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{{Short description|South Korean golfer (born 1986)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ji||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Ji Eun-hee<br><small>지은희</small>
| image             = 2009 Women's British Open - Eun-Hee Ji (1).jpg
| imagesize         = <!-- Optional, default is 200px -->
| caption           = Ji at the [[2009 Women's British Open]]
| fullname          =
| nickname          =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1986|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Gapyeong County|Gapyeong]], South Korea
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1986|5|13|df=y}} -->
| death_place       =
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}
| nationality       = {{KOR}}
| residence         = [[Gyeonggi Province]], South Korea
| spouse            =
| partner           =
| children          =
| college           = [[Chung-Ang University]]
| yearpro           = 2004
| tour              = [[LPGA Tour]] (joined [[2007 LPGA Tour|2007]])<br>[[KLPGA Tour]] (joined 2004)
| extour            = <!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins           = 10
| lpgawins          = 6
| letwins           = <!-- Number of Ladies European Tour wins -->
| jlpgawins         = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins -->
| klpgawins         = 2
| lagtwins          = 2
| alpgwins          = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins -->
| futwins           = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = <!-- Number of Other wins -->
| majorwins         = 1
| nabisco           = T11: 2012
| lpga              = T2: [[2012 LPGA Championship|2012]]
| wusopen           = '''Won''': [[2009 U.S. Women's Open|2009]]
| wbritopen         = T3: [[2008 Women's British Open|2008]]
| evian             = T8: [[2015 Evian Championship|2015]]
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = <!-- Achievement or award details -->
| year1             = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award -->
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}}
'''Ji Eun-hee''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=지은희|ipa_ko=tɕiɯnçi}}; born 13 May 1986), also known as '''Eun-Hee Ji''', is a South Korean [[professional golfer]] who plays on the U.S.-based [[LPGA Tour]]. She is also a member of the South Korean [[KLPGA]]. She was born in [[Gapyeong]], South Korea.

==LPGA career==
Ji joined the LPGA Tour in [[2007 LPGA Tour|2007]] and recorded two top-10 finishes in just four events played, including runner-up at the [[Hana Bank-KOLON Championship]]. She made her first appearance in a [[Women's major golf championships|major championship]] at the [[2007 Women's British Open]] and finished in 5th place.

In [[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]], Ji claimed her first LPGA win at the [[Wegmans LPGA]], with a come-from-behind, two-stroke victory over [[Norway|Norwegian]] star [[Suzann Pettersen]].

In [[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]], she made a {{convert|20|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie on the 72nd hole of the [[2009 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]] to win by one stroke. As with the 2008 Wegmans, this was a come-from-behind victory. Trailing [[Cristie Kerr]], Ji overcame a double bogey on the 10th and birdied the 13th, 14th and 18th holes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4322699 |title=Ji seals major win with 20-foot birdie |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=12 July 2009 |access-date=12 July 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, Ji finished tied for second in the [[LPGA Championship]]. She had been leading the tournament going into the final round.<ref>{{cite news |title=2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship |publisher=Golf.com |access-date=12 August 2012 |url= http://www.golf.com/photos/2012-wegmans-lpga-championship/eun-hee-ji-final-round}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tight Group Near Top in Soggy L.P.G.A. Championship |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Lisa D. |last=Mickey |date=9 June 2012 |access-date=12 August 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/sports/golf/eun-hee-ji-leads-karrie-webb-by-one-in-lpga-championship.html}}</ref>

==Controversy==
After Ji won the 2008 Wegmans LPGA, she gave her acceptance speech with the help of a translator. Some say this sparked the proposed "English only" requirement by the LPGA.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/columnists/2008/09/gw20080905sirak |title=A Failure To Communicate |magazine=Golf Digest |date=5 September 2008 |first=Ron |last=Sirak |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> Ji later commented that she felt the proposed requirement may have targeted her and that in the future she would "pay more attention to improving my English."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/08/29/2008082961014.html |title=Korean LPGA Golfers Must Speak English |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> Over a year later after winning the U.S. Women's Open, she again used a translator for her acceptance speech.

