Eun-Hee Ji

Republic of Korea · born May 13, 1986, Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea

1major championship, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Women's PGA1 2nd

Summary

First major 2009 U.S. Women's Open
Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

2009 U.S. Women's Open Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course) · 284 (E) · by 1 stroke from Candie Kung

Near misses

2012 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Shanshan Feng

Rivals

Beat her

Shanshan FengBeat Eun-Hee Ji to the 2012 Women's PGA Championship

Moments

2009 U.S. Women's Open Ji holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for an even-par 71 and a one-stroke win over Candie Kung, the first player to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one since Lauri Merten in 1993.
2009 U.S. Women's Open Candie Kung, after par saves of 6 and 8 feet at the 15th and 16th, hit her wedge into a greenside bunker at the par-3 17th and missed a 12-foot par putt, then barely missed a long birdie try at the 18th.

Results by championship

Best day

2009 U.S. Women's Open

Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, PA · 284 (E) · by 1 stroke from Candie Kung

Ji holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for an even-par 71 and a one-stroke win over Candie Kung, the first player to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one since Lauri Merten in 1993.

Candie Kung, after par saves of 6 and 8 feet at the 15th and 16th, hit her wedge into a greenside bunker at the par-3 17th and missed a 12-foot par putt, then barely missed a long birdie try at the 18th.

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2009.

Career line, 2009–2012

U.S. Women's Open

2009 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's PGA

2012 Women's PGA: runner-up to Shanshan Feng

20102012

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Major win
Runner-up

Eun-Hee Ji was born on May 13, 1986, in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. Ji won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2009 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.

2009 U.S. Women's Open Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, PA · 284 (E) · by 1 stroke from Candie Kung

Near misses

2012 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Shanshan Feng

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.