Park Sung-hyun (golfer)

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Park Sung-hyun
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Personal information
Born (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 31)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S. [1]
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) KLPGA Tour (joined 2014)
LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour7
LPGA of Korea Tour10
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron Championship T6: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 2018
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2017
Women's British Open 8th: 2019
Evian Championship T2: 2016
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner
2016
LPGA Rookie of the Year 2017
LPGA Player of the Year 2017
Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award
2018
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00002385
Women's PGA Championship 11022476
U.S. Women's Open 10122384
The Evian Championship 01012274
Women's British Open 00001365
Totals22159153624

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2015 110101T2n/an/a68.50n/a
2016 770114T2n/an/a69.75n/a
2017 23232221112,335,883169.252
2018 2417301711,498,077370.6523
2019 2017220711,529,905769.705
2020 7500001796,1878871.8356
2021 1990000T1569,35312372.41118
2022 18100000T15199,6599672.27119
2023 1790000T1669,38814373.12147

Team appearances

Professional

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References

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