Inbee Park
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| Inbee Park | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 12, 1988 Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |  South Korea |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Career | |
| College | UNLV (less than 1 year) |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA (joined 2007) |
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (joined 2006) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1) |
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| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | 9th: 2008 |
| LPGA Championship | T46: 2008 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won 2008 |
| Women's British Open | T11: 2007 |
| Inbee Park | ||
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Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, (born July 12, 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer.
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[edit] Early life and amateur career
Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was a five-time Rolex Junior All-American. She was a semifinalist at the 2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. She won the 2002 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and finished as runner-up in both 2003 and 2005.
While an amateur from 2004 through 2006, Park played in the Kraft Nabisco Championship as a sponsor invite and in the LPGA Takefuji Classic three times, recording two top 10 finishes.
In 2007, Park changed the English spelling of her name from In-Bee to Inbee.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] 2006
In 2006, after graduating from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, Park appealed to the LPGA for permission to attempt to qualify for the LPGA as a 17-year old. LPGA rules generally require that a player be 18 to join the Tour. The LPGA denied Park's request, so she enrolled at the University of Nevada Las Vegas but soon after dropped out and turned professional, playing on the Duramed FUTURES Tour where the age of entry had recently been lowered to 17.[1]
In 2006, she recorded 11 top-10 finishes on the FUTURES Tour. She finished third on the FUTURES Tour season-ending money list to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2007 season.
[edit] 2007
During the 2007 season, she tied for fourth at the U.S. Women's Open and tied for second at the Safeway Classic.
[edit] 2008
On June 29, 2008, Park won the U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota for her first LPGA win. At 19, she was the youngest player to win the title. In four rounds, she shot 72-69-71-71 to score 9-under-par, beating Helen Alfredsson of Sweden by 4 strokes.
[edit] Professional wins (1)
[edit] LPGA Tour (1)
- 2008 (1) U.S. Women's Open
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | T62 | DNP | 9 | T56 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T62 | T46 | |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | DNP | DNP | T4 | 1 | |
| Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | T11 | CUT |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
[edit] LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Official Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | n/a | n/a | 72.60 | n/a |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | 71.00 | n/a |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T35 | 5,406 | n/a | 73.86 | n/a |
| 2007 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | T2 | 380,263 | 37 | 73.19 | 72 |
| 2008 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1,138,370 | 8 | 71.78 | 26 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 36,198 | 56 | 74.11 | 67 |
- Official as of April 5, 2009
[edit] References
- ^ "U.S. Women's Open Final Notes and Interviews". LPGA Tour. 2008-06-29. http://lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=16143#inbee. Retrieved on 2008-08-04.
