Megan Khang

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For the Singaporean girl and alleged murder victim, see Death of Megan Khung.
Megan Khang
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 (age 27)
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Nationality  United States
Career
Turned professional 2015
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
Other 3
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T9: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T3: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T4: 2021
Women's British Open T11: 2016
Evian Championship T8: 2019

Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA Tour and is the first player of Hmong descent to do so.[1]

Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s.[1][2] Khang was born in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1997 and learned the sport from her father. She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 14.[3] She won several events as a junior golfer and played on the United States Junior Solheim Cup team in 2015.[4]

Khang finished T-6 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in 2015 to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season. She has maintained her card ever since. Her first LPGA Tour win came in her 191st start on August 27, 2023, in a playoff at the CPKC Women's Open over Ko Jin-young.[5]

She was a member of the 2019, 2021 and 2023 United States Solheim Cup teams.

Personal life

Khang is good friends with actress Kathryn Newton as they were competing against each other at AJGA events when they were younger. Newton would play golf right up until graduating high school when she put sole focus on her acting career.[6]

Amateur wins

  • 2012 Northern Junior Championship
  • 2013 PING Invitational, Faldo Series Grand Final
  • 2014 Faldo Series Grand Final, Doral-Publix Junior Classic
  • 2015 Eastern Amateur Championship

Source:[4]

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Aug 27, 2023 CPKC Women's Open 71-66-68-74=279 −9 Playoff South Korea Ko Jin-young 375,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2023 CPKC Women's Open South Korea Ko Jin-young Won with par on first extra hole (2 strokes win)

Other wins (3)

  • 2012 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur)[7]
  • 2013 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur)[7]
  • 2015 Connecticut Women's Open (as an amateur)[7]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship CUT T47 CUT T26 T59
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT T10 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T35LA CUT T27 T10 T39 5
The Evian Championship T22 T58 T24 T8 NT
Women's British Open T11 T49 CUT T44 T22
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T10 CUT T9 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T4 T8 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T27 CUT T3
The Evian Championship CUT T43 T9
Women's British Open T39 T28 T30
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 2 4 4 11 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 2 2 8 3
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 7
Totals 0 0 1 3 10 14 43 28
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2018 Evian – 2020 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2020 U.S. Open – 2021 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2012 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a n/a 77.50 n/a
2013 Did not play
2014 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a n/a 77.00 n/a
2015 2 2 0 0 0 0 T35 n/a n/a 71.25 n/a
2016 28 17 0 0 0 2 T4 336,016 57 72.02 70
2017 32 23 0 0 1 4 T3 456,319 43 71.04 40
2018 29 21 0 0 0 6 T4 614,164 35 71.44 49
2019 24 20 0 0 0 7 T4 646,367 32 70.70 25
2020 14 13 0 0 0 1 5 377,242 30 71.56 41
2021 20 18 0 0 0 4 T4 723,799 26 70.47 26
2022 24 20 0 1 0 6 2 1,025,005 26 70.15 17
2023 21 19 1 0 1 7 1 1,486,310 18 70.25 12
Totals^ 192 (2016) 151 (2016) 1 1 2 37 1 5,665,222 71

^ official as of 2023 season[8][9][10]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2015 478 [11]
2016 74 [12]
2017 94 [13]
2018 66 [14]
2019 44 [15]
2020 49 [16]
2021 36 [17]
2022 28 [18]
2023 14 [19]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 10 4–3–3 2–0–1 2–2–1 0–1–1 5.5 51.4
2019 3 0–2–1 0–0–1 halved w/ C. Hull 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Park 2&1
lost w/ D. Kang 4&3		 0–0–0 0.5 16.7
2021 3 1–1–1 1–0–0 def. S. Popov 3&2 0–0–1 halved w/ A. Ewing 0–1–0 lost w/ J. Korda 1 dn 1.5 50.0
2023 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. L. Grant 1 up 2–0–0 won w/ L. Thompson 2&1
won w/ L. Thompson 1 up		 0–0–1 halved w/ R. Zhang 3.5 87.5

References

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