Nickname JJ Name Jang Jeong Ladies european tour 1 Nationality South Korea Role Golfer LPGA of Japan tour wins 1 | Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S. Height 1.52 m LPGA tour wins 2 Turned professional 2000 Education Joongbu University Professional wins 3 | |
 | ||
Born 11 June 1980 (age 43)
Daejeon, South Korea ( 1980-06-11 ) College Joongbu University (2003) Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2000)
LPGA of Korea Tour Profiles | ||
Jeong Jang (Korean: 장정, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.
Contents
Jang was born in Daejeon, South Korea. She started playing golf at the age of thirteen. As a teenager she won the 1997 Korea Women's Open and the 1998 Korea Women's Amateur. She attended Joongbu University. After qualifying for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt, Jang had a successful rookie season in 2000 including a second-place finish. She reached twelfth on the money list in 2004 and in that year had nine finishes in the top ten. In July 2005 she won for the first time, claiming the Women's British Open, which is one of the women's majors, by four shots. She claimed her second LPGA win in 2006 at the Wegmans LPGA.
LPGA Tour (2)
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3)
LPGA of Japan Tour (1)
Tournament in bold denotes major championships in JLPGA Tour.
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2014.
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
Summary
Team appearances
Professional