honor Roll (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019).
Fall of 2021:
Competed in only two tournaments in the fall due to qualifying for the LPGA Tour ... in the season opener, carded rounds of 70, 70 and 71 for a 54-hole ledger of 211, which was tied for fifth at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate ... at the Windy City Collegiate, signed for rounds of 78, 71 and 79 for a 228, which tied for 34th ... totaled a 73.17 stroke average in six rounds ... in the first stage of LPGA Qualifying, carded rounds of 71, 69, 66 and 67 for a 15-under, 273, to earn medalist honors ... advanced to LPGA Qualifying stage II and placed tied for 19th with rounds of 69, 73, 68 and 72 for a 6-under, 282 ... at LPGA Q Series, earned her 2022 LPGA Tour card ... in week one, she had rounds of 70, 72, 71 and 73 for a 286 and then closed week two of qualifying with scores of 66, 70, 71 and 76 to join 45 other golfers earning their LPGA Tour card.
Curtis Cup (2021):
Helped lead the United States to a 12 1/2 to 7 1/ 2 victory in the Curtis Cup, which was played at Conwy Golf Club in North Wales ... the USA won the match as the visiting team for the first time since 2008.
Arnold Palmer Cup (2021):
Collected a 4-0 individual record, while helping the United States to a 33-27 victory over the Internationals at Rich Harvest Farms.
Summer of 2021:
Collected medalist honors at Stage I of LPGA Qualifying School with rounds of 71, 69, 66 and 67 for a 15-under, 273 ... won the Pinehurst North & South Women’s Amateur with a 3&1 victory over Anna Morgan ... competed in her third U.S. Women’s Open, which was played at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. ... missed the cut with rounds of 76 and 77 for a 153 ... helped lead the U.S. to a 33-27 victory at the Arnold Palmer Cup.
2021 Augusta National Women’s Amateur:
Tied for 13th at the ANWA with rounds of 74, 71 and 77 for a 54-hole ledger of 222 ... turned in one of only three under-par rounds in the second round of play.
2021:
WGCA First Team All-American … Golfweek Second Team All-America ... All-ACC selection … ACC Golfer of the Month for April … WGCA Scholar All-American ... Duke PNC Achievers Student-Athlete of the Year ... Golfweek Player of the Week (April 19) … Duke PNC Achievers Student-Athlete of the Week (April 19) … finished tied for fifth at the NCAA Championship with rounds of 74, 67, 72 and 73 for a 2-under, 286 … became the fourth Blue Devil to place in the top-10 at the NCAA Championship in her first two appearances (Celine Boutier, Amanda Blumenherst, Jennie Lee) … finished the season ranked No. 11 in the latest Golfweek Individual ledger and No. 10 in the GolfStat.com ledger … earned ACC Individual medalist accolades after carding rounds of 68, 69 and 69 for a 10-under-par, 206 … became the second ACC golfer to post three straight rounds in the 60s at the ACC Championship … the 10-under-par score matched Duke’s lowest 54-hole ledger at the ACC Championship … went 2-0 in match play to help lead Duke to its 22nd ACC Championship in school history, including both clinching wins … tied for sixth at the Valspar Augusta Invitational with rounds of 68, 70 and 70 for an 8-under-par, 208 … turned in a 2-1 record at the Cavalier Match Play to help lead Duke to the team title … collected a team-best 11 rounds of even or under par on the season … registered a 72.11 stroke average in 19 rounds … posted three top 10 and five top-20 finishes … notched a 4.70 par-5 scoring average … posted four eagles on the year … tied for 11th at the NCAA Columbus Regional with rounds of 70, 74 and 74 for a 218 … finished no lower than tied for 11th in her final four stroke play tournaments of the season and shot 18-under-par over those final four tournaments … knocked off Olivia Mehaffey of Arizona State, who is ranked No. 20 in the world, in the quarterfinals of match play at the NCAA Championship … had five rounds in the 60s.
