Jenny Shin

Started playing golf at age 9 and credits her parents as the people who most influenced her career. Her grandfather owned an indoor driving range in South Korea, and Jenny would tag along with her family every day to hit balls. She and her family moved to the United States from South Korea in 2002 because the Shins couldn't afford to join a course or pay for their daughter to play in tournaments in South Korea.
When she's not playing golf, Jenny enjoys reading and shopping. Says if she wasn't a golfer, she would like to have been an artist. Claims the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings to be her favorite professional sports teams. Her favorite on-course snack is Nutella on bread.
She won the Los Angeles City Championship at age 10 and three years later won the 2006 U.S. Girls' Junior, where she defeated Vicky Hurst in the final. Shin's victory at 13 years old secured her place as the second-youngest golfer in history (after Aree Song) to win the championship.
She missed the cut by one stroke at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open but continued to play well throughout 2008 and 2009, making the AJGA All-America first team in 2009 for the third consecutive time.
Shin turned pro in 2010 and joined the Symetra Tour, where she won the 2010 International at Concord and finished 4th on the 2010 money list. She later played in the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship.
In 2011, Shin recorded two top-10 finishes, including a tie for sixth at the CN Canadian Women's Open and a tie for eighth at the Navistar LPGA Classic. She finished fourth in the rookie of the year race and finished the season with two top-10s. This helped her achieve top status for the 2012 LPGA season.
2012 Notes: Shin played in 25 events, made 21 cuts, and earned $447,731 (30th on the money list). She earned five top-10 finishes and posted a career-best T-2 finish at the HSBC Women's Champions.
2013 Notes: Made 22 of 27 cuts and finished 43rd on the Tour money list. Had a season-best finish of 4th at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Ended the season ranked second in fairways hit and 10th in sand saves.
2014 Notes: She was 21st on the money list with $720,046 and 27th in CME points. She made 27 cuts in 28 starts with six top-10s, her best finish was 3rd at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Championship.
2015 Notes: She made 25 cuts in 27 starts, ranking 26th on the LPGA money list and 20th in CME points. Shin had three top-10s, with a best finish of 4th at the TOTO Japan Classic, where she led through 36 holes of the 54-hole event and then shot a 70 to finish one shot out of a playoff.
2016 Notes: Played in 27 events making 24 cuts with 5 top-10s. Scored her first career victory at the VOA Texas Shootout, where she trailed by four entering the final round and closed with a 67 to win by two. Before that, she was the 36-hole leader at the Kia Classic, then shot 71-72 on the weekend to finish T-4th. The week before her VOA win was T-6th at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. Made the cut in her first 12 starts before missing it at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
2017 Notes: Played in 25 LPGA events making 24 cuts and finishing 36th on the money list. She made the cut in her first 16 starts of the season before ending her streak when she withdrew from the Marathon Classic after one round. She had her best season finish with a T-3rd at the ShopRite Classic, 4 shots back of winner In-Kyung Kim. Also had a T-6th at the Ricoh Women's British Open.
2018 Notes: Played in 26 LPGA Tour events making 20 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Won $419,334 to rank 53rd and was 39th in the Race to CME. Was T-2nd at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore, 1 shot back of winner Michelle Wie. Was T-6th at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic.
2019 Notes: Played in 27 LPGA Tour events making 23 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Was 45th on the money list with $464,094 in earnings, also 45th on the CME points list. Was 4th at the Honda LPGA Thailand, 5 shots back of winner Amy Yang. Finished T-10th at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and T-3rd at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational with partner Na Yeon Choi.
2020 Notes: Played in 12 LPGA Tour events making 10 cuts with one top-ten. She finished 45th on the money list with $248,596 in earnings and was 55th on the CME points list. Best finish T-5th at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, five shots back of winner Austin Ernst.
2021 Notes: Played in 23 LPGA Tour events making 19 cuts with four top-ten finishes. Was 43rd on the CME points list and 47th on the money list with earnings of $443,498. In the first event of the season was T-6th at the Gainbridge LPGA. Shot a final round 63 to finish T-6th at the LOTTE Championship. Finished T-9th at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, losing to Eun-Hee Ji in 19 holes in The Round of 16. Was T-5th at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship. Ended her season with a T-40th finish at the CME Group Tour Championship.
2022 Notes: Played in 22 LPGA Tour events, making 17 cuts with three top-ten finishes. She was 67th on the money list with $373,598 in earnings and was 64th in CME points. Was 10th at the Cognizant Founders Cup. Finished T-5th at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, lost in the quarterfinals to Lilia Vu 20 holes. Was T-9th at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. She finished T-37th in her last event of the season at the Pelican Womens Championship.
2023 Notes: She was T-6th at the ShopRite Classic, five shots back of the winner Ashleigh Buhai. In her next start was T-8th at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, three back of winner Ruoning Yin.