Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana

Highland Meadows Golf Club | Sylvania, Ohio | Aug. 6-9, 2020

In the Winner’s Circle with Danielle Kang

Aug. 9, 2020

 

Hometown/Resides: San Francisco, Calif./Las Vegas, Nev.

Birthdate: Oct. 20, 1992; currently 27 years, 9 months and 20 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T39 at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to first earn LPGA Tour status

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2011/2012             

 

VICTORIES
LPGA: Fifth career victory and second of the season, following last week’s victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2020 LPGA Drive On Championship, 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai, 2018 Buick LPGA Shanghai, 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

 

MONEY

With her win, Kang earns $255,000; she has earned $566,280 for the season and $5,794,114 for her career

 

PREVIOUS MARATHON LPGA CLASSIC RESULTS

2016 – T38; 2015 – T22; 2014 – T42; 2012 – T62

 

2020 LPGA TOUR PERFORMANCE

Four events played, four cuts made, $566,280, two victories, one additional top-10 finish

 

OF NOTE

• Kang is the first player to win back-to-back events since 2017, when Shanshan Feng won the TOTO Japan Classic and the Blue Bay LPGA         
• A two-time member of the USA Solheim Cup Team (2017, 2019), with a 4-4-0 overall record
• Kang currently leads the 2021 USA Solheim Cup Team standings; last week’s host venue, Inverness Club, will also host the 2021 Solheim Cup
• In 2019, Kang ranked in the top 10 on Tour in Rolex Player of the Year (eighth), Race to the CME Globe (eighth), Official Money (eighth) and greens in regulation (ninth)
• Kang won the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships