Jane Park

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Jane Park
— Golfer —

Personal information
Born (1986-12-15) December 15, 1986
Chicago, Illinois
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Rancho Cucamonga, California
Career
College UCLA
Turned professional 2006
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2007)
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (joined 2007)
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T19: 2013
LPGA Championship T34: 2008
U.S. Women's Open T10: 2006
Women's British Open T17: 2009
The Evian Championship T67: 2013

Jane Park (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur. She also tied for low amateur at the 2006 U.S. Women's Open. Since joining the LPGA in 2007, she has earned more than $1 million and recorded six top-10 finishes.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] Park began to play golf when she was 12 years old.[3] In August 2003, 16-year-old Park reached the finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur, where she lost to Virada Nirapathpongporn 2 and 1.[4] The following year, Park made it to the finals of the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, where she faced Julieta Granada. After the 18-hole match finished all square, Granada won on the second extra hole.[5] Three weeks later, Park won the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, defeating Amanda McCurdy 2-up in the title match.[6]

In addition to her three appearances in USGA event finals, Park played on the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 2004 and 2006 and the UCLA Bruins college team in 2005, when she was a first-team All-American.[3][7] Following a tie for 10th at the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, which was tied for the highest finish by an amateur that year,[8] she turned professional in August 2006.[1]

Professional career

At the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December, Park tied for 18th place, outside the top 15, which only secured her non-exempt (conditional) status on the LPGA Tour for 2007.[9] With a partial LPGA schedule, she spent time on the Futures Tour developmental circuit in 2007.[7] After finishing 109th on the LPGA Tour money list,[10] Park returned to the Final Qualifying Tournament in December, where she won with a 17-under-par total and gained full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2008.[11][12]

During her first full season on the LPGA Tour, Park won over $630,000 to finish 29th on the 2008 money list. In 26 events, she recorded four top-10 finishes, including ties for second at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship.[13] In 2009, Park had two top-10 finishes in 19 events; a sixth-place tie at the HSBC Women's Champions was her highest finish of the season.[14] Park did not have a top-20 finish in the 2010 season, earning $78,572 for the year.[1] In 2011, Park's earnings fell to $42,261, and she again had no top-20 finishes during the season.[15]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T24 T50 DNP DNP CUT T30 T44 T41 DNP T19
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T74 T34 CUT CUT CUT CUT T64
U.S. Women's Open T30 CUT CUT T10 TLA T58 T42 CUT DNP CUT DNP T42
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T24 T17 CUT CUT T39 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T67

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
"T" = tied
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Yellow background for top-10s.

LPGA Tour career summary

Season Tournaments
played 		Cuts
made 		Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best
finish 		Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average 		Scoring
rank
2003 1 1 0 0 0 0 T30 n/a 74.00
2004 3 2 0 0 0 0 T18 n/a 73.11
2005 3 2 0 0 0 0 T50 n/a 74.70
2006 3 2 0 0 0 1 T10 9,164 74.11
2007 11 9 0 0 0 0 T17 64,469 109 72.62 34
2008 26 22 0 2 1 4 T2 631,357 29 71.83 31
2009 19 12 0 0 0 2 T6 194,856 60 72.82 84
2010 15 8 0 0 0 0 T21 78,572 83 72.89 66
2011 13 6 0 0 0 0 T29 42,261 98 74.12 110
2012 15 7 0 0 0 0 T25 54,648 94 73.35 88
2013 23 17 0 0 0 2 T6 267,757 51 71.79 39
  • official through the 2013 season[16]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Jane Park" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved May 23, 2011. 
  2. ↑ [http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-w/stat/GL_playerBio.aspx?playerid=2727, "Jane Park"]. The Sports Network. Retrieved December 26, 2009. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Player Bios: Jane Park". United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Nirapathpongporn fends off Park in U.S. Amateur final". USA Today. Associated Press. August 10, 2003. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  5. ↑ Sirak, Ron (July 27, 2004). "Just Win, Baby". ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Yates, Jennifer C. (August 16, 2004). "Park wins nail-biter". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mickey, Lisa D. "Jane Park Ready To Take Aim As A Pro". Futures Tour. LPGA. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  8. ↑ Dulac, Gerry (July 26, 2006). "Gerry Dulac's Golf Notebook: Next cup of tees & ponytails". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  9. ↑ "2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament: Final Results". LPGA. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  10. ↑ "2007 Player Performance Record". LPGA. Retrieved May 23, 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Park heads list of 17 LPGA qualifiers at Q-School.". ESPN. December 3, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Final Results". LPGA. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  13. ↑ "2008 Player Performance Record". LPGA. Retrieved May 23, 2011. 
  14. ↑ "2009 Player Performance Record". LPGA. Retrieved March 21, 2009. 
  15. ↑ "2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. Retrieved September 20, 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Jane Park Tournament Results". LPGA. Retrieved November 25, 2013. 

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