Park Hee-young

Park Hee-young (Korean: 박희영, born 24 May 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Park Hee-young
Park at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Nickname	Rocket
Born	24 May 1987 South Korea
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Career
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2008) KLPGA (joined 2005)
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	3
LPGA of Korea Tour	6
Ladies Asian Golf Tour	1
ALPG Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T7: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship	T4: 2016
U.S. Women's Open	T9: 2009
Women's British Open	T2: 2013
Evian Championship	T19: 2013
Achievements and awards
KLPGA Rookie of the Year 2005

Park Hee-young
Hangul	박희영
Revised Romanization	Bak Hui-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Hŭi-yŏng

Early golf career

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.

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.

LPGA Tour career

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, 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Personal life

As of 2011, Park's sister Choo Young, is a player on the Korean LPGA Tour. Her sister will begin 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.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	20 Nov 2011	CME Group Titleholders	71-69-69-70=279	−9	2 strokes	Paula Creamer Sandra Gal	500,000
2	14 Jul 2013	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	65-67-61-65=258	−26	Playoff	Angela Stanford	195,000
3	9 Feb 2020	ISPS Handa Vic Open^	68-68-72-73=281	−8	Playoff	Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeon	165,000

^Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2013	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Angela Stanford	Won with birdie on third extra hole
2	2020	ISPS Handa Vic Open	Choi Hye-jin Ryu So-yeon	Won with par on fourth extra hole Ryu eliminated with birdie on second hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)

• 2004 Hite Cup (as an amateur)[5]
• 2005 PAVV Invitational,[6] two other wins[5]
• 2006 Phoenix Park Classic, Lake Hills Classic[6]

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

• 2006 Thailand Ladies Open

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
ANA Inspiration	T30	T38	T53	T15	T70	T26	T7	T26	CUT	T45	CUT	T40	T52	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	T9	T41	T45	CUT	CUT	T15	CUT	T65	CUT			CUT
Women's PGA Championship		CUT	CUT	CUT	T14	14	T51	CUT	CUT	T4	CUT	T49	CUT	T58
The Evian Championship ^							T19	T20	CUT	T36		CUT		NT
Women's British Open		T14	T11	T55	T43	T33	T2	67	CUT	CUT		T52

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = no tournamnt
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	0	1	2	14	11
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	12	5
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	1	3	13	6
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3
Women's British Open	0	1	0	1	1	3	10	8
Totals	0	1	0	2	4	12	54	33

• 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	Scoring rank
2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	T16	n/a		70.0
2005	1	1	0	0	0	1	T4	63,544	n/a	71.67
2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	T25	12,202	n/a	72.67
2007	5	3	0	0	0	0	T12	53,246	n/a	74.26
2008	28	22	0	0	0	4	4	474,744	35	71.78	27
2009	25	19	0	2	0	6	2	666,305	20	71.94	35
2010	22	17	0	0	0	6	T4	327,431	34	71.69	25
2011	21	19	1	0	1	3	1	851,781	12	72.42	37
2012	25	21	0	0	0	5	5	427,717	34	71.71	30
2013	26	24	1	1	1	5	1	848,676	10	71.07	19
2014	29	27	0	0	0	2	T7	447,658	40	71.39	28
2015	28	18	0	1	0	3	T2	347,523	52	71.99	56
2016	26	20	0	0	0	4	T4	527,393	34	71.25	35
2017	22	9	0	0	1	1	3	131,235	91	72.15	102
2018	20	15	0	0	0	0	T11	197,679	80	71.70	65
2019	16	12	0	0	0	0	T12	103,327	110	71.50	68
2020	14	8	1	0	0	1	1	224,002	53	72.77	96

• official through 2020 season[7]

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 2004

References

1. Hee Young Park's Thailand Odyssey
2. Ochoa takes three-stroke victory in Thailand
3. Hee Young Park wins LPGA finale
4. "Hee Young Park wins LPGA Manulife". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
5. LPGA Tour profile
6. Seoul Sisters profile
7. "Hee Young Park stats". LPGA. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

External links

• Park Hee-young at the LPGA Tour official site
• Park Hee-young at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Biography on seoulsisters.com