Im Jin-hee

{{Short description|South Korean professional golfer (born 1998)}}

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Im Jin-hee ({{Korean|hangul=임진희}}; born 24 May 1998), also known as Jin Hee Im, is a South Korean professional golfer. Hee Im turned professional in 2016, playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour, where she won six times.{{cite web |url=https://klpga.co.kr/web/profile/mainRecord?playerCode=8890 |title=Im Jinhee |publisher=KLPGA |access-date=30 May 2025}} She debuted on the LPGA Tour in 2024, and was named runner-up for the Tour's Rookie of the Year.

Biography

Im grew up in Guri, South Korea. She turned professional in 2016, starting as a rookie on the LPGA of Korea Tour.{{Cite magazine|last=Hall |first=Mike |date=2025-05-29 |title=Jin Hee Im Facts: 10 Things To Know About The LPGA Tour Star |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/jin-hee-im-golfer-facts-bio-wins |access-date=2025-05-29 |magazine=Golf Monthly}} In 2021, she had her first tournament win in the BC Card Hankyung Ladies Open. In 2023, she recorded four tournament wins for the season.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-12 |title=Im Jin-hee takes final trophy of the 2023 KLPGA Tour |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-11-12/sports/golf/Im-Jinhee-takes-final-trophy-of-the-2023-KLPGA-Tour/1911266 |access-date=2025-05-29 |newspaper=Korea JoongAng Daily |archive-date=29 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529214637/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-11-12/sports/golf/Im-Jinhee-takes-final-trophy-of-the-2023-KLPGA-Tour/1911266 |url-status=live }} Her 2023 season advanced her to the LPGA Q-Series to qualify for the LPGA Tour.{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Aryan |date=2024-04-20 |title=Meet LPGA's Jin Hee Im: The 25-Year-Old South Korean Star's Career Explored |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-meet-lpga-tour-jin-hee-im-the-twenty-five-year-old-south-korean-stars-career-explored/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=EssentiallySports}}

Im qualified for the 2024 LPGA Tour in December 2023, after finishing in the top of the Q-Series. After narrowly missing out on the KLPGA Rookie of the year award during her rookie season in Korea, Im committed herself to the achievement for the 2024 season.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=Ex-Korean tour star eyes top LPGA rookie award |newspaper=The Korea Times |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20240124/ex-korean-tour-star-eyes-top-lpga-rookie-award |access-date=2025-05-29}} During the 2024 season, Im made it to the top-10 six times during the tour season, across 24 starts.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=Im Jin-hee has laid the groundwork for ... |last=Lim |first=Jeongwoo |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/en/sports/11171475 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Maeil Business Newspaper}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=Non–Korean language versions of this website use automatic machine translation; see WP:KO/RS|date=May 2025}} She would eventually be runner-up to Mao Saigo in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.{{Cite web |title=Jin Hee Im – Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/jin-hee-im/100380/bio |access-date=2025-05-29 |publisher=LPGA}}

In 2025, Im's points from the CME Group Tour Championship earned her a berth in the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Women's Open Features Four-way Tie for Lead After First Round's Morning Groupings |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2025/us-womens-open-features-four-way-tie-for-lead-after-first-rounds-morning-groupings |date=2025-05-29 |publisher=LPGA |agency=Associated Press}} Prior to the tournament, Im was ranked 31 in the world.{{Cite web |title=Jin Hee Im |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/8562 |access-date=2025-05-29 |publisher=Rolex Rankings |archive-date=29 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250529214418/https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/8562 |url-status=live }}