Updated: June, 2016

HANNAH YUN

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The Facts

Birthday: April 13, 1992
Rookie Year on LPGA: 2012
Birthplace: San Jose, CA
Best LPGA Finish: T-30th (2012 Kia Classic)
Best LPGA Major Finish:
CUT (2012 US Women's Open)
Best Score: 66 (2012 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship)
Best Scoring Average for a year: 73.83 (2012)
Best Season Money Total: $28,850 (2012)
Best Season Money Position: 117th (2012)
Most Top Tens/Season:
0
Rookie of the Year Finish: 15th
Height: 5' 3"
2016 LPGA Status: None

Nicknames:
None known
Sponsors: None known
How's her English?: Fluent
Hobbies: Unknown
Road to the LPGA: Tied for 15th at 2011 LPGA Q-School to earn category 11 membership on tour in 2012

Capsule Bio

Hannah Yun is an amazing golf prodigy who has already accomplished many things at a very young age. Although relatively short, she is a very long hitter, capable of 300+ yard drives. She was one of the top junior golfers in the country, where she trained at the Leadbetter Academy in Florida. She completed her high school education there, with a 4.0 grade point average, when she was only 15 years old. After that, she applied for college and was accepted at the University of Florida, where she became one of the youngest college students in the country. She also played on their golf team, and was named to the All SEC first team.

But Yun was impatient, and felt that college was only hindering her golf game. She played as an amateur on the Futures Tour in the summer of 2008, when she was just 16 years old, and did quite well. So, she quit college during her sophomore year and applied to the Futures Tour for a special exemption to allow her to play on tour full time as a pro. Normally, the tour will not allow anyone younger than 17 to become professional on that tour, and the player is required to turn 18 sometime during the year she plays.

The Futures Tour accepted her application, and allowed Yun to join in 2009 even though she would not be 18 before the end of the year. She turned pro after her third event that year, and played 15 events total, where her best finish was a tie for 4th. She ended up 50th on the money list.

The LPGA denied Yun the right to compete at the 2009 Qualifying School due to her age, so she continued on the Futures Tour in 2010. That year her best finish was 15th, so she returned yet again to the Futures Tour in 2011 in her continuing efforts to qualify for the big tour.

Yun struggled a bit on the Futures Tour in 2011, even taking some time off during the summer to try to regroup. She was not able to get a card for the LPGA, finishing 50th on tour. She went to Q-School in the Fall and played well, finishing tied for 15th to earn full membership on the LPGA for 2012.

In her rookie season, Hannah finished 117th on the money list with almost $29,000 earned. Her best finish was a tie for 30th at the Kia Classic. She thus enters the 2013 season with reduced status and a bigger challenge ahead of her than in 2012.

2013 did not go well for Yun. She missed every cut and lost her LPGA tour card. She did better on the Symetra Tour, capturing her first career win at the Volvik Championship in September.

In 2014, she finished 47th on the Symetra Tour money list. Her best finish was a 2nd place; it was her only top ten of the year.

Yun made only $255 on the Symetra Tour in 2015 and did not retain her card. Her current golf activities are unknown.

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