Mi Hyun Kim

Infobox Korean name
hangul=김미현
hanja= 金美賢
rr= Gim Mi-hyeon
mr= Kim Mi-hyŏn

Mi Hyun Kim (born in Inchon on 13 January 1977) is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named was Rookie of the Year that year. She has won eight LPGA events with her best finish in a major championship second place at the 2001 Women's British Open.

Kim has been given the nickname "Peanut" because she stands only 5 foot 1 inches. LPGA golfers also refer to her as "Kimmy." Kim was inspired to come to the United States by Se Ri Pak. Her swing is characterized by an unusually long backswing that has become shorter in recent years.

Charitable giving

In May 2007, Kim donated $100,000 of her $210,000 prize money from winning the SemGroup Championship to victims of a recent tornado that severely damaged the town of Greensburg, Kansas. The tornado occurred during the SemGroup tournament.

Kim did not have any connection to Greensburg or any of its residents. Commenting on her donation, she said, "“Honestly, I made a lot of money in the United States on the LPGA Tour. Most of time, I get the money here and donate to South Korea. But, I want to help people here, too. The win was a surprise for me and I think God gave it to me like a special present or he is using me like, ‘okay, I give you this, but after that you give to help the people.'” cite web
last = LPGA
first =
title = Kim makes $100,000 donation to aid victims of Greensburg, Kan., tornado
publisher = LPGA.com
date = 2007-05-11
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10828&mid=2
accessdate = 2008-04-29 ]

A year later on the eve on the 2008 SemGroup Championship, the president of the United Way of the Plains in Wichita, Kansas appeared with Kim at the pre-tournament press conference to publicly thank her and announce that the publicity surrounding Kim's donation had spurred further donations totaling $1.2 million and that money is being used to build 25 homes for low- and moderate-income individuals displaced by the tornado. cite web
last = LPGA
first =
title = Mi Hyun Kim's Donation Makes a Difference in Kansas
publisher = LPGA.com
date = 2008-04-29
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=15097&mid=2
accessdate = 2008-04-29 ] cite web
last = LPGA
first =
title = Pre Tournament Interviews: SemGroup Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons
publisher = LPGA.com
date = 2008-04-29
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=15096&mid=1#mihyun
accessdate = 2008-04-29 ]

Professional wins (19)

KLPGA Tour (11)

*1996-1997 (9) Nine wins on LPGA of Korea Tour
*1999 (2) Two wins on LPGA of Korea Tour

LPGA Tour (8)

*1999 (2) State Farm Classic, First Union Betsy King Classic
*2000 (1) Safeway Classic
*2002 (2) Giant Eagle Classic, Wendy's Championship for Children
*2006 (2) Ginn Open, Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
*2007 (1) SemGroup Championship

Results in LPGA majors

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
- bgcolor="#eeeeee"!align="left"|Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008
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Kraft Nabisco Championship
align="center"|T15
align="center"|T21
align="center"|T57
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|7
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T5
align="center"|T42
align="center"|T30
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6

-
LPGA Championship
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|8
align="center"|T33
align="center"|T30
align="center"|T30
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T7
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T3
align="center"|T15
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T10

-
U.S. Women's Open
align="center"|T26
align="center"|T22
align="center"|T30
align="center"|T16
align="center"|T31
align="center"|T41
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T8
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T6

-
Women's British Open ^
align="center" style="background:yellow;"|2
align="center"|T61
align="center"|CUT
align="center"|CUT
align="center"|CUT
align="center"|CUT
align="center"|CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

References

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=202 Profile on LPGA.com]
* [http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/peanut/peanutmain.htm Biography on seoulsisters.com]