SARAH OH

The Facts

Capsule Bio

Sarah Oh moved from South Korea to Australia while a young teenager to pursue her growing golf career. She quickly became one of the top amateur golfers in the country, and has amassed a large resume of impressive victories in her time down under. Some of her victories include the 2006 Australian Junior Championship, in which she defeated Amy Yang by a shot to take the crown; the 2005 Australian Women's Amateur; and the 2006 Master Card Junior Masters. In 2005 alone, she swept the New South Wales Amateur Stroke play championship, the NSW Match Play and the NSW 72 hole stroke play championship.

Sarah turned pro late in 2007 and joined the minor league Australian Ladies Pro Golf Tour. She immediately made an impact there, winning her first tournament within a few months of turning pro, and nearly winning a second, which she lost on the final day to English superstar Laura Davies. She also attended LPGA Q-School, where she acquired a non-exempt card.

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Sarah played all over the place in 2008, including the KLPGA, trying to gain experience. She missed the cut in the few LPGA events she entered, however, and failed to get any 2009 tour status at Q School in December.

In 2009, Sarah played on the ALPG, an Australian women's golf tour, where she won the NSW Women's Open in January. But not without controversy: she was accused of two rule infractions by her playing partners, neither of which cost her strokes in the end. But had either one been accepted, she would have lost the event.

Oh went on to play on the KLPGA's secondary tour, where she won once and finished near the top of the money list. In 2010, she successfully defended her NSW Open championship, managing four straight birdies at one time in the final round and shooting a 67 in the end.

Oh focused on the Dream Tour, the KLPGA's developmental tour, in 2010. She finished in the top 20 on their money list. Her best tournament finish was a fourth place. She played a few KLPGA events in 2011, but was not able to earn enough money to move up to the KLPGA full time.

Oh earned conditional status on the KLPGA in 2012 thanks to ten rounds of qualifying. After that, she played four KLPGA events with a best finish of 13th, and played a few minor tour events besides that. She also played a little on the Australian LPG during the early part of 2012.

Oh managed a 25th place finish at the New Zealand Women's Open in 2013. But she spent most of her time in Korea. She finished 65th on the KLPGA money list, earning nearly 45 million won. Her best tournament finish was a 15th at the Hanwha Classic, the event sponsored by her own main sponsor.

Oh played in Korea in 2014 as well. She finished 69th on the money list with 45 million won earned, almost identical to her 2013 results. At the start of 2015, she won the Moss Vale Ladies Classic on the Australian tour, shooting a 64 in the final round to do it. Despite that win, she announced that she would be retiring from golf to pursue a career in running or organizing tournaments.