Auston Kim
American professional golfer (born 2000)
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Auston Kim (김고은, born August 16, 2000) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She won the 2023 Epson Tour Championship.[1]
United States| Auston Kim | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 16, 2000 Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Sporting nationality | United States |
| Residence | St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Vanderbilt University |
| Turned professional | 2022 |
| Current tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2024) |
| Former tour | Epson Tour (joined 2022) |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T30: 2024 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T2: 2025 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T31: 2025 |
| Women's British Open | T78: 2024 |
| Evian Championship | T43: 2025 |
Early life, family and college career
Kim was born in Long Island, New York to mother, Piljo, and father, Christopher. She and her family moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2011. She attended Allen D. Nease High School and graduated in 2017.
She has an older sister, August, who was a First Team All-American at Purdue University and also played professionally for 5 years on the Symetra and LPGA Tours, and now attends Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.[1][2]
Kim attended Vanderbilt University and played with the Vanderbilt Commodores women's golf team between 2018 and 2022, where she was on the SEC All-Freshman Team, honorable mention All-American, and named to the Annika Award Watch List. She graduated in 2022 with a degree in political science and a concentration in American government.[3]
Professional career
Kim turned professional in 2022 and joined the Epson Tour. In 2023, she recorded ten top-10s including a runner-up at the Island Resort Championship and a win at the Epson Tour Championship.[4] She finished 3rd in the rankings to earn a tour card for the 2024 LPGA season.[5]
In her rookie LPGA Tour season, Kim shot a 64 in the third round of her first tournament, the LPGA Drive On Championship, and finished tied 6th. She recorded a solo 3rd at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, and finished 6th in the Rookie of the Year race and 66th on the money list, to comfortably keep her status for 2025.[6]
Amateur wins
- 2019 NCAA Auburn Regional, Cougar Classic
Source:[7]
Professional wins (1)
Epson Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 8, 2023 | Epson Tour Championship | 71-64-65-65=265 | −23 | 1 stroke | Gurleen Kaur, Kaleigh Telfer |
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T30 | T44 | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T31 | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T2 | |||||
| The Evian Championship | NT | CUT | T43 | ||||
| Women's British Open | T78 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied