Chun In-gee

Republic of Korea · born August 10, 1994, Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea

3major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Chevron Championship1 2nd
Women's PGA1 win
Women's Open1 2nd
Evian Championship1 win

Summary

First major 2015 U.S. Women's Open
Last major 2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

2015 U.S. Women's Open Lancaster Country Club · 272 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Amy Yang
2016 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 263 (-21) · 4 strokes from Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon
2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Congressional Country Club · 283 (-5) · 1 stroke from Minjee Lee and Lexi Thompson

Near misses

2016 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Lydia Ko
2022 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Ashleigh Buhai

Rivals

Beat her

Lydia KoBeat Chun In-gee to the 2016 Chevron ChampionshipAshleigh BuhaiBeat Chun In-gee to the 2022 Women's Open

Moments

2015 U.S. Women's Open Playing her first U.S. Women's Open, Chun closed with a 4-under 66 that included three straight birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes, taking the lead for good on the 69th hole.
2015 U.S. Women's Open Amy Yang, who began Sunday three ahead, rallied from back-to-back bogeys with an eagle on the 16th and a birdie on the 17th to reach the 72nd hole tied with Chun, but missed her par putt on 18 to finish 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

2015 U.S. Women's Open

Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA · 272 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Amy Yang

Playing her first U.S. Women's Open, Chun closed with a 4-under 66 that included three straight birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes, taking the lead for good on the 69th hole.

Amy Yang, who began Sunday three ahead, rallied from back-to-back bogeys with an eagle on the 16th and a birdie on the 17th to reach the 72nd hole tied with Chun, but missed her par putt on 18 to finish one back.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2015.

Career line, 2015–2022

U.S. Women's Open

2015 U.S. Women's Open: won

Chevron Championship

2016 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Lydia Ko

Women's PGA

2022 Women's PGA: won

Women's Open

2022 Women's Open: runner-up to Ashleigh Buhai

Evian Championship

2016 Evian Championship: won

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Major win
Runner-up

Chun In-gee was born on August 10, 1994, in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea. Chun won 3 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 U.S. Women's Open (2015), 1 Evian Championship (2016) and 1 Women's PGA Championship (2022).

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The record

Wins in the majors (3)

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

2015 U.S. Women's Open Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA · 272 (-8) · by 1 stroke from Amy Yang
2016 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 263 (-21) · 4 strokes from Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon
2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Congressional Country Club · 283 (-5) · 1 stroke from Minjee Lee and Lexi Thompson

Near misses

2016 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Lydia Ko
2022 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Ashleigh Buhai

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

Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

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.