Grace Park (golfer)

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In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Grace Park
박지은
LPGA Vare Trophy
2004
Honda Award2002
Grace Park
Hangul
박지은
Revised RomanizationBak Ji-eun
McCune–ReischauerPak Chiŭn

Grace Park (born 6 March 1979) is a retired

LPGA Tour. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2000 until her retirement in 2012 and won six LPGA Tour events, including one major championship
, during her career.

Amateur career

Park was born Park Ji-eun (Korean: 박지은) in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States. She attended Arizona State University and graduated from Ewha Womans University in 2003. In 2002, she won the Honda Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.[1][2]

Park had an outstanding amateur career in the United States being Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 1994 and 1996,

U.S. Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur. She tied for eighth as an amateur in the 1999 U.S. Women's Open
.

Professional career

Park turned professional in 1999 and decided to play on the

LPGA Tour tournaments. She won five of the ten tournaments she entered and became one of the first three golfers to gain automatic LPGA Tour exempt status by finishing top of the money list.[4] She was named Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year.[5]

She won at least one LPGA tournament in each season from 2000 to 2004, including her only major, the 2004

Kraft Nabisco Championship. The years 2005 and 2006 were difficult for Park as she suffered from back and neck injuries, and success continued to elude her the following two seasons as well. In April 2009 it was reported that Park had undergone a successful hip surgery, and that she would be off the LPGA tour for several months.[6]

In June 2012, Park announced her retirement from golf.[7]

The

Boston Globe has described Park as "the striking beauty, the tall and proud walk, the dazzling smile" and she has attracted sponsorship from Nike and Rolex
.

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour (6)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 4 Jun 2000
Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic
 66-68-70-70=274 −14 1 stoke United States Pat Hurst
United States Juli Inkster
2 28 Jan 2001 The Office Depot 70-69-70-71=280 −6 1 stroke Australia Karrie Webb
3 3 Nov 2002 Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship 22 holes Japan Midori Yoneyama
4 4 May 2003
Michelob Light Open at Kingsmill
 67-68-69-71=275 −9 1 stroke United States Cristie Kerr
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
Australia Karrie Webb
5 28 Mar 2004
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 		72-69-67-69=277 −11 1 stroke South Korea Aree Song
6 31 Oct 2004
CJ Nine Bridges Classic
 66-69-65=200 −16 5 strokes Sweden Carin Koch
Sweden Annika Sörenstam

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2003
McDonald's LPGA Championship
 		Sweden Annika Sörenstam Lost to par on first extra hole

Futures Tour (5)

  • 1999 (5)
    Betty Puskar FUTURES Golf Classic
    , YWCA Briarwood FUTURES Open, SmartSpikes FUTURES Classic, Carolina National FUTURES Classic, Greater Lima FUTURES Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
2004
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 −11 (72-69-67-69=277) 1 stroke South Korea Aree Song

Results timeline

Tournament 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 CUT CUT 23 T39
LPGA Championship
 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T63 CUT T8 T6
du Maurier Classic
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 T28 T9 CUT 1 5 T35 T69 CUT CUT
LPGA Championship
 T30 T15 2 3 WD CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T39 T18 T10 T64 T52 CUT CUT
Women's British Open ^ T32 T53 T3 T13 T8 T50 CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012
Kraft Nabisco Championship
 T10 CUT CUT
LPGA Championship
 WD 77 T71
U.S. Women's Open
Women's British Open ^ CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

  • Starts – 46
  • Wins – 1
  • 2nd-place finishes – 1
  • 3rd-place finishes – 2
  • Top 3 finishes – 4
  • Top 5 finishes – 5
  • Top 10 finishes – 11
  • Top 25 finishes – 15
  • Missed cuts – 15
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 5

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Park has dazzled as an amateur, pro golfer". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "All-Time Rolex Junior Players of the Year". American Junior Golf Association. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
  4. ^ Mickey, Lisa D. "Silver Anniversary Salute: FUTURES Tour Prepares For Next 25 Years". Duramed Futures Tour. Archived from the original on 9 April 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2007.
  5. Futures Tour. Archived from the original
    on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
  6. ^ "Grace Park to miss four months". Retrieved 5 April 2010. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Grace Park announces retirement". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

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