Professional
2004 Highlights

• Earned the required number of points to qualify for the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame with her victory at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill; must meet the 10-year playing requirement before officially gaining entrance (in 2007).
• Posted five top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger.
• Recorded a season-low 64 during the third round of the Welch's/Fry's Championship, where she tied for eighth.
• Crossed the $8 million mark in career earnings at the CJ Nine Bridges Classic Presented by Sports Today, where she tied for 11th.

2004 Stats (Rank)
Rds under par: 33/67 (25)	Rds in the 60s: 20/67 (14)	Birdies: 226 (47)
Eagles: 8 (15)	Greens in reg: 68.3% (33)	Driving accuracy: 60.2% (156)
Sand saves: 26.4% (148)	Putts per GIR: 1.81 (41)	Driving avg: 262.1 (14)

• In 2003, won the Safeway PING Presented by Yoplait, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, where she defeated Shani Waugh on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff, and the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL, her fourth win in six years at the event; became the first Asian player to win the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average after finishing the season with a 70.03 mark; with her win at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, became the third-youngest player in LPGA history to reach 20 wins at 25 years, 6 months and 30 days old; crossed the $6 million mark in career earnings after The Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott and the $7 million mark after the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi; made the cut and finished 10th at the SBS Super Tournament on the men's Korean Tour, becoming the first woman to make the 36-hole cut in a men's event since Babe Zaharias did so in three PGA Tour events in 1945.
• In 2002, won five tournaments: The Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott; McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by AIG; First Union Betsy King Classic, where she crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings; Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions Presented by Ultimate Software, where she successfully defended her title; and the inaugural Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic in her homeland of Korea; her win at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by AIG was her fourth major championship victory, making her the youngest player to win four majors at 24 years, 8 months and 11 days old.
• In 2001, won five tournaments: YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic; Longs Drugs Challenge; Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL for the third time in four years; Weetabix Women's British Open, her third major championship title; and AFLAC Champions Presented by Southern Living; crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings after the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL and the $4 million mark after her runner-up finish at the CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship.
• In 2000, best finish was third place at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic; also tied for third at the McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
• In 1999, posted a wire-to-wire win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic; successfully defended her title at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, where she won an LPGA record six-way playoff; won both the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf and PageNet Championship, which was decided on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Laura Davies and Karrie Webb.
• In 1998, in her first major championship as an LPGA professional, went wire-to-wire to capture the McDonald's LPGA Championship title, becoming the first rookie since Liselotte Neumann to win a major as her first Tour victory; in her second major championship, became the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Open after a 20-hole playoff (18-hole playoff followed by two holes of sudden-death with amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn); the 92-hole tournament was the longest in women's professional golf history; joined Juli Inkster as the only LPGA players to capture two modern major championships in their rookie seasons; one of six players to win the LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open in the same year (Sandra Haynie, 1974; Meg Mallon, 1991; Mickey Wright, 1961 and 1958; Inkster, 1999; and Karrie Webb, 2001); six days later, won the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic and is one of four players to win a tournament immediately following their U.S. Women's Open triumph (Jane Geddes, Meg Mallon and Louise Suggs); two weeks later, won the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic; winner of the 1998 Mercury LPGA Series Bonus Pool; ran away with Rolex Rookie of the Year honors; her closest competitor was Janice Moodie, who was 904 points behind; actually clinched the title nine weeks before the end of the season, following her fourth-place finish at the First Union Betsy King Classic on Sept. 27.
• In 1997, qualified for the Tour by winning the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament (with Cristie Kerr) to earn exempt status for the 1998 season.
• In 1996, turned professional and began competing on the Korea LPGA Tour; won six tournaments from 1996-97.

Major Championship History

		97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04
	KNC	DNP	DNP	T13	T15	T11	T9	T15	T16
	LPGA	DNP	1	T7	T3	T39	1	T46	T17
	OPEN	T21	1	T14	T15	2	5	50	T32
	DM/WB	DNP^	T41^	T13^	T7^	1	T11	2	T21

^ indicates finishes in the du Maurier Classic.

LPGA Record
Information above the line indicates record before originally qualifying for the LPGA Tour.

Year	# Events	Cuts Made	W	2	3	Top 10s	Best	Money	Rank	Score Avg
1996	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	45,000	N/A	69.25
1997	6	5	0	0	0	1	T6	$46,311	N/A	71.85
1998	27	26	4	0	0	8	1	872,170	2	71.41
1999	27	23	4	0	0	10	1	956,926	3	70.77
2000	23	21	0	0	2	11	3	550,376	12	71.49
2001	21	20	5	5	2	12	1	1,623,009	2	69.69
2002	24	24	5	1	2	17	1	1,722,281	2	69.85
2003	26	25	3	6	0	20	1	1,611,928	2	70.03
2004	19	16	1	1	0	5	1	682,669	11	71.34