Jin Jeong

{{Short description|South Korean golfer (born 1990)}}

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Jeong Yeon-jin ({{langx|ko|정연진}}; born 2 February 1990), better known as Jin Jeong,{{cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/08/136_69726.html |title=Jeong wins best amateur player award at British Open |newspaper=The Korea Times |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=27 January 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001095733/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/08/136_69726.html |archive-date= 1 October 2012 }} is a South Korean professional golfer.

Jeong was born in Busan and moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2006.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/18/jin-jeong-the-open-amateur |title=The Open 2010: South Korea's Jin Jeong not settling for silver successn |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 July 2010 |accessdate=27 January 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/local-knowledge/2010/07/british-amateur-champ-jeong-starts-with-68.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322025803/http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/local-knowledge/2010/07/british-amateur-champ-jeong-starts-with-68.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2012 |title=British Amateur champ Jeong starts with 68 |work=Golf Digest |date=15 July 2010 |accessdate=27 January 2010 }} He has enjoyed a highly successful amateur career. In 2010 he had two spells as the number one ranked amateur golfer on the back of four wins including The Amateur Championship, the first Asian to win that championship,{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=5309157 |title=Jeong earns spot in British Open |newspaper=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=20 June 2010 |access-date=27 January 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/76628/jin-jeong-becomes-first-asian.html |title=Jin Jeong becomes first Asian to win Amateur Golf championship |newspaper=Deccan Herald |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=21 June 2010 |accessdate=27 January 2010}} and finishing as low amateur in a tie for 14th place in The Open Championship.

Jeong turned professional in April 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aussiegolfer.net/2011/04/hes-not-allowed-to-see-his-girlfriend.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222022304/http://www.aussiegolfer.net/2011/04/hes-not-allowed-to-see-his-girlfriend.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-22 |title=He's not allowed to see his girlfriend because the female influence weakens him. He's just a very sad boy at the moment.|date=21 April 2011 |publisher=Aussie Golfer}} In December 2011, he finished 16th in the PGA Tour of Australasia qualifying school, winning a place on tour for 2012.[http://www.pga.org.au/site/_content/document/00041993-source.pdf]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2012, Jeong played in all three stages of the European Tour qualifying school, obtaining a place in some Challenge Tour events for 2013. In early October 2013, he competed in the first stage of the qualifying schools for the European Tour (successfully) and the Web.com Tour (unsuccessfully).{{Cite web|url=http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq13/event/pgatq1313/contest/1/leaderboard.htm|title=First Stage - Lakeland, FL}}

Jeong won his first championship as a professional on 20 October 2013, winning the ISPS Handa Perth International on the European Tour in a playoff over Ross Fisher. He was one of three players who had earned a place in that tournament from his position in the PGA Tour of Australasia's Tier 2 Money List for 2012, finishing 55th in the 2012 Order of Merit.http://pga-tic.com/factsheets/2013/1038/File_5.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} This win gave him an exemption on the European Tour until the end of 2015.