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Tiffany Joh

American professional golfer


Summary

American professional golfer

FieldValue
nameTiffany Joh
birth_date
birth_placePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
height
nationality
residenceSan Diego, California, U.S.
collegeUCLA (graduated 2009)
yearpro2009
retired
tourSymetra Tour (joined 2009)
LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
extour
prowins2
lpgawins
letwins
jlpgawins
klpgawins
lagtwins
alpgwins
futwins2
otherwins
majorwins
nabiscoT16: 2014
lpgaT17: 2016
wusopenCUT: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
wbritopenT30: 2011
evianT43: 2016
wghofid
wghofyear
award1Heather Farr Player Award
year12017
awardssection

LPGA Tour (joined 2011)

Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour.

Childhood

Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the United States as adults. |url-status = dead She attended Rancho Bernardo High School where she earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-America honors.

Amateur career

In 2006 and 2008, Joh won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. She is one of five players in the history of the tournament to win the tournament twice. She was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team

In August 2007, she finished tied for 21st at the Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.

College

Joh attended UCLA where she was a member of the golf team for all four years, from 2005 through her graduation in 2009. She was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st Team in 2006 and 2008) and four-time All-American, and was a seven-time member of the Director's Honor Roll at UCLA, awarded to student athletes with a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

In 2006-07, her sophomore year, she won the Pac-10 title. She was the Pac-10 player of the year twice, in 2006–07 and in 2007-08.

At the 2008 NCAA Division I Golf Championship (May 20–23), Joh lost in a playoff to Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State for the individual championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after they tied at 287 (−1). Joh was named 2008 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and captured her third All-America nod from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) after leading the Bruins in every statistical category during the 2008 season. She was ranked among the nation's top five players all season.

Joh was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the 2022 class.

Professional career

After graduating from UCLA in June 2009 with a degree in communication studies, Joh turned professional and joined the Futures Tour, the official development tour of the LPGA Tour. She won one event on tour in 2010, the ING New England Golf Classic. She finished T22 at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2010 to earn conditional playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011 while still retaining privileges on the Futures Tour. She won again on the Futures Tour in 2011 at the South Shore Championship and had two top-30 finishes on the LPGA by the halfway point in the season. Her good performance on the LPGA Tour improved her priority status on the LPGA Tour and gave her entry to more tournaments in the second half of the 2011 LPGA season.

On September 18, 2011, Joh had her best yet finish on the LPGA Tour, as the runner-up at the Navistar LPGA Classic, five strokes behind winner Lexi Thompson. She earned $120,057 for the solo second-place finish, her largest payday to date as a professional. Her 2011 season earnings on the LPGA Tour were $237,365 from participating in 14 tournaments. This put her in 41st place on the season-ending money list, enough to earn full privileges on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season.

In 2012, Joh's rookie year on the LPGA, she finished 101st on the official LPGA money list which gave her limited playing privileges on the LPGA in 2013. She retained status on the Symetra Tour.

Joh was diagnosed with having a melanoma in January 2017. She returned to the LPGA Tour two months later.

She was the winner of the inaugural European eTour match at Pinehurst #2 in 2020, defeating Jane Park 2 up.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
1Jul 18, 2010ING New England Golf Classic67-65-68=200−10PlayoffUSA Gerina Mendoza14,000
2Jul 2, 2011South Shore Championship68-70=138^−62 strokesUSA Mallory Blackwelder
USA Jane Rah
USA Tiffany Tavee14,000

^ Tournament was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2020.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
ANA InspirationT21LACUTT16CUTCUTT72
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipT25CUTT72T30CUTT17CUTCUTT53
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUTT43T64CUTT70
Women's British OpenT30CUTT61T65T43T42CUT
Tournament20202021
ANA InspirationCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUT
The Evian Championship ^NT
Women's British OpenCUT

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

LA = low amateur

CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts madeTotals0000043716
ANA Inspiration00000283
U.S. Women's Open00000050
Women's PGA Championship000002105
The Evian Championship00000063
Women's British Open00000085
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – none

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
playedCuts
madeWins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finishEarnings
($)Money
list rankScoring
averageScoring
rank
2007110000T22n/an/a71.66n/a
2009110000T21n/an/a72.50n/a
2010200000MC0n/a79.00n/a
2011141201002237,3654172.7552
201220100000T3348,69510174.09113
20131450000T3025,18411773.72125
201427210000T16200,6076772.1967
201522110000T13114,2878472.7392
201625160000T11172,2338372.3584
201725140002T6203,8757672.20103
201825150001T8195,6478171.9782
201923120012T3249,1547072.23112
20201440000T1137,24111673.69126
20211330000T5211,32116773.81150
  • Official as of the 2021 season

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

  • Curtis Cup: 2008 (winners)
  • Espirito Santo Trophy: 2008

Curtis Cup record

YearTotal
matchesTotal
W–L–HSingles
W–L–HFoursomes
W–L–HFourballs
W–L–HPoints
wonPoints
%
20084*2–1–1**1–0–0* def. C. Booth 6&5*1–0–1* won w/ A. Blumenherst 1 up,
halved w/ A. Blumenherst*0–1–0* lost w/ Meghan Bolger, 3&22.562.5%

References

References

  1. (May 24, 2008). "Southern California, Arizona State's Munoz win golf titles". USA Today.
  2. [https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6989396/lexi-thompson-16-becomes-youngest-win-lpga-tour-event Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic]
  3. [http://golfweek.com/2017/03/15/resident-lpga-comedian-tiffany-joh-returns-from-melanoma-diagnosis/ Resident LPGA comedian Tiffany Joh returns from melanoma diagnosis]
  4. "Tiffany Joh Stats". LPGA.
  5. About.com, [http://golf.about.com/od/teamcompetitions/p/2008curtiscup.htm 2008 Curtis Cup] Retrieved August 28, 2011.
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