2012 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Amy Yang
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2011, Amy played in 22 tournaments on the LPGA
where she earned $912,160.00 and ended the season
ranked 10th on the Money List. She had seven top 10s
including a second place at the Walmart NW Arkansas
Championship presented by P&G. She played in two
LET events and had her best season finish at the Ricoh
Women’s British Open, where she ended 4th. She also
finished tied for 14th at the Evian Masters.
n In 2010, Amy played most of the year on the LPGA
where she earned €765,930. Yang’s best finish came in
her final event, the LPGA Tour Championship where she
finished 2nd. On the LET, Amy’s best finish was a tie for
5th at the Ricoh Women’s British Open. She finished
19th on the Henderson Money List with earnings of
€90,402.20.
n In 2009, Amy played in four tournaments on the LET
and posted two top ten finishes with a season-best of
2nd at the S4/C Wales Ladies Championship. She also
tied for 9th at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. She
finished 30th on the Henderson Money List with earnings
of €58,518.13. On the LPGA, she recorded a tie for third
at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge, where she
carded a 66 in the final round; tied for ninth at the
McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-
Cola, her best finish at a major championship; carded
her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the third round
of the LPGA Corning Classic. Played in 23 events and
ranked 45th in money earned.
n In 2008, Amy won two tournaments and finished fourth
on the New Star Money List. She claimed her maiden
victory as a professional at the HypoVereinsbank Ladies
German Open, presented by Audi, by four shots at
Golfpark Gut Hausern. It was her second LET victory as
she won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia as a
16-year-old amateur. At that time she was the youngest
ever winner on the LET. Amy’s second victory of the year
and her second as a professional came at the
Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika at Frosaker Golf
Course near Stockholm in Sweden. She shot a final
round of nine- under-par 63 to win by six strokes in
a strong field including Annika Sorenstam. Amy shot
a career low round of 63 in the third round en route
to victory at both tournaments. She also had two
hole-in-ones, firstly at the 7th hole in the third round of
the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, for which she
Ladies European Tour 2012 156
Country Korea
Born 28/7/1989
Resides Australia
Turned Professional 10th October 2006
Joined Tour 10th October 2006
Tour Victories (Last) 3 (2008)
Play-off Record 1/1
LET Career Earnings (Euro) 602,896.35
LET Tournaments Played 37
Top Ten Finishes 16
Lowest Round 63 (2 times)
Holes-in-one 2 (2008)
won an Omega watch, and secondly at the 17th in the
second round of the BMW Ladies Italian Open. From 17
events played on the LET, Amy posted eight top 10s,
including five top 5 places: 2nd place at the Deutsche
Bank Ladies Swiss Open, 4th at the MFS Women’s
Australian Open, T4th at the Goteborg Masters, 5th
at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish
Open, and T5th at the Garanti American Express Turkish
Ladies Open.
n In 2007, Amy played in 13 events in her first full season
on Tour and secured €73,356.47 in prize money to round
off the year ranked 29th on the New Star Money List.
She recorded three top ten finishes and a further three
top 20s. Her top ten finishes were T4th at the S4C Wales
Ladies Championship, where she carded a career low
65 in the second round; T4th at the season-ending
Dubai Ladies Masters and T10th at the Scandinavian
TPC Hosted by Annika.
n In 2006, Amy made her professional debut at the
Dubai Ladies Masters in October, where she finished
T4th in a quality field. She earned €24,100 which
placed her at 76th on the New Star Money List.
AMATEUR
Amy won the ANZ Ladies Masters at Royal Pines GC in
Australia at the beginning of February 2006 at the age
of 16 years, 9 months and 18 days. She became the
youngest winner of an LET event and was also the first
amateur to win on Tour in 22 years, since Gillian Stewart
won the IBM European Open at the Belfry in 1984.
Following her victory the LET’s Executive Director,
Alexandra Armas, approved Amy’s membership of the
LET - that approval requiring a special exemption due to
her being under the age of 18 normally required for
membership. Amy turned professional in October 2006 at
the age of 17 and became the Tour’s youngest member.
She earned exempt status as a tournament winner until
November 30th, 2009. At the ANZ Ladies Masters, Amy
defeated 22-year-old Catherine Cartwright of the United
States in a one-hole play-off but because of Amy’s
amateur status, Catherine Cartwright claimed the
AUS$120,000 first prize. As a result of her playoff victory
on Australia’s Gold Coast, Amy was invited to play in
two further events on the Ladies European Tour as an
amateur in 2006: the Evian Masters in France, where
she finished tied 53rd and the Weetabix Women’s British
Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes, where she finished