Born in
Richmond, Virginia and raised in
McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight
American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American, in 2001 and 2002. Lang represented the United States at the PING
Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, she won the
North and South Women's Amateur and the
Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title. Following graduation from
McKinney High School in 2003, Lang played golf at
Duke University for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. She was also named the 2004
Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year, and the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and won back-to-back ACC individual titles in 2004 and 2005. Lang was also a member of the victorious
Curtis Cup team in 2004 and won medalist honors at the
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of match play. While still an amateur in
2005, Lang competed as a sponsor's exemption in both the
Kraft Nabisco Championship and the
LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. She finished her amateur career at the
U.S. Women's Open at
Cherry Hills, where she tied for second with fellow low amateur
Morgan Pressel, two strokes behind champion
Birdie Kim. With the last hole to play, Lang was in the clubhouse when Kim holed out from the 18th greenside bunker to seal the victory. ==Professional career==