Hometown/Resides: Seoul, South Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: Sept. 21, 1993; currently 23 years, 11 months and six days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: As a non-member in 2016, her earnings in official LPGA tournaments with a cut were equal to or greater than the amount of official money won by the member who was in 40th place on the Money List; this earned her membership for the 2017 season via Category 10 (non-member Top 40)
Turned Professional: 2012
VICTORIES
LPGA: Second career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WIN: 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Championship conducted by the USGA
KLPGA: 10 career victories
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Park earns 500 points and is projected to move from fourth to third in the Race to CME Globe with 2,563 points
LOUISE SUGGS ROLEX ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Park earns 150 points to increase her leading point total to 1,285 points
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $337,500; she has earned $1,878,615 this season (the extent of her LPGA membership)
2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
17 events, 17 cuts made, $1,878,615, two victories, five additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- With her second win of the season, Park joins her countrywomen So Yeon Ryu (two victories) and In-Kyung Kim (three victories) as the only multiple winners of the 2017 LPGA season
- She is one of nine players from the Republic of Korea to win on Tour this season
- This was Park’s first appearance in the CP Women’s Open
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