Kim Young

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김영

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| birth_place = Chunchon, South Korea

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| college = Kyung Hee University

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Young Kim ({{Korean|hangul=김영}}; born 2 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Kim was born in Chunchon, South Korea. She played on the LPGA of Korea Tour winning five times between 1999 and 2003. She won once on the Futures Tour in 2001. She played on the LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2009, winning the 2007 LPGA Corning Classic.

Kim's best ever finish in a major championship was a T3 at the 2005 Women's British Open.

Kim was second to Lorena Ochoa for Rookie of the Year in 2003. She is perhaps best known for her different hat wear.

{{cite web

|last=The All-Starr Blog

|title=Unsung Stanford Invitational First-round leader, a woman of many hats

|work=Newsweek

|url=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/starr/archive/2008/04/25/unsung-stanford-invitational-first-round-leader-a-woman-of-many-hats.aspx

|accessdate=25 April 2008

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628041935/http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/starr/archive/2008/04/25/unsung-stanford-invitational-first-round-leader-a-woman-of-many-hats.aspx

|archivedate=28 June 2008

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Kim, when asked to describe the headgear she was wearing, called it a 'bucket hat'.

{{cite web

|last=The All-Starr Blog

|title=Hats off to Young Kim leads the Stanford International after two rounds by one shot

|work=Newsweek

|url=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/starr/archive/2008/04/25/hats-off-to-young-kim-leads-the-stanford-international-after-two-rounds-by-one-shot.aspx

|accessdate=25 April 2008

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628041930/http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/starr/archive/2008/04/25/hats-off-to-young-kim-leads-the-stanford-international-after-two-rounds-by-one-shot.aspx

|archivedate=28 June 2008

|url-status=dead

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