Birdie Kim

Republic of Korea · born August 26, 1981, Iksan, North Jeolla, Republic of Korea

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win

Summary

First major 2005 U.S. Women's Open

Wins

2005 U.S. Women's Open Cherry Hills C.C. · 287 (+3) · by 2 strokes from Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang

Moments

2005 U.S. Women's Open Tied with Morgan Pressel on the 72nd hole, Kim blocked a 7-wood into the right greenside bunker about 45 feet from the hole and holed the bunker shot for birdie with a two-week-old sand wedge.
2005 U.S. Women's Open Lorena Ochoa came to the 18th tee at 3 over, believing she could win, hooked a fat 3-wood tee shot into the water and made an 8 (quadruple bogey) to finish at 291.

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

2005 U.S. Women's Open

Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, CO · 287 (+3) · by 2 strokes from Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang

Tied with Morgan Pressel on the 72nd hole, Kim blocked a 7-wood into the right greenside bunker about 45 feet from the hole and holed the bunker shot for birdie with a two-week-old sand wedge.

Lorena Ochoa came to the 18th tee at 3 over, believing she could win, hooked a fat 3-wood tee shot into the water and made an 8 (quadruple bogey) to finish at 291.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2005.

Career line, 2005–2005

U.S. Women's Open

2005 U.S. Women's Open: won

20052006

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Major win

Birdie Kim was born on August 26, 1981, in Iksan, North Jeolla, Republic of Korea. Kim won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2005 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.

2005 U.S. Women's Open Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, CO · 287 (+3) · by 2 strokes from Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang

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.