January of 2021:
Won the Harder Hall Invitational with a wire-to-wire victory, after carding rounds of 67, 69, 78 and 73 for a one-under-par, 287 ... placed fourth at the South Atlantic Women’s Amateur with rounds of 73, 73, 72 and 73 for a three-over-par, 291.
Arnold Palmer Cup (2020):
Collected a 3-1 record at the Arnold Palmer Cup, but the United States dropped a 40.5-19.5 decision in Orlando, Fla.
Summer of 2020:
Carded rounds of 78, 74 and 69 over three days at the Carolinas Women’s Amateur Championship to finish second in Advance, N.C. … placed tied for fourth in the Egglands’s Best Professional Tour event in Florida with rounds of 71 and 69 for a four-under-par, 140 … Kim was also the low amateur in the event … advanced to the round of 16 of match play at the North & South Women’s Amateur, before falling to eventual champion Ivy Shepherd (1-UP) … placed tied for 13th in stroke play qualifying with rounds of 72 and 72 at the North & South … made the cut at the U.S. Women’s Amateur with rounds of 76 and 71 for a three-over-par, 147 … fell in the round of 64 of match play to Isabella Fierro in 19 holes … placed as the top amateur, while finishing third overall at the South Carolina Women’s Open with rounds of 71, 69 and 66 for a seven-under-par, 206.
2019-20:
Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America ... finished No. 46 in the Golfweek Individual ledger ... preseason ANNIKA Award Watch list and preseason Golfweek Second Team All-America ... WGCA Scholar All-American ... saw action in all six tournaments, while collecting a 72.88 stroke average ... totaled two top 20 finishes on the season ... placed tied for 11th at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate in the season opener with rounds of 73, 70 and 72 for an one-under-par, 215 ... posted a round of 74 in stroke play qualifying at the East Lake Cup to finish 11th ... finished in the top 30 at the Windy City Collegiate, Tar Heel Invitational and Northrop Grumman Challenge ... turned in seven rounds of even or under par, including a season-best six-under, 66, in the second round of the Tar Heel Invitational ... led Duke with two eagles ... hit 17 greens in regulation on two different occasions in the Tar Heel Invitational.
Summer of 2019:
Finished as the low amateur at the U.S. Women’s Open with rounds of 66, 72, 73 and 72 for a one-under-par, 283, which was T12th overall … the 72-hole ledger of 283 was tied for the second-lowest by an amateur in U.S. Women’s Open history … her first round of 66 was the lowest 18-hole score in U.S. Open history by an amateur … tied for seventh at the Canadian Women’s Open with rounds of 72, 73, 74 and 68 for a one-under, 287 … notched rounds of 73 and 75 in stroke play qualifying at the North & South Women’s Amateur to finish tied for 20th … dropped her round of 32 match play contest in 19 holes to Gurleen Kaur.
2019 Augusta National Women’s Amateur:
Missed the cut in her first appearance with rounds of 77 and 73 for a 36-hole score of 150.
2018-19:
WGCA Third Team All-America ... Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America ... All-ACC ... WGCA Scholar All-American ... helped lead Duke to its seventh NCAA Championship in school history ... posted a 2-1 record in match play, including wins over the No. 8 ranked amateur in the world, Albane Valenzuela of Stanford (1UP) and 14th-ranked Bianca Pagdanganan of Arizona (1UP) ... placed tied for 10th at the NCAA Championship stroke play portion with rounds of 78, 70 and 75 for a 54-hole total of 223 ... tied for first at the Landfall Tradition along with teammate Virginia Elena Carta with rounds of 74, 73 and 69 for an even-par, 216 ... collected 13 rounds of even or under par, which ranked tied for ninth on the Duke freshman record charts ... totaled two rounds in the 60s ... tied for fifth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and tied for sixth at the NCAA Auburn Regional ... posted two straight top 10 finishes to conclude her freshman season ... concluded the 2018-19 campaign ranked No. 17 in the GolfStat.com ledger and No. 36 in the Golfweek individual listing ... a preseason Golfweek Second Team All-America and No. 2 ranked rookie nationally ... competed in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur, but missed the cut with rounds of 77, 73.
