Park Sung-hyun (golfer)

Park Sung-hyun
박성현
Personal information
Born (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 31)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.[1]
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)KLPGA Tour (joined 2014)
LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour7
LPGA of Korea Tour10
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron ChampionshipT6: 2016
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2017
Women's British Open8th: 2019
Evian ChampionshipT2: 2016
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour
leading money winner
2016
LPGA Rookie of the Year2017
LPGA Player of the Year2017
Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award
2018
Park Sung-hyun
Hangul
박성현
Hanja
朴城炫[2]
Revised RomanizationBak Seonghyeon
McCune–ReischauerPak 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. She has won two LPGA majors championships, the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and the 2018 Women's PGA Championship. She was the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for a single week in 2017 and has returned to the number one spot in 2018 and 2019.

  1. ^ "In the winner's circle with Sung Hyun Park". LPGA. 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Park Sung Hyun". Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association. Retrieved 25 November 2019.