ANGELA PARK
Birthdate: August 25, 1988
Birth Place: Brazil
Age: 20 - Ht.: 5’5"
Home: Orlando, Fla.
Turned Professional: 2006
Joined LPGA Tour: 2007
LPGA Tour Victories: None
LPGA Awards (1): 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year.
Player Notes:
Started playing golf at the age of nine. Credits God and her parents as the individuals most influencing her career. Park had a decorated amateur career. She won five events on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was named a first-team Rolex Junior All-American in both 2004 and 2005. Park played in 29 AJGA events over four seasons and finished in the Top-10 in 24 of those starts. In 2005, she was a semi-finalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and won both the Dixie Amateur Championship (which she also won in 2004) and the Junior Orange Bowl. Park competed in the LPGA’s 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship and tied for 15th to finish as the low amateur.
* In 2008, matched her career-best tie for second at the Evian Masters, where she lost to Helen Alfredsson in a three-hole, sudden-death playoff with Na Yeon Choi; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, where she tied for fifth; carded a career-low 62 in the second round of the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons, where she tied for fourth and carded a Tour season-high 11 sub-pars during the round; recorded four additional top-10 finishes.
* In 2007, earned Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors on the strength of eight top-10 finishes, including a career-best tie for second at the U.S. Women’s Open.
* In 2006, turned professional in April and competed in 16 events on the Duramed Futures Tour, where she recorded a season-best tie for third at the Tucson Duramed FUTURES Golf Classic; tied for fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season.
2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -1; Rounds Played - 2; In Money - 0; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 76.50; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - Cut at the U.S. Women’s Open
2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -1; Rounds Played - 4; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 72.50; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - T-15th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship
2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -28; Rounds Played - 96; In Money - 27; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 71.54 Rank (9th); Money - $983,922.00 Rank (8th); Best Finish - T-2nd at the U.S. Women’s Open
2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -28; Rounds Played - 95; In Money - 24; Top-10 Finishes - 7; Scoring Average - 71.99 Rank (37th); Money - $869,918.00 Rank (17th); Best Finish - T-2nd at the Evian Ladies Masters