==Professional wins (10)==
===LPGA Tour (6)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|- style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| Major championships (1)
|- 
| Other LPGA Tour (5)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!To par
!Margin<br>of victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|22 Jun [[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]]
|[[Wegmans LPGA]]
|align=right|70-71-64-67=272
|align=center|−16
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Suzann Pettersen]]
|- style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|align=center|2
|align=right|12 Jul [[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]]
|'''[[U.S. Women's Open]]'''
|align=right|71-72-70-71=284
|align=center|E
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Candie Kung]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=right|22 Oct [[2017 LPGA Tour|2017]]
|[[Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship]]
|align=right|66-71-69-65=271
|align=center|−17 
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]]
|-
|align=center|4
|align=right|25 Mar [[2018 LPGA Tour|2018]]
|[[Kia Classic]]
|align=right|70-68-67-67=272
|align=center|−16
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lizette Salas]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=right|20 Jan [[2019 LPGA Tour|2019]]
|[[Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions]]
|align=right|65-69-66-70=270 
|align=center|−14
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Mirim Lee]]
|-
|align=center|6
|align=right|29 May [[2022 LPGA Tour|2022]]
|[[Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play]]
|colspan=3 align=center|3 and 2
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayaka Furue]]
|}

=== KLPGA Tour (2)===
*2007 (2) Phoenix Park Classic, KB Star Tour

=== Ladies Asian Golf Tour (2)===
*2006 (2) Macao Open, Malaysia Open

==Major championships==
===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|-style="background:#FBCEB1;"
| [[2009 U.S. Women's Open|2009]] || [[U.S. Women's Open]] || E (71-72-70-71=284)|| 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Candie Kung]]
|}

===Results timeline===
''Results not in chronological order.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018  !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
|- 
|align=left|[[Chevron Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|T36
|T75
|T25
|T11
|T48
|T29
|T29
|T32
|T47
|CUT
|T26
|T44
|T63
|T39
|T23
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T42
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|T39
|T27
|CUT
|T61
|T28
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|T13
|T17
|T39
|CUT
|CUT
|T15
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T29
|T23
|CUT
|T43
|style="background:yellow;"|T2
|T22
|T30
|CUT
|T64
|T68
|T33
|CUT
|T18
|T58
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|T61
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[The Evian Championship]] ^
|style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=6|
|T37
|T61
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|T48
|T18
|T24
|T25
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|T54
|42
|T20
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|DQ
|CUT
|T37
|T53
|T25
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|CUT
|T50
|T69
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T42
|T22
|T61
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
DQ = disqualified<br>
NT = no tournament<br>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Chevron Championship]]     || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  3 || 17 || 14
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]        || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 ||  4 || 16 || 11
|-
|align=left|[[Women's PGA Championship]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||  6 || 17 || 13
|-
|align=left|[[The Evian Championship]]   || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||  5 || 10 || 10
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]]     || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 3 ||  5 || 16 || 11
|-
!Totals                                  !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 6 !! 8 !! 23 !! 76 !! 59
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2012 British Open – 2015 ANA)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (eight times)

==Team appearances==
'''Professional'''
*[[Lexus Cup]] (representing Asia team): [[2008 Lexus Cup|2008]]
*[[Women's World Cup of Golf|World Cup]] (representing South Korea): 2008

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{LPGA player|eun-hee-ji/82847|Eun-Hee Ji}}
*{{WWGR|311|Eun-Hee Ji}}
*[http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/misc/ji.htm Eun-Hee Ji] at the Seoul Sisters site

{{U.S. Women's Open Champions}}

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[[Category:People from Gapyeong County]]
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century South Korean women]]
[[Category:21st-century South Korean sportswomen]]