Sadena Parks | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | May 4, 1990
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | University of Washington |
Turned professional | 2013 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Symetra Tour | 2 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
ANA Inspiration | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | T22: 2015 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2014 |
Women's British Open | DNP |
Evian Championship | CUT: 2015 |
Sadena Parks (born May 4, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on LPGA Tour. [1] Parks became the first African American to earn her Tour card through the Symetra Tour and just the fifth African American to earn an LPGA Tour card.
Parks was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and after her parents divorced she moved with her father to Washington. She attended Bethel High School in Spanaway and spent four seasons at the University of Washington studying American Ethnic Studies. [2] [3]
At the age of 9, Parks joined Classic Club, a club program for young golfers and her father also enrolled her in the Leisure Hour junior golf program in Portland, Oregon. She won the Washington State High School Championship and got runner-up place. [4] [5] [6]
She went to LPGA qualifying school in 2012 and earned status on the 2013 Symetra Tour. She also participated in a TV reality show Big Break Florida . [7]
On the 2014 Symetra Tour, she won two events and finished fourth on the money list to earn her 2015 LPGA Tour card, only the fifth African American woman to receive a LPGA Tour card. [1]
Parks posed in ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue" [6] in 2015. In the accompanying article, Parks shared her aspirations and how her dad got her started in golf. [8]
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