Player Bio: Danielle Kang2020 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 28
Country: United States of America
College: Pepperdine
Worldwide professional victories: 5
Exempt status: 2017 winner of KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; top 30 points leader in LPGA Tour’s 2019 Race to the CME Globe; winner of LPGA Tour-sanctioned event from conclusion of 2019 U.S. Women’s Open to start of originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Women’s Open; top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of March 16, 2020

The California native’s first professional victory turned out to be a major championship: the 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The one-stroke win over Brooke Henderson came in her 144th start. Kang has since claimed four more titles, including consecutive victories in Greater Toledo, Ohio, after the circuit restarted following a long hiatus due to COVID-19. She won the LPGA Drive On Championship at historic Inverness Club and then rallied to beat Lydia Ko by a stroke in the Marathon Classic. Before turning professional, Kang registered back-to-back U.S. Women’s Amateur titles in 2010 and 2011. She will be making her 11th start in the U.S. Women’s Open, with her best finish solo fourth in 2018 at Shoal Creek.

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