Ku Ok hee

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Nationality South Korean U.S. Women's Open T14: 1986 Height 1.62 m Professional wins 24 Women's PGA C'ship T12: 1986 Role Golfer LPGA tour wins 1		ANA Inspiration 10th: 1991 Name Ku Ok-hee LPGA of Japan tour wins 23 Status Professional du Maurier Classic T9: 1988 Former tours LPGA

Born 1 August 1956Seoul, South Korea ( 1956-08-01 ) Died July 10, 2013, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Ok-Hee Ku (Korean: 구옥희; 1 August 1956 – 10 July 2013) was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.

Ku won 23 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1985 and 2005 and won once on the LPGA Tour in 1988, the first South Korean to do so.

She was president of the LPGA of Korea Tour from 2011 to 2012.

Ku died of a heart attack on 10 July 2013 at her residence on a golf course in Shizuoka, Japan, and was 56 years old.

LPGA of Japan Tour (23)

1985 (3) Kibun Ladies Classic, Tohato Ladies, Tohoku Queens

1987 (1) Tokai Classic

1990 (1) Ben Hogan & Itsuki Classic

1991 (2) SAZALE Queens, JLPGA Meiji Dairies Cup

1992 (1) Japan LPGA Championship

1993 (1) Karasumajo & Itsuki Classic

1996 (2) Toyo Suisan Ladies Hokkaido, Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open

1997 (2) Dunlop Twin Lakes Ladies Open, Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open

1998 (1) Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open

1999 (2) Nasuogawa Ladies, Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open

2000 (3) Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open, Itoen Ladies, Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open

2002 (2) Fujisankei Ladies Classic, Japan LPGA Championship Konica Cup

2003 (1) Vernal Ladies

2005 (1) APiTa Circle K Sunkus Ladies

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.

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