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Hee-Won Han
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| Background |
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| Joined LPGA: 1998 |
Birthday: June 10, 1978 |
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Residence: Seoul, Korea |
| Birthplace: Seoul, Korea |
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PROFESSIONAL RESULTS
2002 HIGHLIGHTS
- Followed her Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year campaign with a
breakout season that included seven top-10 finishes.
- Finished second three times; the Longs Drugs Challenge; the Sybase
Big Apple Classic Presented by GOLF MAGAZINE, where she lost to fellow
Korean Gloria Park on the first hole of sudden-death; and the Wendy's
Championship for Children at Tartan Fields.
- Advanced to the semifinals of the CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship
before losing to Midori Yoneyama and Carin Koch to finish fourth.
- Also finished sixth at the Aerus Electrolux USA Championship Hosted
by Vince Gill and Amy Grant, tied for sixth at the Chick-fil-A Charity
Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez and tied for seventh at the Kellogg-Keebler
Classic.
- Carded a career-low 66 on four occasions: second round of the LPGA
Takefuji Classic; second round of the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
hosted by Nancy Lopez; third round of the Sybase Big Apple Classic Presented
by GOLF MAGAZINE; and second round of the Wendy's Championship for Children
at Tartan Fields.
2002 STATS (rank)
Rounds under par - 43/87 (19); Rounds in the 60s - 22/87 (25); Birdies
- 272 (16); Eagles -0 (N/A); Greens in reg - 66.1% (31); Driving accuracy
- 75.2% (31); Sand saves - 42.1% (33); Putting average - 29.40 (21); Driving
average - 241.7 (129)
2001 HIGHLIGHTS
- Won the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year on the strength of four
top-20 finishes, the first non-exempt player to win the honor since
Lisa Hackney in 1997.
- Successfully Monday qualified in seven of 11 attempts.
- Best finish of the season was a tie for 10th at the Kathy Ireland
Championship Honoring Harvey Penick, where she carded consecutive career-low
rounds of 67 in the third and fourth rounds.
- Also posted 67s during the first round of the Sybase Big Apple Classic
Presented by GOLF MAGAZINE and third round of the Wendy's Championship
for Children at New Albany.
2001 STATS (rank)
Rounds under par - 28/70 (50); Rounds in the 60s - 14/70 (47); Birdies
- 195 (73); Eagles -0 (N/A); Greens in reg - 67.1% (46); Driving accuracy
- 68.6% (104); Sand saves - 51.5% (9); Putting average - 30.43 (108);
Driving average - 243.40 (89)
Career
- In 2000, tied for 27th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to
earn non-exempt status for the 2001 season.
- In 1999, won two tournaments on the Japan LPGA Tour (JLPGA)-the NEC
Kairuzawa Tournament and Osaka Women's Open-and finished fifth on the
JLPGA money list.
- In 1998, turned professional and was named JLPGA Rookie of the Year;
also competed professionally in Korea.
AMATEUR RESULTS
Han recorded 40 victories as an amateur, including the 1991 U.S. Optimist
World Junior Tournament, the 1994 Pacific Asia Amateur Championship, the
1995 Orange Bowl World Junior Series, the 1996 World Amateur Golf Championship
and the 1999 Osaka Ladies Open. She was a member of the 1992-93 Nae Conference
Team and a silver medallist at the 1994 Hiroshima Asia Games.
PERSONAL
Started playing golf at the age of nine. . . Qualified for the Tour on
her first attempt.
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