Park Hee-jung (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.

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Hee-Jung Park
박희정
Personal information
NicknameGloria, Koala
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada
SpouseHee-Taek Chang
Career
Turned professional1998
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT32: 2002
Women's PGA C'shipT4: 2004
U.S. Women's OpenT20: 2006
du Maurier ClassicT60: 2000
Women's British OpenT10: 2003

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 United States Donna Andrews
2 28 Jul 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic −14 (71-67-63-69=270) Playoff South Korea Hee-Won Han

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic South Korea Hee-Won Han Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2005 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic United States 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
Tournament2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship T28
U.S. Women's Open CUT
du Maurier Classic T60
Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008
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
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

References
  1. "Park Captures Williams Championship". Golf Channel. Sports Network. 9 September 2001.
  2. "Park edges Han in playoff, Sorenstam left out". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 July 2002.
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