2015 RICOH Women’s British Open
Trump Turnberry Resort
Ayrshire, Scotland
August 2, 2015
Born: Seoul, South Korea
Lives: Las Vegas, Nevada
Birthdate: July 12, 1988 – currently 27 years, 0 months, and 21 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: 3rd on the Epson Tour season-ending money list in 2006
Turned Professional: April, 2006
VICTORIES
- LPGA: 16th career victory; 7th career major victory; 4th victory this season
- With her victory, becomes just the 7th player in LPGA history to complete the Career Grand Slam
- Previous Wins: 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, 2012 Evian Masters, 2012 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2013 North Texas LPGA Shootout, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2013 U.S. Women’s Open, 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, 2014 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2014 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship, 2015 HSBC Women’s Champions, 2015 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $450,000 first-place check, Inbee crosses the $12 million mark in career earnings and remains 9th on the LPGA Career Money List with $12,133,149
- SEASON: Inbee becomes the first player to cross the $2 million mark in season earnings this year and has earned $2,182,165. She’ll remain 1st on the Official Money List. This is the 4th consecutive season she crosses the $2 million mark
OF NOTE
- Joins Louise Suggs, Mickey Wright, Pat Bradley, Juli Inkster, Karrie Webb and Annika Sorrenstam as the only female players to achieve the Career Grand Slam. Inbee becomes the second-youngest to complete the feat. Webb was 26 years, 6 months, 3 days old at the 2001 McDonald’s LPGA Championship
- Is now tied for 7th with Karrie Webb and Juli Inkster on the career major wins list
- Moves into a tie for 34th with Jan Stephenson on the LPGA Career Wins list with 16
- 11th victory by a South Korean this season
- Marks the second time in her career to record at least 4 wins in one season (won 6 times in 2013)
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 625 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and will remain 1st in the rankings with 3,646 points
ROLEX RANKINGS
- With her victory, Park will remain No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
ROLEX PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Earns 60 points in the Rolex Player of the Year race and remains 1st in the rankings with 235 total points
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- This was her ninth appearance at the RICOH Women’s British Open
- Had four previous top-10 finishes including her previous best of runner-up in 2012
2015 IN A NUTSHELL
- With her win today: 18 events played, 17 cuts made, $$2,182,165, 4 victories, 7 additional top-10s
2014 RECAP
- 23 events, 22 cuts made, $2,226,641 (2) earned, 3 victories, 14 additional top-10 finishes
- Began 2014 as the No. 1 player in the Rolex Rankings, was overtaken by Stacy Lewis for 21 weeks, before finishing the year in the No. 1 position for the second-consecutive year
- Crossed the $2 million mark in season earnings for the third-consecutive season, first since Lorena Ochoa did the same during the 2006-2008 season
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