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 mother?
Danielle Kang was born to Grace Lee, not much is known about Danielle’s mother but she is very supportive of her daughter’s career.
Kang was born on October 20, 1992 in San Francisco. She grew up in Southern California and qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open as a 14-year-old in 2007. She began high school at Oak Park High School and later transferred to Westlake High School early to begin college at Pepperdine University in Malibu in the spring of 2010.
