Chun In-Gee Net Worth Wiki 2023—Net Worth, Bio, Partner, Golf, Influencer

Chun In-Gee Net Worth Wiki 2023—Net Worth, Bio, Partner, Golf, Influencer

For over a decade there’s been a South Korean golfer who has impressed crowds time and again, not only by securing wins, but also at how few strokes she managed to use to beat her opponents.

Her name is Chun In-Gee—also known as In Gee Chun—and at only 28, she still has many years to keep on improving her already astonishing resume.

Here are some statistics that prove her skill:

• Three-time major champion
• Won Women’s Open in 2015 (US)
• Had lowest ever winning score during 2016 Evian Championship (21 under par)
• Won Women’s PGA Championship in 2022
• 15 professional wins in total

Chun In-Gee 2022-2023 Season

Recent months have been good to Chun, as she can boast of a win at the Women’s PGA Championship in 2022 and in the same year she came second at the British Open.

In the four 2023 tournaments she has played she made the cut in all of them, although her best finish was only a T18. We hope to see even more impressive playing from her in coming months.

Chun In-Gee: Quick Facts

Name	Chun In-Gee
Age	28
Height	5’9”
Nationality	South Korea
Ethnicity	Asian
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Birth Date	10 August 1994
College	Korea University
Net Worth	$ 5 million

Chun In-Gee Early Life Bio

Chun In-Gee was born in the North Jeolla Province in South Korea.

Her birthplace was Gunsan, also called Kunsan, which is a city located on the bank of the Geum River, near the Yellow Sea.

Chun didn’t love the game of golf from the start. In fact, she disliked it but kept practicing because she didn’t like being teased about the quality of her swing.

Eventually, all that practice paid off, because it got her to the heights of golf at a very early age.

Not much is known about her family, but sources do say that they sacrificed a lot to help her become successful in golf.

Her parents, Eun Hee Kim and Jong Jin Chun, faced challenges such as losing their jobs and losing a convenience store they owned.

Despite the hardships, they did everything in their power to support Chun’s vision of performing well in golf.

She wasn’t even always aware of the financial pressure they experienced because her parents wanted her to only focus on the game.

Chun’s Career and Achievements

Chun turned professional in 2012, which means she’s been playing golf against the greats since she was only 18 years old.

While she was formerly part of the LPGA of Korea Tour, she is now an established player in the LPGA Tour. She has also been part of the LPGA of Japan Tour.

As part of the LPGA of Korea Tour, there were an additional 9 wins:

• 2013 Kia Motors Korea Women’s Open
• 2014 S-Oil Champions Invitational
• 2014 KDB Daewoo Securities Classic
• 2014 Chosun Ilbo-POSCO Championship
• 2015 Samchully Together Open
• 2015 Doosan Match Play Championship
• 2015 S-Oil Champions Invitational
• 2015 Hite Jinro Championship
• 2015 KB Financial Star Championship

In 2015 she also had wins on the LPGA of Japan during the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup and the Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship.

During her LPGA Tour participation, she has had four wins, namely:

• 2015 LPGA US Women’s Open
• 2016 The Evian Championship
• 2018 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship
• 2022 Women’s PGA Championship

A standout achievement during all of this is definitely her performance at the Evian Championship in 2016.

This is where she achieved a 21 under par score, and for both men and women, this is the lowest ever winning score for players taking part in a major tournament.

Apart from these wins, Chun also managed to walk away with some awards, including LPGA Rookie of the Year and the LPGA Vare Trophy in 2016.

Chun In-Gee’s Partner

Not much is known about Chun’s private life and she also doesn’t share much about it on social platforms.

As far as is known, she doesn’t have a life partner currently.

Chun In-Gee’s Net Worth, Prize Money and Sponsors

Sources like the LPGA have calculated her career earnings at over $7.7 million.

In light of this, despite her LPGA 2023 recorded earnings only being about $261,000, sources still believe her net worth to be +/- $5 million.

Additional income does come from sponsors, which at the moment include DeLoitte, TagHeuer, and KB Financial Group.

She also mentions Nike and Srixon in her social media bios. Some experts believe her endorsement income to be around $3 million thus far.

Chun In-Gee—the Social Media Influencer

You will find social media content shared by Chun In-Gee, such as photos on her Instagram account, where she gets many likes from her 152,000+ followers.

On Twitter she has a smaller but still substantial influence, since her profile under ‘In Gee Chun’ has over 11,000 followers.

This is where you may see more personal information, such as images of her posing with her sister.

Interesting Facts

There’s another record that Chun holds because of her 2016 Evian Championship victory! Along with Se Ri Pak, they’re the LPGA Tour’s only players whose first LPGA Tour titles are majors.

They came in determined to show their value as golfers and ensured that the sporting world will never forget them!

She is also an Olympic athlete, since she represented South Korea at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Chun has used an interpreter for interviews and her coach, Won Park has taken on this role at times. She earned a nickname, ‘Dumbo’, from her coach. He found her to be as curious as a baby elephant.

People who have met Chun report what a nice person she is.

For example, her caddie during the 2015 US Women’s Open, Dean Herden, only had good things to say after working with her. This is also apparent in how she gives back to the community.

Chun started the In Gee Foundation that offers scholarships at Lancaster Country Club to employees or their dependents.

Final Thoughts

Reading about Chun In-Gee, you realize it’s the success story of an individual but also of a family.

Her parents’ hard work helped her use her potential and become the best.

People close to them also believe it’s her good upbringing and the character that her parents helped form in her that led to her achieving so much.