Christine Kim

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pahoa, Hawai'i
High School:
Waiakea

2009-10 (Senior): Kim helped the Buffs to a strong season, competing in all 32 rounds and finishing second on the team with a 76.25 stroke average. Thirty of her rounds counted towards the team score and she shot in the 70s 28 times. Her first-round 70 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown as a career best and she finished 70-75-80--225 to tie for 22nd. She also shot two 71s during the season, including the second round of the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic and the third round of the Northrop Grumman Regional. Kim finished her career with a 24th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships after shooting 76-77-77--230.

2008-09 (Junior): Kim saw action in 27 of the Buffs' 33 rounds as a junior and recorded a pair of top-25 finishes, including an 11th place individual finish at the Texas Tech Invitational in the fall. Kim was the top-finisher for Colorado at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic in the spring when she carded a pair of even-par rounds and took 25th place.

2007-08 (Sophomore): After missing the fall portion of the season to rehabilitate a wrist injury, Kim became a regular in CU's lineup immediately in the spring. Kim played all 20 rounds for the Buffs in the spring and owned a 78.30 average. She was one of four Buffs to finish in the top-10 individually in a tournament as she took seventh at the prestigious Peg Barnard/Stanford Intercollegiate, carding a career-best 36-hole score of 73-76-149. 16 of Kim's 20 rounds counted towards Colorado's team scoring in her sophomore season.

2006-07 (Freshman): Kim played 22 rounds for Colorado and owned a 78.41 overall average as a freshman. Her best finish came in the Heather Farr Memorial where she placed 24th with a score of 72-79-80 - 231. Her career best single round score of 71 came at the Bajamar Women's Intercollegiate where she finished 41st. Kim shot the team's low round twice and scored rounds in the 70s 16 times. She was among seven Buffaloes with sub or even-par scores, producing a subpar 71 at Bajamar and an even-par 72 at the Heather Farr Memorial.

Junior Golf: Kim was the Hawai'i state individual medalist as a junior this past spring and helped lead her Waiakea Warriors team to the girls' team title as well. She also won the Hawai'i State Open, capping a three year run which saw her earn three top five finishes, including place fifth in 2004 and second in 2003. Her best career round in competition was a 69 on the Pukalani course in Kahului, Hawai'i. She participated in the Junior Girls America's Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, and as a member of Hawai'i's team she placed 11th individually, shooting 78-75-74. She also took part in the Junior World Golf Championship, shooting 78-76-82 to tie for 47th place. She participated in a number of American Junior Golf Tour events, placing in a tie for 9th at the AJGA Woodlands, a tie for 18th in AJGA Diablo Grande and 12th in AJGA Fidelity Investments.

In the Classroom: Kim, a National Honor Society member in high school, is an economics major at the University of Colorado.

Personal: Christine Kim is the daughter of Arlene and Young Soo Kim and she has a younger sister, Kimberly (18) who is a freshman on the University of Denver golf team.

Career Tournaments

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Sept. 11-12, 2006	Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic (72)	79-83-77—239	t-68th
Oct. 2-3, 2006	HEATHER FARR/CU MEMORIAL (72)	72-79-80—231	t-24th
Oct. 16-18, 2006	Price’s Give ‘Em Five Invite (72)	79-76-81—236	t-57th
Oct. 30-31, 2006	Edwin Watts/Palmetto (72)	79-78-79—236	t-65th
Feb. 5-6, 2007	Baja Classic (72)	71-90—161	t-41st
Feb. 26-27, 2007	Fresno State Invite (72)	81-75—156	t-41st
Mar. 5-6, 2007	San Jose State Spartan Invite (72)	81-77-74—232	t-41st
Mar. 24-25, 2007	MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE (72)	79-77-78—234	t-77th

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Feb. 22-24, 2008	Florida Invite (70)	81-79-82—242	t-72nd
Mar. 3-4, 2008	San Jose State Spartan Invite (72)	80-80-75—235	37th
Mar. 24-25, 2008	Oregon Invite (72)	74-76-81—231	t-21st
Mar. 29-30, 2008	MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE (72)	76-72-78—226	t-31st
Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2008	Sac State Invite (72)	78-77-77—232	t-40th
Apr. 11-12, 2008	Peg Barnard/Stanford Collegiate (71)	73-76—149	t-7th
Apr. 25-27, 2008	Big 12 Championships (72)	87-80-84—251	42nd

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Sept. 18-20, 2008	UNM Branch Law Firm (73)	79-80-79—238	t-68th
Sept. 29-30, 2008	HEATHER FARR/CU MEMORIAL (72)	77-76-80—233	t-73rd
Oct. 6-7, 2008	McHaney/Morehead Invite (73)	81-74-75—230	t-11th
Nov. 2-3, 2008	Texas State Challenger (72)	85-83-76—244	t-45th
Feb. 15-17, 2009	San Diego State Spring Invite (72)	79-86-75—240	t-50th
Mar. 13-15, 2009	LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic (72)	72-75-72—219	t-25th
Mar. 28-29, 2009	MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE (72)	80-89-81—250	97th
Apr. 3-5, 2009	Ping/ASU Invite (72)	77-89-77—243	t-78th
Apr. 23-25, 2009	Big 12 Championships (73)	77-80-90—247	t-50th
Mar. 7-9, 2009	NCAA West Regional (72)	76-79-75—230	t-74th

Date	Event (Par)	Score	Finish
Sept. 6-8, 2009	Collegiate Match Play (72)	77-73—150	t-23rd
Sept. 14-15, 2009	Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic (72)	77-71-79—227	t-54th
Sept. 19-20, 2009	Dick McGuire Invite (73)	77-75-74—226	t-35th
Oct. 5-6, 2009	HEATHER FARR/CU MEMORIAL (72)	77-80-78—235	t-48th
Oct. 26-28, 2009	Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown (72)	70-75-80—225	t-22nd
Feb. 8-10, 2010	Northrop Grumman Regional (71)	78-77-71—226	t-21st
Mar. 8-9, 2010	Julie Inkster/Spartan Invite (72)	78-78-78—232	t-38th
Mar. 22-23, 2010	BYU Dixie Classic (72)	82-75-76—233	t-21st
Mar. 26-27, 2010	MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE (72)	74-78-76—228	t-34th
Apr. 10-11, 2010	Indiana Invite (72)	80-72-74—226	t-27th
Apr. 23-25, 2010	Big 12 Championships (72)	76-77-77—230	t-24th

Career Statistics

Overall						Spring				Fall
Season	Rd	Strk	Avg	Lo	Rd		Strk	Avg	Rd		Strk	Avg
2006-07	22	1,725	78.41	71	10		783	78.30	12		942	78.50
2007-08	20	1,566	78.30	72	20		1,566	78.30	--		--	--
2008-09	30	2,391	79.70	72	18		1,429	79.39	12		962	80.17
2009-10	32	2,440	76.25	70	18		1,377	76.50	14		1,063	75.93
Totals	104	8,122	78.10	70	66		5,155	78.11	38		2,967	78.08