Park Hee-jung (golfer)

Hee-Jung Park
박희정
Personal information
NicknameGloria, Koala
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980 (age 44)
Seoul, South Korea
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada
SpouseHee-Taek Chang
Career
Turned professional1998
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT32: 2002
Women's PGA C'shipT4: 2004
U.S. Women's OpenT20: 2006
du Maurier ClassicT60: 2000
Women's British OpenT10: 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]

  1. ^ "Park Captures Williams Championship". Golf Channel. Sports Network. 9 September 2001.
  2. ^ "Park edges Han in playoff, Sorenstam left out". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 July 2002.