Park Sung-hyun (golfer)

Park Sung-hyun
박성현
Personal information
Born (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993
Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.[1]
Career
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) KLPGA Tour (joined 2014)
LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 5
LPGA of Korea Tour 10
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
ANA Inspiration T6: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 2018
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2017
Women's British Open T15: 2018
Evian Championship T2: 2016
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner		 2016
LPGA Rookie of the Year 2017
LPGA Player of the Year 2017
Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award		 2018
Park Sung-hyun
Hangul 박성현
Revised Romanization Bak Seonghyeon
McCune–Reischauer Pak Sŏng-hyŏn

Park Sung-hyun (born 21 September 1993), also known as Sung Hyun Park, is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. In July 2017, she won the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major.[2] In November 2017, she became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[3] Park clinched the LPGA's Rookie of the Year Award in the penultimate month of the 2017 season.[4] Park then went on to share Player of the Year honors with Ryu So-yeon, making Park the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.[5] After holding the top ranking for only one week, she regained the number one spot with her win at the Indy Women in Tech Championship in August 2018.[6]

Professional wins (15)

LPGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 16 Jul 2017 U.S. Women's Open 73-70-67-67=277 −11 2 strokes South Korea Choi Hye-jin (a) 900,000
2 27 Aug 2017 Canadian Pacific Women's Open 70-68-69-64=271 −13 2 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee 337,500
3 6 May 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic 65-66=131 −11 1 stroke United States Lindy Duncan 195,000
4 1 Jul 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship 66-72-71-69=278 −10 Playoff Japan Nasa Hataoka, South Korea Ryu So-yeon 547,500
5 19 Aug 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship 68-63-66-68=265 −23 Playoff United States Lizette Salas 300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2018 Women's PGA Championship Japan Nasa Hataoka
South Korea Ryu So-yeon		 Won with birdie on second extra hole
Hataoka eliminated with par on first hole
2 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship United States Lizette Salas Won with birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (10)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 21 Jun 2015 Kia Motors Korea Women's Open 73-69-70-77=289 +1 2 strokes South Korea Lee Jung-min
2 20 Sep 2015 KDB Daewoo Securities Classic 68-66-69=203 −13 2 strokes South Korea Ahn Song-yi
South Korea Kim Hye-youn
South Korea Seong Eun-jeong (a)
3 4 Oct 2015 OK! Savings Bank Pak Se-ri Invitational 71-67-68=206 −10 1 stroke South Korea Kim Hae-rym
South Korea Kim Ji-hyun
4 14 Dec 2015 Hyundai China Ladies Open 64-68-67=199 −17 2 strokes South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
5 17 Apr 2016 Samchully Together Open 65-73-74=212 −4 Playoff South Korea Kim Ji-young
6 24 Apr 2016 Nexen-Saintnine Masters 72-64-72=208 −8 1 stroke South Korea Cho Jeong-min
South Korea Kim Min-sun
7 22 May 2016 Doosan Match Play Championship 19 holes South Korea Kim Ji-hyun
8 7 Aug 2016 Jeju Samdasoo Masters 65-67-66=198 −18 9 strokes South Korea Pak Ju-young
9 21 Aug 2016 Bogner-MBN Ladies Open 64-65-70=199 −17 4 strokes South Korea Lee Mi-hyang
10 4 Sep 2016 Hanwha Finance Classic 74-67-74-67=282 −6 1 stroke South Korea Ko Jin-young

Major championships

Wins (2)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2017U.S. Women's Open3 shot deficit−11 (73-70-67-67=277)2 strokesSouth Korea Choi Hye-jin (a)
2018Women's PGA Championship4 shot deficit−10 (66-72-71-69=278)PlayoffJapan Nasa Hataoka, South Korea Ryu So-yeon

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament201620172018
ANA Inspiration T6 T14 T9
U.S. Women's Open T3 1 CUT
Women's PGA Championship DNP T14 1
Women's British Open T50 T16 T15
The Evian Championship T2 T26 CUT

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00002333
U.S. Women's Open10122232
Women's PGA Championship10011222
Women's British Open00000233
The Evian Championship01011132
Totals21146101412
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2016 ANA Inspiration – 2018 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top 10s – 2 (2016 ANA Inspiration – 2016 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2015 1 1 0 1 0 1 T2 n/a n/a 68.50 n/a
2016 7 7 0 1 1 4 T2 n/a n/a 69.75 n/a
2017 23 23 2 2 2 11 1 2,335,883 1 69.25 2
  • official as of 2017 season[7]

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ↑ In the winner's circle with Sung Hyun Park
  2. ↑ Bondy, Filip (16 July 2017). "Sung Hyun Park Wins U.S. Women's Open, Edging an Amateur". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sung Hyun Park Becomes Top Player in Rolex Rankings". LPGA. 6 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sung Hyun Park Clinches 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Honors". LPGA. 18 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Five Things To Know From Sunday at CME". LPGA. 19 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sung Hyun Park beats Lizette Salas on first extra hole to reclaim No. 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sung Hyun Park results". LPGA. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
Awards
Preceded by
Ryu So-yeon		 World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
6 November 2017 – 12 November 2017		 Succeeded by
Shanshan Feng
Awards
Preceded by
Ariya Jutanugarn		 World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
20 August 2018 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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