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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. 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 and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic. Professional wins (4) LPGA Tour wins (2) LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1) *1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open Other wins (1) *1999 Indonesia Ladies Open Results in LPGA majors CUT = missed the half-way cut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fortu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
