Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: September 21, 1993; currently 25 years, 5 months and 12 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: Sixth career victory
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
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Park earns 500 points and is projected to move from 64th to fourth in the Race to CME Globe with 550 points
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $225,000; she has earned $242,862 this season and $4,076,822 for her career
PREVIOUS HSBC WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2018 – T24; 2017 – Third
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Two events played, two cuts made, $242,862, one victory, one top-25 finish
OF NOTE
- With a $225,000 winner’s check, Park crosses the $4 million mark in career earnings
- Park reached No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings on Aug. 20 for the second time in her career and held the spot for a total of 10 weeks
- Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open, and won again one months later at the CP Women’s Open
- Tied with So Yeon Ryu for 2017 Rolex Player of the Year honors and clinched the 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Player of the Year Award with five events remaining on the schedule
- 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