2022-23 Women's Golf Roster
Kim, Irene
Irene Kim
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- John F. Kennedy
- Hometown:
- La Palma, CA
Bio
2022: Invited to play in the Augusta National Women's Amateur in March...
2020-21: Named the 2021 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and an All-Big Ten first team selection…Earned All-America second team honors from both the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek… Started off the season with a head-to-head win against Ohio State…Placed in a tie for 11th in the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate as part of a top-five finish for the Cats…Finished fourth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Houston, Texas… Secured a runner-up finish and just a stroke back at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, a performance that earned her Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week honors…Placed 13th at the PING/ASU Invitational…Finished in the top 25 at the Silverado Showdown as part of a ninth place team finish…Led the Cats in the Indiana Invitational with a fourth-place finish…Notched a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships and selection to the All-Championship Team… Selected for the U.S. team at the Arnold Palmer Cup and helped the team defeat Team International, 33-27.
2020-21 Results:
Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate: 69-74-72=215 (-1) (T11)
ICON Invitational: 68-69-70=207 (-9) (1)
2019-20: Made collegiate debut at the Glass City Invitational, firing a final round even-par 72 ... Posted a season-best 2-under, 70, in the final round of the Mason Rudolph Invitational and final round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic ... Carded a pair of even-par rounds to close the Stanford Intercollegiate and post a season-best finish of tied for 21st.
2019-20 Results:
Glass City Invitational: 76-77-72=225 (+9) (T31)
Mason Rudolph Invitational: 75-79-70=224 (+8) (T38)
Windy City Collegiate Classic: 76-76-70=222 (+6) (T57)
Stanford Intercollegiate: 73-71-71=215 (+2) (T21)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic 69-71-67=207 (-9) (1)
Bruin/Wave Invitational 73-78-74=225 (+9) (T17)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 78-75-75=228 (+15) (T50)
High School: Ranked No. 7 in the 2019 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard … Second-Team Rolex All-American … AJGA Rolex Ranking of No. 15 … 2018 USGA Women's Four Ball Semifinalist … 2018 CIF SoCal Regional Champion … Two-time AJGA Champion … Has claimed eight Top-10 finishes in AJGA career ... Recorded a third-place finish at the 2018 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship presented by Irvine Technology Company … Posted a runner-up finish at the 2018 Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational … Placed fifth in 2018 The PING Invitational … Finished tied for seventh at the 2017 ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior … Advanced to the match play portion of the 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior Championships … Finished first at the 2017 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship … Won the 2016 Callaway Golf Junior Championship … Tied for 14th at the 2016 IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championship … Attended John F. Kennedy High School.
*stats updated as of Feb. 24, 2021
2020-21: Named the 2021 Big Ten Golfer of the Year and an All-Big Ten first team selection…Earned All-America second team honors from both the Women’s Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek… Started off the season with a head-to-head win against Ohio State…Placed in a tie for 11th in the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate as part of a top-five finish for the Cats…Finished fourth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Houston, Texas… Secured a runner-up finish and just a stroke back at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, a performance that earned her Big Ten Women’s Golfer of the Week honors…Placed 13th at the PING/ASU Invitational…Finished in the top 25 at the Silverado Showdown as part of a ninth place team finish…Led the Cats in the Indiana Invitational with a fourth-place finish…Notched a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Women’s Golf Championships and selection to the All-Championship Team… Selected for the U.S. team at the Arnold Palmer Cup and helped the team defeat Team International, 33-27.
2020-21 Results:
Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate: 69-74-72=215 (-1) (T11)
ICON Invitational: 68-69-70=207 (-9) (1)
2019-20: Made collegiate debut at the Glass City Invitational, firing a final round even-par 72 ... Posted a season-best 2-under, 70, in the final round of the Mason Rudolph Invitational and final round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic ... Carded a pair of even-par rounds to close the Stanford Intercollegiate and post a season-best finish of tied for 21st.
2019-20 Results:
Glass City Invitational: 76-77-72=225 (+9) (T31)
Mason Rudolph Invitational: 75-79-70=224 (+8) (T38)
Windy City Collegiate Classic: 76-76-70=222 (+6) (T57)
Stanford Intercollegiate: 73-71-71=215 (+2) (T21)
Lady Puerto Rico Classic 69-71-67=207 (-9) (1)
Bruin/Wave Invitational 73-78-74=225 (+9) (T17)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 78-75-75=228 (+15) (T50)
High School: Ranked No. 7 in the 2019 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard … Second-Team Rolex All-American … AJGA Rolex Ranking of No. 15 … 2018 USGA Women's Four Ball Semifinalist … 2018 CIF SoCal Regional Champion … Two-time AJGA Champion … Has claimed eight Top-10 finishes in AJGA career ... Recorded a third-place finish at the 2018 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship presented by Irvine Technology Company … Posted a runner-up finish at the 2018 Swinging Skirts AJGA Invitational … Placed fifth in 2018 The PING Invitational … Finished tied for seventh at the 2017 ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior … Advanced to the match play portion of the 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior Championships … Finished first at the 2017 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship … Won the 2016 Callaway Golf Junior Championship … Tied for 14th at the 2016 IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championship … Attended John F. Kennedy High School.
| Season | Tournaments | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | Low Round | Rounds in 60's | Par or Better | Top 5 | Top 10 | TTop 25 |
| 2019-20 | 7 | 21 | 1546 | 73.61 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020-21 | 2 | 6 | 422 | 70.33 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 9 | 27 | 1,968 | 72.89 | 67 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
*stats updated as of Feb. 24, 2021
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