Quietly and with remarkable consistency, Megan Khang is constructing a pretty solid career with the LPGA. The young woman who was born in 1997 in Brockton, Mass., to parents who as children had escaped war-ravaged Laos in 1970, will be teeing it up in the CME Group Tour Championship, which begins today.
It keeps her perfect record alive – her seventh trip to the Tour Championship in seven seasons. Given that only the top 60 players in the points list qualify, the seven-for-seven speaks volumes for Khang’s talent and the fact that she’s clearly a quick study.
Remember, she broke onto the LPGA as an 18-year-old and wasn’t raised within the confines of the elite AJGA world. Her father, Lee, and mother, Nou, couldn’t afford the sort of junior golf upbringing that opens college doors and paves the way to professional careers. Instead, Khang honed her golf game at Harmon Golf in Rockland, Mass., and made a name for herself with local tournaments and the occasional AJGA competition.