Summer of 2018:
Tied sixth at AJGA Thunderbird International Junior with rounds of 74, 68 and 71 for a three-under, 213 … her round of 68 in the second round was the low for the day … competed in the U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 72 and 79 … traveled to Japan in June and played in the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup … helped the United States to a fifth place finish, while turning in rounds of 73, 74, 73 and 72 to finish at four-over, 292, which was 10th overall … missed the cut at the North & South Amateur with rounds of 81 and 78 in Pinehurst … turned in rounds of 68 and 71 to finish tied fifth in stroke play qualifying at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship … went on to advance to the semifinals by winning four match play matches, before falling, 3&2, to Yealimi Noh … placed tied third at the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship with rounds of 67, 68, 71 and 69 over for days for a nine-under, 275 … missed the cut at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, after turning in rounds of 72 and 75 for a 147.
High School/Prep:
Two-time Rolex Junior First Team All-America in 2016 and 2017 ... a two-time winner on the AJGA at the 2016 Rolex Girls Junior Championship and 2014 AJGA Junior at Cattail Creek ... 2017 Transamerica Scholastic Honor Roll ... currently ranked No. 3 in the Golfweek girls rankings and No. 8 in the Rolex AJGA rankings ... Rolex Junior All-America honorable mention in 2015 and 2014 ... collected 27 top-10 finishes on the AJGA since 2012 ... member of the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup, 2016 Junior Ryder Cup as well as the 2016 and 2017 Wyndham Cup East Teams .. did not compete in high school golf as a senior ... a two-time North Carolina 3A State Champion and in 2016 finished at three-under-par to win by nine shots ... during the Junior Ryder Cup and Junior Solheim Cup in the summers of 2016 and 2017, registered a combined 4-1-1 record along with United States wins ... Conference Player of the Year as a freshman in 2014 ... regional champion as a freshman (2014) and junior (2016) ... placed second at the state championship with rounds of 69 and 74 ... tied a conference record with around of 61 at the conference championship ... won the regional title in 2016 with a round of 64 ... competed in the Evian Junior Cup in 2014 and totaled two rounds of 72 as the United States won the championship.
Personal:
Full name is Gina Kim … born May 4, 2000 in Albuquerque, N.M. … daughter of Hosun & Sangsuk Kim … has one sister, Hannah (20) ... a three-time National Honor Society selection and two-time National Spanish Honor Society honoree ... selected to the Dean’s List at Duke in the fall of 2018 ... selected to the ACC Honor Roll in 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 ... majoring in psychology.
Kim By The Numbers
2021
Palmetto Intercollegiate (77-78-72=227, T18, +11)
Gamecock Intercollegiate (70-79-76=225, T51, +9)
Valspar Augusta Invitational (68-70-70=208, T6, -8)
ACC Championship (68-69-69=206, 1, -10)
NCAA Columbus Reg. (70-74-74=218, +2, T11)
NCAA Championship (74-67-72-73=286, -2, T5)
2019-20
Annika Intercollegiate (73-70-72=215, T11, -1)
Windy City Collegiate (74-72-72=218, T25, +2)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (77-66-72=215, T23, -1)
East Lake Cup (74=74, 11, +2)
Northrop Grumman Challenge (72-70-78=220, T29, +7)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (77-73-74=224, T33, +11)
2018-19
Annika Intercollegiate (73-73-71=217, T29, +1)
Windy City Collegiate (74-76-72=222, T24, +6)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (79-72-74=225, T48, +9)
The Landfall Tradition (74-73-69=216, T1, E)
Allstate Sugarbowl Intercoll. (71-77-72=220, T11, +4)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (71-68-74=212, T5, E)
Evans Derby Experience (72-71-79=222, T27, +6)
ACC Championship (79-77-74=230, T47, +14)
NCAA Auburn Reg. (73-70-71=214, T6, -2)
NCAA Championship (78-70-75=223, T10, +4)
LPGA
2018 US Open (72-79=151, MC)
2019 US Open (66-72-73-72=283, T12, -1)*
2021 US Open (76-77=153, MC)
* Low Amateur
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