Hee-kyung Seo ( ko, 서희경, born 8 July 1986), also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a former
South Korean female professional
golfer playing on the
LPGA Tour and on
LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
Based o ...
. She won the
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year
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award in 2011.
After winning three LPGA of Korea Tour major championships in 2009, Seo notched her first LPGA Tour triumph at the 2010
Kia Classic where she finished six shots ahead of
Inbee Park.
Seo had a close call in the
2011 U.S. Women's Open
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when she led by two shots with two holes to play, but she missed a 4 footer for par on the 71st hole, while
So Yeon Ryu birdied the 72nd hole, resulting in a playoff, which Ryu went on to win.
Seo also came close at the
2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 29 through April 1. It was the 41st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 30th year as a women's major.
On the 72 ...
, where she led by three strokes at one point, but bogeys on the last four holes would result in her finishing two strokes back of winner
Sun Young Yoo
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first maj ...
.
On 30 November 2013, she married Junghoon Philip Kook (born 1979), an executive officer at DWS Asset Management based in Seoul, and gave a birth to their first son, Dohyun Philip Kook on 15 August 2014, on the Independence Day of Korea. Since then, they had two more sons, Dohoon Francis (born 2016) and Doheon Michael (born 2018). Seo officially retired from professional golf in November 2015 to spend more time with her family.
Professional wins
LPGA Tour (1)
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–4)
KLPGA Tour (11)
Tournaments in bold denotes major championships on KLPGA Tour.
^ Co-sanctioned with the
Ladies European Tour
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Results in LPGA majors
''Results not in chronological order before 2015.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 U.S. Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
LPGA Tour career summary
* Seo was not a member of the LPGA Tour prior to 2011. Earnings and records for those years are not official.
* official as of the 2015 season
References
External links
*
Biography on seoulsisters.comHee-Kyung Seo bio and pictures
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South Korean female golfers
LPGA of Korea Tour golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province
People from Suwon
1986 births
Living people