Grace Park (golfer)

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Grace Park was born Park Ji-eun on March 6, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea, and is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She attended Arizona State University and graduated from Ewha Women's University in 2003.

Park had an outstanding amateur career in the United States, winning most major amateur championships in 1998 including the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, and tied for eighth as an amateur in the 1999 U.S. Women's Open. She turned pro that same year, and earned her LPGA card for 2000 by finishing at the top of the SBC Futures Tour money list.

She won at least one LPGA tournament in each season from 2000 to 2004, including her first major, the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship. 2005 and 2006 were difficult years for Park as she suffered from back and neck injuries.

The Boston Globe has described Park as "the striking beauty, the tall and proud walk, the dazzling smile" and she has attracted sponsorship from Nike and Rolex.

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[edit] LPGA Tour victories

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT CUT 23 T39 DNP
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Women's Open T63 CUT DNP T8 T6
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship T28 T9 CUT 1 5 T35
LPGA Championship T30 T15 2 3 WD CUT
U.S. Women's Open T39 T18 T10 T64 T52 DNP
Women's British Open ^ T32 T53 T3 T13 T8 DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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