Park Hee-young (, born 24 May 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career In 1987, Park was born in South Korea. As an amateur, Park was a three time member of the South Korean National team. Park was twice runner-up in the South Korea Amateur Open.
Professional career In 2005, was Park's first full year as a professional golfer. She won three times on the LPGA of Korea Tour which earned her rookie of the year honors. Park won another two KLPGA tournaments in 2006.
Park earned her tour card at the 2007 LPGA qualifying school. She played in 28 LPGA events in 2008 and made the cut in 22 of them. Her best finish was a T4 and she earned $474,744 for the year, 35th on the tour's money list.
At the second LPGA event of 2009, the Honda LPGA Thailand, Park shot an opening round 79 in the tournament. Shortly after her round was completed, Park had to go to a hospital.Hee Young Park's Thailand Odyssey She was treated and released. Park completed the tournament, shooting rounds of 64, 69, 65, which enabled her to finish in solo second place three shots behind Lorena Ochoa.Ochoa takes three-stroke victory in Thailand Later in 2009, Park finished second at the Mizuno Classic.
On 20 November 2011, Park won her first LPGA Tour event, the CME Group Titleholders. She finished two shots ahead of Paula Creamer and Sandra Gal.Hee Young Park wins LPGA finale
Her second victory came in July 2013 at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada. Tied with Angela Stanford at 258 (–26) after 72 holes, the two went to a sudden-death playoff on the par-5 18th hole. Park birdied the hole three times in regulation (par on Friday) and three times in the playoff to win.
Park retired following the 2025 season.
Personal life As of 2011, Park's sister Ju Young was a player on the Korean LPGA Tour. Her sister began her rookie year on the LPGA Tour in 2015, after finishing in a tie for 11th place at Stage III of LPGA Q School in Daytona Beach, Florida. She played one event in 2016.
Awards and honors In 2005, she earned LPGA of Korea Tour's Rookie of the Year honors.
Professional wins (10) LPGA Tour wins (3) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)120 Nov 2011CME Group Titleholders71-69-69-70=279−92 strokes Paula Creamer Sandra Gal500,000214 Jul 2013Manulife Financial LPGA Classic65-67-61-65=258−26Playoff Angela Stanford195,00039 Feb 2020ISPS Handa Vic Open^68-68-72-73=281−8Playoff Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeon165,000 ^Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12013Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Angela StanfordWon with birdie on third extra hole22020ISPS Handa Vic Open Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeonWon with par on fourth extra holeRyu eliminated by birdie on second hole
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6) 2004 Hite Cup (as an amateur)LPGA Tour profile 2005 PAVV Invitational, two other wins 2006 Phoenix Park Classic, Lake Hills ClassicSeoul Sisters profile
Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1) 2006 Thailand Ladies Open
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024Chevron ChampionshipT30T38T53T15T70T26T7T26CUTT45CUTT40T52CUTT47CUTT62U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT9T41T45CUTCUTT15CUTT65CUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT1414T51CUTCUTT4CUTT49CUTT58CUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^ T19T20CUTT36CUTNTT25Women's British OpenT14T11T55T43T33T267CUTCUTT52 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 13U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 5Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 3 15 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 3 10 8Totals 0 1 0 2 4 13 61 36 Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2010 U.S. Open – 2012 LPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (four times)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2004110000T16n/a70.0 2005110001T463,544n/a71.67 2006110000T2512,202n/a72.67 2007530000T1253,246n/a74.26 2008282200044474,7443571.78 272009251902062666,3052071.94 35201022170006T4327,4313471.69252011211910131851,7811272.42372012252100055427,7173471.71302013262411151848,6761071.0719201429270002T7447,6584071.3928201528180103T2347,5235271.9956201626200004T4527,3933471.2535201722900113131,2359172.15102201820150000T11197,6798071.7065201916120000T12103,32711071.5068202014810011224,0025372.779620211610000011178,8148772.079620228500002640,24415773.35n/a2023110000T16n/an/a69.75n/a20241670000T3183,46414272.601382025100000WD0n/a81.00n/a Official through 2025 season
Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004
References
External links
Biography on seoulsisters.com