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INBEE PARK

Birthdate: July 12, 1988

Birth Place: Seoul, Korea

Age: 20 - Ht.: 5’6"

Home: Las Vegas, Nev.

College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Turned Professional: 2006

Joined LPGA Tour: 2007

LPGA Victories (1): 2008 U.S. Women’s Open.

Player Notes:

Started playing golf at the age of 10. Credits her father as the individual most influencing her career. Hobbies include skiing and playing the piano. Qualified for the Tour by finishing third on the 2006 Duramed FUTURES Tour season-ending money list. Park accumulated many accolades during her amateur career. She won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was a five-time Rolex Junior All-American. Park was named the 2002 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year. She competed in 25 AJGA events during her career and recorded 18 top-five finishes. She was a semifinalist at the 2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. Park won the 2002 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and finished as runner-up in both 2003 and 2005. Playing on a sponsor invite, she tied for 62nd at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Park also competed in the LPGA Takefuji Classic three times (2004, T8; 2005, 5; and 2006, T35) during her amateur career.

* In 2008 became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the U.S. Women’s Open, where she crossed the $1 million mark in season and career earnings; was the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Women’s Open at the age of 19 years, 11 months, 17 days; shortly after, donated $50,000 to The LPGA Foundation. Is the fifth player in LPGA history to win both the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and U.S. Women’s Open, along with Mickey Wright, JoAnne Carner, Amy Alcott, and Hollis Stacy. Carded a career-low 64 during the second round of the Corona Championship, where she tied for third. Recorded five additional top-10 finishes: tie for sixth at both the Ginn Tribute <N>and Wegmans LPGA, ninth-place finish at the U.S. Women’s Open, a tie for ninth at the Safeway International <N>and 10th-place finish at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship

* In 2007, carded a career-low 64 during the third round of the Safeway Classic presented by Pepsi.

* In 2006, turned professional in April and competed on the Duramed Futures Tour, where she recorded 11 top-10 finishes, including a runner-up finish at the CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic; finished third on the Duramed Futures Tour season-ending money list to earn exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season.

2004 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -2; Rounds Played - 5; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 72.60; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - T-8th at the LPGA Takefuji Classic

2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -2; Rounds Played - 5; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 71.00; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - 5th at the LPGA Takefuji Classic

2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -2; Rounds Played - 7; In Money - 2; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.86; Money - $5,406.00; Best Finish - T-35th at the LPGA Takefuji Classic

2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -26; Rounds Played - 73; In Money - 17; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 73.19 Rank (72nd); Money - $380,263.00 Rank (37th); Best Finish - T-2nd at the Safeway Classic

2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -27; Rounds Played - 90; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 7; Scoring Average - 71.78 Rank (26th); Money - $1,138,370.00 Rank (8th); Best Finish - Win at the U.S. Women’s Open

 

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