Danielle Grace Kang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011. She won the 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, an LPGA major.
Kang played her first tournament as a professional at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, in September 2011. She entered on a sponsor’s exemption and missed the cut. Kang entered the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School. Kang played 19 events on the LPGA Tour in 2012, making 13 cuts and finishing the season with $239,184 in earnings, putting her 52nd on the official LPGA season-ending money list. This qualified her for full status on the LPGA Tour in 2013.
Who is Danielle Kang’s father?
Danielle Kang was born to KS Kang and Grace Lee. Her father, KS Kang always framed her on her tours before his death in 2013 after losing the battle to lung and brain cancer. He was her caddy as she won back-to-back amateur golf titles in 2010 and 2011. Following her victory in 2017 at the KMPG Women PGA Championship at Olympia Fields, Kang paid a touching tribute to her father on Instagram.
