Park Hee-young (Korean: 박희영, born 24 May 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
| Park Hee-young | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Park at the 2013 Women's British Open | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Rocket | ||
| Born | 24 May 1987 South Korea | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA (joined 2008) KLPGA (joined 2005) | ||
| Professional wins | 10 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| LPGA Tour | 3 | ||
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 6 | ||
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 1 | ||
| ALPG Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T7: 2013 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T4: 2016 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T9: 2009 | ||
| Women's British Open | T2: 2013 | ||
| Evian Championship | T19: 2013 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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| Park Hee-young | |
| Hangul | 박희영 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Bak Hui-yeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Hŭi-yŏng |
Early golf career
editAs an amateur, Park was a three time member of the South Korean National team. Park was twice runner-up in the South Korea Amateur Open.
2005 was Park's first full year as a professional golfer. She won three times on the LPGA of Korea Tour which earned her rookie of the year honors. Park won another two KLPGA tournaments in 2006.
LPGA Tour career
editPark earned her tour card at the 2007 LPGA qualifying school. She played in 28 LPGA events in 2008 and made the cut in 22 of them. Her best finish was a T4 and she earned $474,744 for the year, 35th on the tour's money list.
At the second LPGA event of 2009, Honda LPGA Thailand, Park shot an opening round 79 in the tournament. Shortly after her round was completed, Park had to go to a hospital.[1] She was treated and released. Park completed the tournament, shooting rounds of 64, 69, 65, which enabled her to finish in solo second place three shots behind Lorena Ochoa.[2] Later in 2009, Park finished second at the Mizuno Classic.
On 20 November 2011, Park won her first LPGA Tour event, the CME Group Titleholders. She finished two shots ahead of Paula Creamer and Sandra Gal.[3]
Her second victory came in July 2013 at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada. Tied with Angela Stanford at 258 (–26) after 72 holes, the two went to a sudden-death playoff on the par-5 18th hole. Park birdied the hole three times in regulation (par on Friday) and three times in the playoff to win.[4]
Personal life
editAs of 2011, Park's sister Choo Young, is a player on the Korean LPGA Tour. Her sister will begin her rookie year on the LPGA Tour in 2015, after finishing in a tie for 11th place at Stage III of LPGA Q School in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Professional wins (10)
editLPGA Tour wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Nov 2011 | CME Group Titleholders | 71-69-69-70=279 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Paula Creamer Sandra Gal | 500,000 |
| 2 | 14 Jul 2013 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | 65-67-61-65=258 | −26 | Playoff | Angela Stanford | 195,000 |
| 3 | 9 Feb 2020 | ISPS Handa Vic Open^ | 68-68-72-73=281 | −8 | Playoff | Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeon | 165,000 |
^Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | Angela Stanford | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2020 | ISPS Handa Vic Open | Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeon | Won with par on fourth extra hole Ryu eliminated by birdie on second hole |
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)
edit- 2004 Hite Cup (as an amateur)[5]
- 2005 PAVV Invitational,[6] two other wins[5]
- 2006 Phoenix Park Classic, Lake Hills Classic[6]
Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)
edit- 2006 Thailand Ladies Open
Results in LPGA majors
editResults not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T30 | T38 | T53 | T15 | T70 | T26 | T7 | T26 | CUT | T45 | CUT | T40 | T52 | CUT | T47 | CUT | T62 | |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | T9 | T41 | T45 | CUT | CUT | T15 | CUT | T65 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T14 | 14 | T51 | CUT | CUT | T4 | CUT | T49 | CUT | T58 | CUT | CUT | |||
| The Evian Championship ^ | T19 | T20 | CUT | T36 | CUT | NT | T25 | |||||||||||
| Women's British Open | T14 | T11 | T55 | T43 | T33 | T2 | 67 | CUT | CUT | T52 | ||||||||
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Summary
edit| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 61 | 36 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2010 U.S. Open – 2012 LPGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)
LPGA Tour career summary
edit| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | n/a | 70.0 | ||
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 63,544 | n/a | 71.67 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 12,202 | n/a | 72.67 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 53,246 | n/a | 74.26 | |
| 2008 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 474,744 | 35 | 71.78 | 27 |
| 2009 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 666,305 | 20 | 71.94 | 35 |
| 2010 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | T4 | 327,431 | 34 | 71.69 | 25 |
| 2011 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 851,781 | 12 | 72.42 | 37 |
| 2012 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 427,717 | 34 | 71.71 | 30 |
| 2013 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 848,676 | 10 | 71.07 | 19 |
| 2014 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T7 | 447,658 | 40 | 71.39 | 28 |
| 2015 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 347,523 | 52 | 71.99 | 56 |
| 2016 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | T4 | 527,393 | 34 | 71.25 | 35 |
| 2017 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 131,235 | 91 | 72.15 | 102 |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 197,679 | 80 | 71.70 | 65 |
| 2019 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 103,327 | 110 | 71.50 | 68 |
| 2020 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 224,002 | 53 | 72.77 | 96 |
| 2021 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 178,814 | 87 | 72.07 | 96 |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 40,244 | 157 | 73.35 | n/a |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | n/a | n/a | 69.75 | n/a |
- official through 2023 season[7]
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004
References
edit- ^ Hee Young Park's Thailand Odyssey
- ^ Ochoa takes three-stroke victory in Thailand
- ^ Hee Young Park wins LPGA finale
- ^ "Hee Young Park wins LPGA Manulife". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ a b LPGA Tour profile
- ^ a b Seoul Sisters profile
- ^ "Hee Young Park – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links
edit
- Park Hee-young at the LPGA Tour official site
- Park Hee-young at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Biography on seoulsisters.com