Kelly Shon

Hometown: Long Island, New York, United States
College: Princeton University

2017 KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (NINTH PLACE)

 

Rookie Year 2015

Personal  
Shon, born in South Korea, is 5’5” and started playing golf at the age of 12. She played on her high school’s boy’s golf team, leading them to three straight conference titles. At Princeton, Shon was consistently one of the top female golfers in the Ivy League her entire college career. She credits her mother as the person who most influenced her career. Shon’s hobbies include strolling through New York City, hanging out with friends, skiing and sleeping.

2018

  • 19 events, eight cuts made, $52,429

 2017

  • 24 events, eight cuts made, $146,866

  • Recorded a career-low round of 63 on the second day of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, where she posted her first career top-10 finish in a major finishing at T9

2016

  • 27 events, 19 cuts made, $209,015

  • Earned $209,015, the highest single-season earnings of her LPGA career

2015

  • 23 events, 16 cuts made, $170,895

  • Finished 12th in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings

  • Recorded a season-best finish tie for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer 

Amateur

  • Qualified for both the 2011 and 2012 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur

  • Third Ivy League golfer to play on Tour, joining Heather Daly-Donofrio (Yale) and Jeehae Lee (Yale) and is the first ever player from Princeton to play on Tour

  • Two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and All-American

  • Three-time All-Ivy League at Princeton