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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


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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.

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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.

    References

    Ku Ok-hee Wikipedia


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