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Park Hee jung

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Nickname
  
Gloria, Koala

Spouse
  
Hee Taek Chang

Height
  
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Turned professional
  
1998

Nationality
  
South Korea

Name
  
Park Hee-jung

Residence
  
Las Vegas, Nevada


Born
  
27 February 1980 (age 44) Seoul, South Korea (
1980-02-27
)

Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park.

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Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times.

After turning professional in 1998, Park won the 1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the 1999 Indonesian Ladies' Open. She finished 13th at the 1999 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a place on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour for the 2000 season. On the LPGA Tour, she has won the 2001 Williams Championship and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic.

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (2)

  • 1998 Sports Seoul Ladies' Open (LPGA of Korea Tour)
  • 1999 Indonesian Ladies' Open
  • Results in LPGA majors

    DNP = did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    WD = withdrew
    "T" = tied
    Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

    Summary

  • Starts – 32
  • Wins – 0
  • 2nd-place finishes – 0
  • 3rd-place finishes – 0
  • Top 3 finishes – 0
  • Top 5 finishes – 1
  • Top 10 finishes – 3
  • Top 25 finishes – 8
  • Missed cuts – 10
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1
  • Team appearances

    Professional

  • Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2005
  • References

    Park Hee-jung Wikipedia