Park Sang-hyun (golfer)

Park Sang-hyun
Personal information
Born (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 41)
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour2
Other10
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT16: 2019
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year
2018

Park Sang-hyun (Korean: 박상현; born 24 April 1983) is a South Korean professional golfer. Since 2014 Park has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has two wins, in 2016 and 2019.[1]

Before 2014 Park played on the Korean Tour, his first wins coming in 2009. He finished third behind Lee Westwood and Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the 2011 Ballantine's Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour and the Asian Tour. Park continues to play on the Korean Tour, where he has won a total of 11 times, including the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in 2016 and 2018.[2] He finished runner-up in the 2018 Kolon Korean Open, one of the Open Qualifying Series events, to gain entry to the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship. Park was runner-up in the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit giving him a place in the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship.

  1. ^ "Week 49: Matsuyama Wins A 5th Title". Official World Golf Ranking. 5 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Golf: Park Sang-Hyun wins GS Caltex Maekyung Open". Ten Sports. 8 May 2016.