Hee-Jung Park 박희정 | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Gloria, Koala |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 27 February 1980
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Sporting nationality | South Korea |
Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Spouse | Hee-Taek Chang |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1998 |
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 2 |
LPGA of Korea Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T32: 2002 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T4: 2004 |
U.S. Women's Open | T20: 2006 |
du Maurier Classic | T60: 2000 |
Women's British Open | T10: 2003 |
Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park.
Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times and won the Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1997.
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[1] and the 2002 Sybase Big Apple Classic.[2]