Park Sung-hyun (born 21 September 1993), also known as Sung Hyun Park, is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two LPGA majors championships, the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and the 2018 Women's PGA Championship. She was the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for a single week in 2017 and has returned to the number one spot in 2018 and 2019.
Professional career From 2014 to 2016 Park played on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won four times in 2015 and six times in 2016.
Since 2017 Park has played on the LPGA Tour. In July 2017, she won the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major. In November 2017, she became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Park clinched the LPGA's Rookie of the Year Award in the penultimate month of the 2017 season. Park then went on to share Player of the Year honors with Ryu So-yeon, making Park the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.
Park won three times in 2018, this included a major title in July 2018 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. After holding the top ranking for only one week in 2017, she regained the number one spot with her win at the Indy Women in Tech Championship in August 2018. She ended the 2018 season third on the LPGA money list and ranked second in the world to Ariya Jutanugarn.
In 2019, Park won the HSBC Women's World Championship and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.
Professional wins (18) LPGA Tour wins (7) Legend Major championships (2) Other LPGA Tour (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)116 Jul 2017U.S. Women's Open73-70-67-67=277−112 strokes Choi Hye-jin (a)900,000227 Aug 2017Canadian Pacific Women's Open70-68-69-64=271−132 strokes Mirim Lee337,50036 May 2018Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic65-66=131−111 stroke Lindy Duncan195,00041 Jul 2018KPMG Women's PGA Championship66-72-71-69=278−10Playoff Nasa Hataoka Ryu So-yeon547,500519 Aug 2018Indy Women in Tech Championship68-63-66-68=265−23Playoff Lizette Salas300,00063 Mar 2019HSBC Women's World Championship69-71-69-64=273−152 strokes Minjee Lee225,000730 Jun 2019Walmart NW Arkansas Championship66-63-66=195−181 stroke Danielle Kang Kim Hyo-joo Inbee Park300,000
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12018KPMG Women's PGA Championship Nasa Hataoka Ryu So-yeonWon with birdie on second extra holeHataoka eliminated by par on first hole22018Indy Women in Tech Championship Lizette SalasWon with birdie on first extra hole
LPGA of Korea Tour wins (10) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up121 Jun 2015Kia Motors Korea Women's Open73-69-70-77=289+12 strokes Lee Jung-min220 Sep 2015KDB Daewoo Securities Classic68-66-69=203−132 strokes Ahn Song-yi Kim Hye-youn Seong Eun-jeong (a)34 Oct 2015OK! Savings Bank Pak Se-ri Invitational71-67-68=206−101 stroke Kim Hae-rym Kim Ji-hyun414 Dec 2015Hyundai China Ladies Open64-68-67=199−172 strokes Kim Hyo-joo517 Apr 2016Samchully Together Open65-73-74=212−4Playoff Kim Ji-yeong624 Apr 2016Nexen-Saintnine Masters72-64-72=208−81 stroke Cho Jeong-min Kim Min-sun722 May 2016Doosan Match Play Championship19 holes Kim Ji-hyun87 Aug 2016Jeju Samdasoo Masters65-67-66=198−189 strokes Pak Ju-young921 Aug 2016Bogner-MBN Ladies Open64-65-70=199−174 strokes Lee Mi-hyang104 Sep 2016Hanwha Finance Classic74-67-74-67=282−61 stroke Ko Jin-young
Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (1) 2019 The Country Club Ladies Invitational
Major championships Wins (2) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up 2017 U.S. Women's Open 3 shot deficit −11 (73-70-67-67=277) 2 strokes Choi Hye-jin (a) 2018 Women's PGA Championship 4 shot deficit −10 (66-72-71-69=278) Playoff Nasa Hataoka, Ryu So-yeon
Results timeline Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT6T14T9T52T40CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT31CUTT12CUTCUTT28CUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT141217CUTT62T77CUTT42The Evian ChampionshipT2T26CUTT6NTCUTCUTT61Women's British OpenT50T16T158CUTT28
CUT = missed the half-way 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 2 3 8 5U.S. Women's Open 1 0 1 2 2 3 10 4Women's PGA Championship 1 1 0 2 2 4 9 7The Evian Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 7 4Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 5Totals 2 2 1 5 9 15 40 25 Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2016 ANA – 2018 ANA) Longest streak of top 10s – 3 (2019 Women's PGA – 2019 British Open)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2015110101T2n/an/a68.50n/a2016770114T2n/an/a69.75n/a201723232221112,335,883 169.25220182417301711,498,077370.652320192017220711,529,905769.70520207500001796,1878871.835620211990000T1569,35312372.41118202218100000T15199,6599672.2711920231790000T1669,38814373.121472024Did not play20251770001T7101,84213172.47120 official as of 2025 season
Team appearances Professional The Queens (representing Korea): 2015 (winners) International Crown (representing South Korea): 2018 (winners)
References
External links
Park Sung-hyun at the KLPGA Tour official site
Profile on Seoul Sisters site