Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean
professional golfer
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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
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as a teenager, she won the
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History
From 1953 to 1983 the event was for "juniors" (under-21) and was played in conjunction ...
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
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 ...
and the 1999 Indonesian Ladies' Open. She finished 13th at the 1999
LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
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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
The Indonesia Ladies Open was a professional golf tournament in Indonesia on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour.
History
The first event was played on the Ladies Asia Golf Circuit in 1987. The last event was held in 2012 and women's professional golf d ...
Results in LPGA majors
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
*
Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005 Lexus Cup, 2005
References
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South Korean female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Golfers from Seoul
Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley
1980 births
Living people