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Park Sung-hyun (golfer)

Park Sung-hyun (born 21 September 1993), also known as Sung Hyun Park, is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two LPGA majors championships, the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and the 2018 Women's PGA Championship. She was the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for a single week in 2017 and has returned to the number one spot in 2018 and 2019.

Professional career

From 2014 to 2016 Park played on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won four times in 2015 and six times in 2016.

Since 2017 Park has played on the LPGA Tour. In July 2017, she won the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major.[3] In November 2017, she became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[4] Park clinched the LPGA's Rookie of the Year Award in the penultimate month of the 2017 season.[5] Park then went on to share Player of the Year honors with Ryu So-yeon, making Park the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.[6]

Park won three times in 2018, this included a major title in July 2018 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. After holding the top ranking for only one week in 2017, she regained the number one spot with her win at the Indy Women in Tech Championship in August 2018.[7] She ended the 2018 season third on the LPGA money list and ranked second in the world to Ariya Jutanugarn.

In 2019, Park won the HSBC Women's World Championship and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.[8]

Professional wins (18)

LPGA Tour wins (7)

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (10)

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

LPGA Tour career summary

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ^ "In the winner's circle with Sung Hyun Park". LPGA. 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Park Sung Hyun". Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ^ Bondy, Filip (16 July 2017). "Sung Hyun Park Wins U.S. Women's Open, Edging an Amateur". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Sung Hyun Park Becomes Top Player in Rolex Rankings". LPGA. 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Sung Hyun Park Clinches 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Honors". LPGA. 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Five Things To Know From Sunday at CME". LPGA. 19 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Sung Hyun Park beats Lizette Salas on first extra hole to reclaim No. 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 August 2018.
  8. ^ Levins, Keely (30 June 2019). "Sung Hyun Park wins Walmart NW Arkansas Championship with final-hole birdie, set to return World No. 1". Golf World. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Sung Hyun Park results". LPGA. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

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