Ryu Hae-ran
| Ryu Hae-ran | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 23 March 2001 Seoul, South Korea | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2019 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2023) LPGA of Korea Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| LPGA Tour | 1 | ||||
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 5 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | 5th: 2024 | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | 8th: 2023 | ||||
| Women's British Open | T21: 2023 | ||||
| Evian Championship | T42: 2023 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Medal record | |||||
Ryu Hae-ran (born 23 March 2001), also known as Hae Ran Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She has five wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour.[1]
Amateur career[edit]
Ryu was a top amateur in Korea and won the 2018 Korean Women's Amateur. She qualified for the 2016 U.S. Women's Open, but missed the cut.[2]
She won silver with the Korean team at the World Junior Girls Championship in 2016 and 2017, and at the 2018 Asian Games. She represented Asia/Pacific in the 2018 Patsy Hankins Trophy.
Professional career[edit]
Ryu turned professional in mid-2019 and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour after success on the development tour. She won the 2019 Jeju Samdasoo Masters and successfully defended her title in 2020, her official rookie season, where she earned the Rookie of the Year title after earning over 628 million won, second on the money list behind only Kim Hyo-joo.[3]
Ryu played in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, and finished in a tie for 13th. She rose to 17th in the Women's World Golf Rankings on the back of this result.[1]
In 2021, she won two more KLPGA titles and in 2022, notched her fifth title, and was second in Player of the Year points and second in scoring average with 70.57.[3]
Ryu won the 2022 LPGA Q-Series to join the LPGA Tour in 2023. She became the third player from Korea to take medalist honors at LPGA Q-Series, joining Lee Jeong-eun (2018) and An Na-rin (2021).[4] She finished tied 7th in her debut, at the LPGA Drive On Championship.[5] Ryu was in contention at the 2023 U.S. Women's Open and finished in 8th place.[6]
After carding two bogeys on the front-nine, Ryu went on to shoot 6-under (29) on the back-nine to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship for her first LPGA Tour title.[7] She won the 2023 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year.[8]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2018 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship, Korean Women's Amateur – KangMinKoo Cup
Source:[2]
Professional wins (6)[edit]
LPGA Tour wins (1)[edit]
| Legend |
| LPGA Tour major championships (0) |
| Other LPGA Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Oct 2023 | Walmart NW Arkansas Championship | 64-64-66=194 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Linnea Strom
|
345,000 |
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (5)[edit]
- 2019 (1) Jeju Samdasoo Masters
- 2020 (1) Jeju Samdasoo Masters
- 2021 (2) ELCRU-TV Chosun Pro Celebrity, SK Shieldus-SK Telecom Championship
- 2022 (1) Nexen Saint Nine Masters
Results in LPGA majors[edit]
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T56 | 5 | |||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T13 | CUT | 8 | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | ||||||||
| The Evian Championship | CUT | NT | T42 | ||||||
| Women's British Open | T21 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
NT = no tournament
World ranking[edit]
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 644 | [9] |
| 2017 | 489 | [10] |
| 2018 | 747 | [11] |
| 2019 | 122 | [12] |
| 2020 | 17 | [13] |
| 2021 | 31 | [14] |
| 2022 | 49 | [15] |
| 2023 | 30 | [16] |
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing South Korea): 2016, 2017
- Asian Games (representing South Korea): 2018
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2018 (winners)
Source:[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hae Ran Ryu". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Hae-ran Ryu". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Hae Ran Ryu". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (12 December 2022). "S. Korean Ryu Hae-ran wins LPGA qualifying tournament". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Ryu Hae-ran ties for 7th place in her debut US tournament". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Hae Ran Ryu Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ "Rookie Hae Ran Ryu of South Korea wins in Arkansas for her first LPGA Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 October 2023.
- ^ "LPGA's Hae Ran Ryu wins '23 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of Year". ESPN. Reuters. 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
External links[edit]
- Hae Ran Ryu at the LPGA Tour official site
- Hae Ran Ryu at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site