Hometown/Resides: Seoul, South Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: Sept. 21, 1993; currently 23 years, 8 months and 17 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
With her win, Park becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
KLPGA: 10 career wins
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Park earns 625 points and is projected to move from T11 to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 1,894 points
ROLEX ANNIKA MAJOR AWARD
With her win, Park earns 60 points and becomes eligible to win the award at the end of the season
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $900,000; she has earned $1,450,636 this season (the extent of her LPGA membership)
PREVIOUS U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH
2016 - T3
2017 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
14 events, 14 cuts made, $1,450,636, one victory, four additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Park becomes the 18th player to win on the LPGA Tour in 2017, with So Yeon Ryu the only multiple victor
- She is one of eight players from the Republic of Korea to win on Tour this season • She is the season’s second Rolex First-Time winner, joining Danielle Kang (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship)
- At the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open, Park was one off the lead going to the 72nd hole, but made bogey to miss the playoff
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