Candie Kung Birthdate: August 8, 1981 Hometown: Kaoshiung, Taiwan Resides: Allen, Texas Education: University of Southern California Rookie Year: 2002 LPGA Career Victories: 4 (most recent – 2008 HanaBank*KOLON Championship) Career Earnings: $5,971,182 @CandieKung 2014 in a Nutshell • 26 events, 21 cuts made, $191,664 (71) • Season-best finish was T15 at the Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning & O-I • Represented Chinese-Taipei in the inaugural International Crown posting a 1-2-0 record @candiekung Get to know Candie Spends her free time playing Candy Crush, hanging out with friends and watching soap operas Most lavish purchase was a Louis Vuitton bag - “Only need one as a girl though. Just to say I have one” Things you will always find in Candie’s bag are her 88 ball marker, homemade beef jerky and a purple Sharpie Candie grew up in Taiwan but only picked up golf when she moved to the United States in 1995 Career Highlights • Recorded her career-best finish in a major championship at the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open, where she finished runner-up • Won her fourth LPGA Tour title at the 2008 HanaBank*KOLON Championship • Carded a 28 (-8) on her front nine of the third round at the 2006 Wendy’s Championship for Children to tie an LPGA nine-hole record in relation to par • Tallied a career-high 10 top-10 finishes in 2004 • Recorded three victories in 2003: the LPGA Takefuji Classic, Wachovia LPGA Classic Hosted by Betsy King and the rain-shortened State Farm Classic • Career-low round is 64, which she’s shot a total of three times • Won the 2001 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship • A two-time NCAA All-American and 2000 Pac-10 champion while playing collegiate golf at the University of Southern California Symetra Tour Alumna