Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G
Pinnacle Country Club | Rogers, Ark.| June 28 - 30, 2019
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: September 21, 1993; currently 25 years, 9 months and 9 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: Seventh 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, 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship Driven by Group 1001, 2019 HSBC Women’s World Championship
KLPGA: 10 career victories
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Park earns 500 points and is projected to move from seventh to second in the Race to CME Globe with 1,955 points
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $300,000; she has earned $734,266 this season and $4,628,226 for her career
PREVIOUS WALMART NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2018 – T61; 2017 – T19
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
11 events played, 10 cuts made, $734,266 earned, two victories, three additional top-15 finishes (T2, T12, T14)
OF NOTE
- With her win, Park is projected to become Rolex Rankings No. 1
- Park most recently reached No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings on Mar.4 for the third time in her career and held the spot for a total of five weeks
- Park is the third multiple of the 2019 season, joining Jin Young Ko and Brooke Henderson
- 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 2978
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