   mi-hyun kim (, born in incheon on 13 january 1977) is a professional golfer from south korea. she turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the lpga of korea tour (klpga) between 1996 and 2000. in 1999, she joined the lpga tour and was named was rookie of the year that year. she has won eight lpga events with her best finish in a major championship second place at the 2001 women's british open. kim is nicknamed "peanut" because she stands only 5 foot 1&nbsp;inches. lpga golfers also refer to her as "kimmy." kim was inspired to come to the united states by se ri pak, and they along with grace park and hee-won han â the four nicknamed the "seoul sisters" â are considered pioneers in the surge of outstanding south korean women's golfers on the lpga tour. her swing is characterized by an unusually long backswing that has become shorter in recent years. ==charitable giving== in may 2007, kim donated $100,000 of her $210,000 prize money from winning the semgroup championship to victims of a recent tornado that severely damaged the town of greensburg, kansas. the tornado occurred during the semgroup tournament. kim did not have any connection to greensburg or any of its residents. commenting on her donation, she said, "honestly, i made 
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