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Angela Oh is a Korean American who grew up
in New Jersey. She was a top junior player in the early 2000's,
even making the Junior Ryder Cup team in 2004. She was named
the 2005 Junior PGA Player of the Year.
She attended the University of Tennessee,
where she attained eight top ten finishes in NCAA competition.
In 2008, she suddenly decided to turn pro and quit her college
program, but an eating disorder limited her to just four events
on the Futures Tour in 2008. She finished no better than 27th.
Working with her father, she retooled her
game and entered LPGA Q-School in the Fall. She finished tied
for 40th. Thus she snagged one of the last non-exempt cards
available.
Unfortunately, Oh only got into two events
in 2009, and did not make the cut in either one of them. Thus
she lost status on tour in 2010. Playing on the Futures Tour,
however, she won the opening event of the 2010 season, beating
Jane Rah in a playoff. She was not able to get a tour card
through the Futures Tour, but finished tied for 10th at LPGA
Qualifying School, and thus will have full status on tour
in 2011.
2011 was Angela's first chance to play a full
season on the LPGA tour. She struggled: she made only one
cut in 10 tries, and that was only a tie for 47th. She had
to go back to Qualifying School again. But amazingly, she
finished tied for 9th there, earning a full tour card for
2012. She keeps getting back to the LPGA the hard way, but
she keeps getting back!
Angela had a better 2012 than any other previous
season, but she still just barely made the top 125 on the
money list to give her limited status for 2013. She was not
able to improve that at Q-School.
Angela does not seem to have played since
then, and no longer has Symetra Tour membership. She may have
retired.
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