Jeong Jang ( ko, 장정, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean

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who played on the U.S.-based

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. She was also a member of the

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. Jang was born in

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, South Korea. She started playing golf at the age of thirteen. As a teenager she won the 1997 Korea Women's Open and the 1998 Korea Women's Amateur. She attended Joongbu University. After qualifying for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt, Jang had a successful rookie season in 2000 including a second-place finish. She reached twelfth on the money list in 2004 and in that year had nine finishes in the top ten. In July 2005 she won for the first time, claiming the

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, which is one of the

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, by four shots. She claimed her second LPGA win in 2006 at the

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Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in JLPGA Tour.

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1)

*1997 Korea Women's Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2014.'' ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2002 Kraft Nabisco – 2007 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing South Korea): 1998 Professional *

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

(representing Asia team):

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(winners),

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(representing South Korea): 2005

References

External links

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KLPGA profile

– fansite profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Jang, Jeong South Korean female golfers LPGA Tour golfers LPGA of Korea Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Golfers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Sportspeople from Daejeon 1980 births Living people