Tiffany Joh

Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour.

Tiffany Joh
Personal information
Born (1986-12-08) December 8, 1986
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality United States
ResidenceSan Diego, California, U.S.
Career
CollegeUCLA (graduated 2009)
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2009)
LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT16: 2014
Women's PGA C'shipT17: 2016
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Women's British OpenT30: 2011
Evian ChampionshipT43: 2016
Achievements and awards
Heather Farr Player Award2017

Childhood

Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both her parents were born in South Korea and moved to the United States as adults.[1] She attended Rancho Bernardo High School where she earned American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) HP Scholastic All-America honors.

Amateur career

In 2006 and 2008, Joh won the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. She is one of five players in the history of the tournament to win the tournament twice. She was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team

In August 2007, she finished tied for 21st at the Safeway Classic on the LPGA Tour.

College

Joh attended UCLA where she was a member of the golf team for all four years, from 2005 through her graduation in 2009. She was a four-time All-Pac-10 selection (1st Team in 2006 and 2008) and four-time All-American, and was a seven-time member of the Director's Honor Roll at UCLA, awarded to student athletes with a 3.0 or higher grade point average.

In 2006-07, her sophomore year, she won the Pac-10 title. She was the Pac-10 player of the year twice, in 2006–07 and in 2007-08.

At the 2008 NCAA Division I Golf Championship (May 20–23), Joh lost in a playoff to Azahara Muñoz of Arizona State for the individual championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after they tied at 287 (−1).[2] Joh was named 2008 Pac-10 Golfer of the Year, and captured her third All-America nod from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) after leading the Bruins in every statistical category during the 2008 season. She was ranked among the nation's top five players all season.

Professional career

After graduating from UCLA in June 2009 with a degree in communication studies, Joh turned professional and joined the Futures Tour, the official development tour of the LPGA Tour. She won one event on tour in 2010, the ING New England Golf Classic. She finished T22 at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2010 to earn conditional playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011 while still retaining privileges on the Futures Tour. She won again on the Futures Tour in 2011 at the South Shore Championship and had two top-30 finishes on the LPGA by the halfway point in the season. Her good performance on the LPGA Tour improved her priority status on the LPGA Tour and gave her entry to more tournaments in the second half of the 2011 LPGA season.

On September 18, 2011, Joh had her best yet finish on the LPGA Tour, as the runner-up at the Navistar LPGA Classic, five strokes behind winner Lexi Thompson.[3] She earned $120,057 for the solo second-place finish, her largest payday to date as a professional. Her 2011 season earnings on the LPGA Tour were $237,365 from participating in 14 tournaments. This put her in 41st place on the season-ending money list, enough to earn full privileges on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season.

In 2012, Joh's rookie year on the LPGA, she finished 101st on the official LPGA money list which gave her limited playing privileges on the LPGA in 2013. She retained status on the Symetra Tour.

Joh was diagnosed with having a malignant melanoma in January 2017. She returned to the LPGA Tour two months later.[4]

She was the winner of the inaugural European eTour match at Pinehurst #2 in 2020, defeating Jane Park 2 up.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Jul 18, 2010 ING New England Golf Classic 67-65-68=200 −10 Playoff Gerina Mendoza 14,000
2 Jul 2, 2011 South Shore Championship 68-70=138^ −6 2 strokes Mallory Blackwelder
Jane Rah
Tiffany Tavee		 14,000

^ Tournament was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2020.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
ANA Inspiration T21LA CUT T16 CUT CUT T72
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T25 CUT T72 T30 CUT T17 CUT CUT T53
The Evian Championship ^ CUT CUT T43 T64 CUT T70
Women's British Open T30 CUT T61 T65 T43 T42 CUT
Tournament2020
ANA Inspiration CUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship ^ NT
Women's British Open CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00000273
U.S. Women's Open00000050
Women's PGA Championship000002105
The Evian Championship00000063
Women's British Open00000085
Totals0000043616
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – none

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T22 n/a n/a 71.66 n/a
2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 T21 n/a n/a 72.50 n/a
2010 2 0 0 0 0 0 MC 0 n/a 79.00 n/a
2011 14 12 0 1 0 0 2 237,365 41 72.75 52
2012 20 10 0 0 0 0 T33 48,695 101 74.09 113
2013 14 5 0 0 0 0 T30 25,184 117 73.72 125
2014 27 21 0 0 0 0 T16 200,607 67 72.19 67
2015 22 11 0 0 0 0 T13 114,287 84 72.73 92
2016 25 16 0 0 0 0 T11 172,233 83 72.35 84
2017 25 14 0 0 0 2 T6 203,875 76 72.20 103
2018 25 15 0 0 0 1 T8 195,647 81 71.97 82
2019 23 12 0 0 1 2 T3 249,154 70 72.23 112
2020 14 4 0 0 0 0 T11 37,241 116 73.69 126
  • Official as of the 2020 season[5]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
2008[6] 4 2–1–1 1–0–0 def. C. Booth 6&5 1–0–1 won w/ A. Blumenherst 1 up,
halved w/ A. Blumenherst		 0–1–0 lost w/ Meghan Bolger, 3&2 2.5 62.5%

References
  1. Park, Martin (February 25, 2005). "Tiffany Joh in the Media Centre". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  2. "Southern California, Arizona State's Munoz win golf titles". USA Today. May 24, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. Lexi Thompson wins Navistar Classic
  4. Resident LPGA comedian Tiffany Joh returns from melanoma diagnosis
  5. "Tiffany Joh Stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. About.com, 2008 Curtis Cup Retrieved August 28, 2011.
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