Kim Saiki-Maloney

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Kim Saiki-Maloney
Personal information
Born (1966-01-24) January 24, 1966
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turned professional1989
Former toursLPGA Tour (1992-2007)
Futures Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT8: 2000
Women's PGA C'shipT12: 2002
U.S. Women's OpenT20: 2004
du Maurier ClassicT16: 1997
Women's British OpenT42: 2005

Kim Saiki-Maloney (born January 24, 1966) is a Japanese-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 2007.

Early life and amateur career

In 1966, Saiki was born in Inglewood, California. She won the 1983 U.S. Girls' Junior.

Saiki was a college All-America at the University of Southern California in 1986. In 1988, she graduated with a degree in Public Administration.[1]

Professional career

In 1989, Saiki turned professional.[1]

Saiki played on several tours before joining the LPGA Tour: Players West Golf Tour in 1989 (winning five times), Futures Tour in 1990 (winning twice), Women Professional Golfers' European Tour in 1991, and the Ladies Asian Tour in 1991.[1]

Siaki played over a decade on the LPGA Tour before winning the 2004 Wegmans Rochester LPGA.[2] She competed under the name Kim Saiki-Maloney after marrying in 2006.[3]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Jun 27, 2004 Wegmans Rochester LPGA 14 (66-69-68-71=274) 4 strokes United States Rosie Jones
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim

Futures Tour wins (2)

  • 1990 FUTURES Mid Florida Competition, Pinseeker FUTURES Golf Classic

Players West Golf Tour wins (5)

  • 1989 five wins

References

  1. "LPGA Tour profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  2. Saiki Riding Wave Of Validating Victory
  3. "2007 McDonald's LPGA Championship interview". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2010.