Grace Park (golfer)
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Grace Park was born Park Ji-eun on March 6, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea, and is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She attended Arizona State University and graduated from Ewha Women's University in 2003.
Park had an outstanding amateur career in the United States, winning most major amateur championships in 1998 including the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, and tied for eighth as an amateur in the 1999 U.S. Women's Open. She turned pro that same year, and earned her LPGA card for 2000 by finishing at the top of the SBC Futures Tour money list.
She won at least one LPGA tournament in each season from 2000 to 2004, including her first major, the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship. 2005 and 2006 were difficult years for Park as she suffered from back and neck injuries.
The Boston Globe has described Park as "the striking beauty, the tall and proud walk, the dazzling smile" and she has attracted sponsorship from Nike and Rolex.
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[edit] Professional wins (11)
[edit] Futures Tour (5)
- 1999 (5) Betty Puskar FUTURES Golf Classic, YWCA Briarwood FUTURES Open, SmartSpikes FUTURES Classic, Carolina National FUTURES Classic, The Greater Lima FUTURES Open
[edit] LPGA Tour (6)
- 2000 (1) Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic
- 2001 (1) The Office Depot
- 2002 (1) CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship
- 2003 (1) Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
- 2004 (2) Kraft Nabisco Championship, CJ Nine Bridges Classic
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | CUT | CUT | 23 | T39 | DNP |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | T63 | CUT | DNP | T8 | T6 |
| du Maurier Classic | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T28 | T9 | CUT | 1 | 5 | T35 | T69 |
| LPGA Championship | T30 | T15 | 2 | 3 | WD | CUT | |
| U.S. Women's Open | T39 | T18 | T10 | T64 | T52 | DNP | |
| Women's British Open ^ | T32 | T53 | T3 | T13 | T8 | DNP |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- LPGA Tour biography page
- Grace Park at Golf Stars Online Links to relevant sites, interviews, feature articles and similar.
- Grace Park bio
