Indy Women in Tech Championship Driven by Group 1001
Brickyard Crossing Golf Club
Indianapolis, Indiana
August 19, 2018
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: September 21, 1993; currently 24 years, 10 months, 29 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned LPGA membership for the 2017 season via category 10 (non-member Top 40) on the LPGA Priority List
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012/2017
VICTORIES
LPGA: Fifth career victory and third of 2018
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Championship conducted by the USGA, 2017 CP Women’s Open, 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic, 2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
KLPGA: 10 career victories
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $300,000; she has earned $1,214,262 this season and $3,550,145 in her career
RACE TO CME GLOBE
Park earns 500 points and is projected to move into the top five in the Race to CME Globe with 2,003 points
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
17 events played, 11 cuts made, $1,214,262, three victories, one additional top-10 finish
OF NOTE
- Park is projected to move back to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings with her win and Ariya Jutanugarn’s T7 finish
- Park ties Ariya Jutanugarn for most victories on Tour in 2018 with three and gives the Republic of Korea its eighth win of the season
- Made three starts between her last victory at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and today
- Joins Jutanugarn and So Yeon Ryu as players with more than $1 million in season earnings this year
- Tied with So Yeon Ryu for 2017 Rolex Player of the Year honor and became the first player to win Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year awards in the same year since Nancy Lopez in 1978
- Was the Rolex Rankings No. 1 player from Nov. 6-12, 2017; the first LPGA Tour rookie to reach the top of the world rankings
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