Park Hee-jung (golfer)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox golfer Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park.
Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times and won the Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1997.
After turning professional in 1998, Park won the 1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the 1999 Indonesian Ladies' Open. She finished 13th at the 1999 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a place on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour for the 2000 season. On the LPGA Tour, she has won the 2001 Williams Championship[1] and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic.[2]
Professional wins (4)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Sep 2001 | Williams Championship | −9 (68-69-64=201) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Donna Andrews |
| 2 | 28 Jul 2002 | Sybase Big Apple Classic | −14 (71-67-63-69=270) | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Hee-Won Han |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Sybase Big Apple Classic | Template:Flagicon Hee-Won Han | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2005 | Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic | Template:Flagicon Heather Bowie | Lost to par on third extra hole |
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1)
- 1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open
Other wins (1)
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | |
| LPGA Championship | T28 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
| du Maurier Classic | T60 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T32 | T42 | CUT | T44 | CUT | T46 | CUT | |
| LPGA Championship | T43 | T23 | CUT | T4 | T7 | T61 | T46 | T40 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T44 | CUT | T37 | T23 | T20 | CUT | ||
| Women's British Open | T25 | CUT | T10 | T31 | CUT | CUT | T16 | T48 |
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
- Starts – 32
- Wins – 0
- 2nd-place finishes – 0
- 3rd-place finishes – 0
- Top 3 finishes – 0
- Top 5 finishes – 1
- Top 10 finishes – 3
- Top 25 finishes – 8
- Missed cuts – 10
- Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Team appearances
Amateur
- Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 1997 (winners)
Professional