Two-time U.S. Amateur Champion, six-time LPGA Tour winner and 2017 Women’s PGA Championship winner Danielle Kang turned 30 on October 20, 2022.
Kang’s rookie year on the LPGA Tour came in 2012 after gaining status through Q-School. After five seasons, Kang finally broke through in a big way when she won the 2017 Women’s PGA Championship.
Getting her first LPGA win and first major out of the way in one fell swoop, the floodgates seemingly opened for Kang. She won events in 2018, 2019 and 2020 — even taking home the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average during the latter season.
After a title drought in 2021, Kang returned to her winning ways at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.
Following the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open, Kang announced a hiatus from golf due to a tumor on her spine. Upon her return in August following treatment, Kang nearly won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G.
Losing on the second playoff hole to Atthaya Thitikul, Kang left the tournament with tears of joy. After nearly losing the game she so loved, she competed with the world’s best.
Here’s to your thirties, DK!
Danielle Kang of Thousand Oaks, California, watches her shot off the 10th tee on Thursday, August…
Danielle Kang of Thousand Oaks, California, watches her shot off the 10th tee on Thursday, August 12, 2010, during the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur golf tournament at the Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND – JULY 31: Leading Amateur Danielle Kang of the USA and Yani Tseng of…
CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND – JULY 31: Leading Amateur Danielle Kang of the USA and Yani Tseng of Taiwan (R) pose with their trophies at the end of the final round of the 2011 Ricoh Women’s British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links on July 31, 2011 in Carnoustie, Scotland.
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