Grace Kim
Hometown: Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia
College:
2021 & 2022 TPS Sydney on the alpg tour
Rolex Ranking 185
Rookie Year 2023
Scoring Average 70.65
Personal
Kim enjoyed a stellar amateur career and in 2019 reached No. 29 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking to become Australia’s highest-ranked female amateur. She gained conditional status for the 2022 Epson Tour at LPGA Q-School and won the 2022 IOA Golf Classic. Kim credits her father for initiating her love for golf, “It’s one of the many things I love about him. He believed in me before I ever believed in myself.”
2022
Finished fifth on the Epson Tour money list to earn LPGA membership for the 2023 season
19 events, 15 cuts made, $89,720
Recorded five top-10 finishes, including a season-best victory at the IOA Golf Classic
Amateur
Seven events with four top-10 finishes in 2021, including two first place wins at TPS Sydney, Hosted by Braith Anasta and Australian Women’s Amateur Championship
Back-to-back wins in the 2020 and 2021 NSW Women’s Amateur
Individual gold medalist at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires
Won the Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2018
Earned a bronze medal at the 2017 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan
Four-time recipient of the Kerrie Webb Scholarship