Auston Kim


Auston Kim is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She won the 2023 Epson Tour Championship.

Early life, family and college career

Kim was born in Long Island, New York to mother, Piljo, and father, Christopher. She and her family moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2011. She attended Allen D. Nease High School and graduated in 2017.
She has an older sister, August, who was a First Team All-American at Purdue University and also played professionally for 5 years on the Symetra and LPGA Tours, and now attends Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Kim attended Vanderbilt University and played with the Vanderbilt Commodores women's golf team between 2018 and 2022, where she was on the SEC All-Freshman Team, honorable mention All-American, and named to the Annika Award Watch List. She graduated in 2022 with a degree in political science and a concentration in American government.

Professional career

Kim turned professional in 2022 and joined the Epson Tour. In 2023, she recorded ten top-10s including a runner-up at the Island Resort Championship and a win at the Epson Tour Championship. She finished 3rd in the rankings to earn a tour card for the 2024 LPGA season.
In her rookie LPGA Tour season, Kim shot a 64 in the third round of her first tournament, the LPGA [Drive On Championship], and finished tied 6th. She recorded a solo 3rd at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii, and finished 6th in the Rookie of the Year race and 66th on the money list, to comfortably keep her status for 2025.

Amateur wins

  • 2019 NCAA Auburn Regional, Cougar Classic
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Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.
Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
Chevron ChampionshipT30T44
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT31
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT2
The Evian ChampionshipNTCUTT43
Women's British OpenT78CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament

T = tied