Park Hee-jung (golfer)

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Hee-Jung Park
박희정
Personal information
NicknameGloria, Koala
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980 (age 42)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
SpouseHee-Taek Chang
Career
Turned professional1998
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T32: 2002
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2004
U.S. Women's Open T20: 2006
du Maurier Classic T60: 2000
Women's British Open T10: 2003

Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park.

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Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times and won the Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1997.

After turning professional in 1998, Park won the 1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the 1999 Indonesian Ladies' Open. She finished 13th at the 1999 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a place on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour for the 2000 season. On the LPGA Tour, she has won the 2001 Williams Championship [1] and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic. [2]

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Sep 2001 Williams Championship −9 (68-69-64=201)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Donna Andrews
228 Jul 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic −14 (71-67-63-69=270)Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12002 Sybase Big Apple Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han Won with birdie on first extra hole
22005 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Flag of the United States.svg Heather Bowie Lost to par on third extra hole

Other wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship T28
U.S. Women's Open CUT
du Maurier Classic T60
Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008
Kraft Nabisco Championship T32T42CUTT44CUTT46CUT
LPGA Championship T43T23CUTT4T7T61T46T40
U.S. Women's Open T44CUTT37T23T20CUT
Women's British Open T25CUTT10T31CUTCUTT16T48
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. "Park Captures Williams Championship". Golf Channel. Sports Network. 9 September 2001.
  2. "Park edges Han in playoff, Sorenstam left out". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 July 2002.