- published: 01 May 2014
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Birdie Kim (Korean 김주연) (born Ju-Yun Kim in Iksan on 26 August 1981) is a South Korean golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead on the 18th hole. Her second shot found a green-side bunker. She holed out from the bunker to take the lead and ultimately won by two strokes.
Kim won the 1998-99 Korea Junior Championship. She turned professional in November 2000 and joined the Futures Tour, which is the second-tier women's golf tour in the United States, in 2001. Her rookie season on the main LPGA Tour was 2004, and was not successful as she only made three cuts in 20 events, but she retained her tour card by finishing tied 12th at the Qualifying School. She did somewhat better in early 2005, and picked up her first top ten finish that May, but her victory at the U.S. Women's Open was totally unexpected.
She changed her first name to Birdie in 2004, in an effort to distinguish herself from the numerous other Korean golfers named Kim in the women's golf world in the minds of non-Koreans. Six different Kims, including Birdie, currently play on the LPGA Tour.
2005 U.S. Women's Open: Kim's Incredible Shot
Birdie Kim - Driver DTL - 300fps
How Lovely To Be A Woman
Birdie Kim 2008 Safeway International
Musical Number: Bye Bye Birdie - Telephone Hour
What Did I Ever See In Him? (Bye Bye Birdie)
Bye Bye Birdie -- One Boy
"Everything Is Rosie"...Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie Part 6 "Ed Sullivan, One Last Kiss"
Bye bye birdie - (Kim) how lovely to be a woman
Courtney Gallagher in Bye-Bye Birdie as Kim MacAfee at Commack Middle School
Bye bye birdie - Kim calls mom Doris & phone call about Con
Bye Bye Birdie: How Lovely To Be A Woman
SAWYER GARRITY as KIM McAFEE in BYE BYE BIRDIE