A Lim Kim

Republic of Korea · born October 4, 1995

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win

Summary

First major 2020 U.S. Women's Open

Wins

2020 U.S. Women's Open Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit Courses) · 281 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jin Young Ko and Amy Olson

Moments

2020 U.S. Women's Open At even par for the championship on the 178-yard 16th, Kim hit a 5-iron to 4 feet, an 8-iron to 18 inches on the 393-yard 17th and a 48-degree wedge to 7 feet on the 381-yard 18th, birdieing all three to win by one.
2020 U.S. Women's Open Amy Olson, who held a two-stroke lead through 12 holes while playing days after the sudden death of her father-in-law, overshot the green with her hybrid tee shot on the par-3 16th (the hole she had aced on Thursday) and made bogey, finishing one back.

Records and firsts

various U.S. Women's Open won in first start · 5 players (Berg 1946; Cornelius 1956; Birdie Kim 2005; In Gee Chun 2015; A Lim Kim 2020)

Results by championship

Best day

2020 U.S. Women's Open

Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit Courses), Houston, TX · 281 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jin Young Ko and Amy Olson

At even par for the championship on the 178-yard 16th, Kim hit a 5-iron to 4 feet, an 8-iron to 18 inches on the 393-yard 17th and a 48-degree wedge to 7 feet on the 381-yard 18th, birdieing all three to win by one.

Amy Olson, who held a two-stroke lead through 12 holes while playing days after the sudden death of her father-in-law, overshot the green with her hybrid tee shot on the par-3 16th (the hole she had aced on Thursday) and made bogey, finishing one back.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2020.

Career line, 2020–2020

U.S. Women's Open

2020 U.S. Women's Open: won

20202021

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Major win

A Lim Kim was born on October 4, 1995. Kim won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

2020 U.S. Women's Open Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit Courses), Houston, TX · 281 (-3) · by 1 stroke from Jin Young Ko and Amy Olson

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

various U.S. Women's Open won in first start · 5 players (Berg 1946; Cornelius 1956; Birdie Kim 2005; In Gee Chun 2015; A Lim Kim 2020)

Sources

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Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.