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Ji Yai Shin (South Korea) Golf, 21
Led the money list on the LPGA Tour in her first full year with winnings of US$1.8 million, and also won the LPGA Rookie of the Year Award. Despite a slow start to the year, she won three times – the HSBC Women’s Championship, the Wegmans LPGA and the P&G Beauty event. Ji Yai Shin had broken all existing Korean records when she won 10 events from 19 starts in 2007, and followed this up the following year with three victories in ten tournaments on the LPGA Tour including the Women’s British Open and the ADT Championship.