Park Hee-jung

Hee Jung Park
박희정
 Golfer 
Personal information
Nickname Gloria, Koala
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980
Seoul, South Korea
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
Spouse Hee Taek Chang
Career
Turned professional 1998
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
LPGA of Korea Tour 1
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration 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
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.

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

Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times.

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 and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic.

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 9 Sep 2001 Williams Championship −9 (68-69-64=201) 1 stroke United States Donna Andrews
2 28 Jul 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic −14 (71-67-63-69=270) Playoff South Korea Hee-Won Han

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic South Korea Hee-Won Han Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2005 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic United States Heather Bowie Lost to par on third extra hole

Other wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP
LPGA Championship T28
U.S. Women's Open CUT
du Maurier Classic T60
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T32 T42 CUT T44 CUT T46 CUT
LPGA Championship T43 T23 CUT T4 T7 T61 T46 T40
U.S. Women's Open DNP T44 CUT T37 T23 T20 CUT DNP
Women's British Open T25 CUT T10 T31 CUT CUT T16 T48

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Team appearances

Professional


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