Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
Thornberry Creek at Oneida | Oneida, Wis. | July 4-7, 2019
In the Winner’s Circle with Shanshan Feng
July 7, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Birthdate: Aug. 5, 1989; currently 29 years, 11 months and 2 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for ninth at the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2007/2008
VICTORIES
LPGA: 10th career LPGA victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Reignwood LPGA Classic, 2013 CME Group Titleholders, 2014 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2016 TOTO Japan Classic, 2017 LPGA Volvik Championship, 2017 TOTO Japan Classic, 2017 Blue Bay LPGA
LET: Seven wins
JLPGA: Seven wins
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Feng earns 500 points and is projected to move from 30th to 15th in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,146 points
MONEY
With her win, Feng earns $300,000; she has earned $583,938 for the season and $11,058,149 for her career
PREVIOUS THORNBERRY CREEK LPGA CLASSIC RESULTS
This was Feng’s first tournament appearance
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
15 events played, 12 cuts made, $583,938, one victory, three additional top-10s
OF NOTE
- Her 29-under 259 is the second-lowest 72-hole score (in relation to par) in LPGA Tour history
- Feng is the 12th player in LPGA Tour history to cross the $11 million threshold in career earnings with $11,058,149
- She is projected to move from 13th to 12th on the All-Time Money List, $162,821 behind Angela Stanford
- With her 10th LPGA Tour victory, Feng moves into a tie for 50th on the All-Time Wins list, joining Paula Creamer, Mary Lena Faulk and Ariya Jutanugarn
- On Nov. 13, 2017, Feng became the first player from the People’s Republic of China, male or female, to be ranked No. 1 in the world, a position she held for 23 weeks
- Won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil
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