At the age of 17, Kim Saiki won both the USGA Junior Girls Championship and the Junior World Championship. Kim played golf at the University of Southern California and in 1986 was named a NCAA All-American in addition to being a four-time All-Conference honoree. In 1986 and 1987 she won the Broadmoor Invitational before becoming a five-time winner on the Players West Golf Tour and a two-time winner on the Futures Tour.
Prior to turning professional and joining the LPGA Tour in 1991, Saiki competed on the Women Professional Golfers' European Tour (WPGET) and the Ladies Asian Tour. The nineties proved to be a great decade for Kim, earning her an exempt status for the 1994 season by tying for 10th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and twice posting her career-best finish with second places at the Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic and Fieldcrest Cannon Classic.
During the 2000 season Saiki finished in the top 20 three times, including a season-best tie for eighth at the Nabisco Championship, her best finish in a major championship. In 2002, her best finish was a tie for ninth at the Sybase Big Apple Classic and in 2003 Kim tied for third at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open for her best finish of the season.
Kim began playing golf at the age of 11 and gives credit to her instructor Greg LaBelle, John Anselmo and her family as the individuals most influencing her career.
Rolex First-Time Winner at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA
