Ryu So-yeon

Republic of Korea · born June 29, 1990, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win, 1 2nd
Chevron Championship1 win, 1 2nd
Women's PGA1 2nd
Evian Championship1 2nd

Summary

First major 2011 U.S. Women's Open
Last major 2017 The Chevron Championship
Runner-up in majors 4 times

Wins

2011 U.S. Women's Open The Broadmoor (East Course) · 281 (-3) · won a playoff against Hee Kyung Seo
2017 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 274 (-14) · Playoff – sudden death, Ryu birdied 1st extra hole (18th) from Lexi Thompson

Near misses

2013 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Inbee Park
2016 The Evian Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee
2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Park Sung-hyun
2019 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Charleston · runner-up to Jeongeun Lee6 · 280

Rivals

Beat her

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Hee Kyung SeoLost a playoff to Ryu So-yeon, 2011 U.S. Women's Open

Next in the chain: Inbee Park's rivals →

Moments

2011 U.S. Women's Open Resuming her weather-suspended final round on Monday morning one stroke behind clubhouse leader Hee Kyung Seo with three holes left, Ryu hit her approach on the 72nd hole to eight feet and holed the birdie putt to force a playoff.
2011 U.S. Women's Open In the three-hole playoff Ryu hit a pitching wedge from 129 yards to about eight feet for birdie on the par-5 17th, then stuck her approach on 18 to four feet for another birdie to win by three strokes.

Results by championship

Best day

2017 The Chevron Championship

Mission Hills Country Club · 274 (-14) · Playoff – sudden death, Ryu birdied 1st extra hole (18th) from Lexi Thompson

Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 2017.

Career line, 2011–2019

U.S. Women's Open

2011 U.S. Women's Open: won 2019 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Jeongeun Lee6

Chevron Championship

2013 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Inbee Park2017 Chevron Championship: won

Women's PGA

2018 Women's PGA: runner-up to Park Sung-hyun

Evian Championship

2016 Evian Championship: runner-up to Chun In-gee

20122014201620182020

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Major win
Runner-up

Ryu So-yeon was born on June 29, 1990, in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ryu won 2 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 U.S. Women's Open (2011) and 1 Chevron Championship (2017).

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The record

Wins in the majors (2)

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

2011 U.S. Women's Open The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, CO · 281 (-3) · won a playoff against Hee Kyung Seo (3-hole aggregate (Nos. 16, 17, 18), Monday)
2017 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 274 (-14) · Playoff – sudden death, Ryu birdied 1st extra hole (18th) from Lexi Thompson

Near misses

2013 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Inbee Park
2016 The Evian Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee
2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Park Sung-hyun
2019 U.S. Women's Open Country Club of Charleston · runner-up to Jeongeun Lee6 · 280

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.