Se-Ri Pak

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Se-Ri Pak 박세리
— Golfer —
Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Pak Se-Ri 박세리
Born	(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 Daejeon, Korea
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	South Korea
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1998)
Former tour(s)	KLPGA (joined 1996)
Professional wins	33
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	25
LPGA of Korea Tour	8
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 5)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T8: 2012
LPGA Championship	Won: 1998, 2002, 2006
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1998
du Maurier Classic	T7: 2000
Women's British Open	Won: 2001
The Evian Championship	T4: 2013
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2007 (member page)
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1998
GWAA Female Player of the Year	1998
LPGA Vare Trophy	2003
LPGA Heather Farr Award	2006
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year	1998

Se-Ri Pak
Hangul	박 세 리
Hanja	朴세리

Revised Romanization	Bak Se-ri
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Seri

This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak.

Se-Ri Pak (Korean: 박세리, Korean pronunciation: [baːk seː ɾi]; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.

Career overview

Pak turned professional in 1996, a year before she moved to the United States as a 20-year-old.^[1] In 1996 and 1997, she won six tournaments on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Pak joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the year 1998, crowning her rookie season with victories in two majors: the McDonald's LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. At just 20 years of age, she became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Women's Open. About.com writes that "Pak won a 20-hole playoff for that victory, making that tournament - at 92 holes in length - the longest tournament ever in women's professional golf."^[2] Four days after the U.S. Women's Open win, Pak shot a then-LPGA record 61 during the second round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic.^[3] She won the Rolex Rookie of the Year award for that season.

Since 1998, she has gone on to win 21 more events on the Tour, including three more majors. In June 2007, at age 29, she qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame, surpassing Karrie Webb as the youngest living entrant ever.^[4] (Tom Morris, Jr., who died in 1875 at the age of 24, had been elected in 1975.)

Pak has also competed in a professional men's event, at the 2003 SBS Super Tournament on the Korean Tour. The Korean Tour is a feeder tour for the Asian Tour and does not offer world ranking points. She finished 10th in the event, according to the World Golf Hall of Fame "becoming the first woman to make the cut in a professional men's tournament since Babe Zaharias did so in 1945."^[5]

At the 2005 McDonald's LPGA Championship, she missed the cut for the first time in 29 majors. In an interview quoted on the PGA Tour's website, she commented that she was searching for a balance between her golf and her personal life: "I've been a little bit unhappy about everything, my game, big game. I'm not really enjoying it at all, and I'm not doing anything with my ability. I know what I needed, a much better balance. I'm always putting a lot of pressure on myself". Eventually, she was found to have a finger injury. In 2006, she rediscovered her best form by winning the McDonald's LPGA Championship for the third time to claim her fifth major title overall.

In 2007, she won the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic for the fifth time, making her the fourth player in LPGA history to win the same tournament five or more times (Annika Sörenstam accomplished this feat at two tournaments).^[6]

Perhaps the greatest tribute to her career to date came in a column by Golf World writer Eric Adelson in 2008, who called Pak "a pioneer... who changed the face of golf even more than Tiger Woods."^[7] When Pak came to the LPGA in 1998, she was the only Korean player. Ten years later, she was one of 45 Koreans on tour,^[8] and the single largest source of revenue for the LPGA was the sale of TV rights in South Korea.^[9]

Professional wins (33)

LPGA Tour (25)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	17 May 1998	McDonald's LPGA Championship	65-68-72-68=273	−11	3 strokes	Donna Andrews Lisa Hackney
2	5 Jul 1998	U.S. Women's Open	69-70-75-76=290	+6	Playoff	Jenny Chuasiriporn
3	12 Jul 1998	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	71-61-63-66=261	−23	9 strokes	Lisa Hackney
4	26 Jul 1998	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	65-69-67=201	−15	1 stroke	Dottie Pepper
5	20 Jun 1999	ShopRite LPGA Classic	63-69-66=198	−15	2 strokes	Trish Johnson
6	4 Jul 1999	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	68-69-68-71=276	−8	Playoff	Kelli Kuehne Carin Koch Sherri Steinhauer Karrie Webb Mardi Lunn
7	12 Sep 1999	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	67-71-70-72=280	−8	1 stroke	Karrie Webb
8	14 Nov 1999	PageNet Championship	66-66-74-70=276	−12	Playoff	Karrie Webb Laura Davies
9	16 Jan 2001	YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic	71-68-64=203	−13	4 strokes	Carin Koch Penny Hammel
10	22 Apr 2001	Longs Drugs Challenge	66-71-71=208	−8	2 strokes	Laura Diaz
11	8 Jul 2001	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	70-62-69-68=269	−15	2 strokes	Maria Hjorth
12	5 Aug 2001	Weetabix Women's British Open	71-70-70-66=277	−11	2 strokes	Mi Hyun Kim
13	30 Sep 2001	AFLAC Champions	70-67-64-71=272	−16	5 strokes	Lorie Kane
14	7 Apr 2002	The Office Depot Championship	68-68-73=209	−7	1 stroke	Annika Sörenstam
15	9 Jun 2002	McDonald's LPGA Championship	71-70-68-70=279	−5	3 strokes	Beth Daniel
16	25 Aug 2002	First Union Betsy King Classic	70-68-66-63=267	−21	3 strokes	Angela Stanford
17	13 Oct 2002	Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions	65-70-67-66=268	−20	4 strokes	Catriona Matthew Carin Koch
18	27 Oct 2002	Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic	65-76-72=213	−3	6 strokes	Carin Koch
19	23 Mar 2003	Safeway PING	65-68-68-64=265	−23	1 stroke	Grace Park
20	27 Apr 2003	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	71-65-64=200	−16	Playoff	Shani Waugh
21	18 Aug 2003	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	69-67-64-71=271	−13	2 strokes	Marisa Baena Hee-Won Han
22	9 May 2004	Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill	70-71-69-65=275	−9	2 strokes	Juli Inkster Lorena Ochoa
23	11 Jun 2006	McDonald's LPGA Championship	71-69-71-69=280	−8	Playoff	Karrie Webb
24	15 Jul 2007	Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic	63-68-69-67=267	−17	3 strokes	Morgan Pressel
25	16 May 2010	Bell Micro LPGA Classic	69-66-68=203	−13	Playoff	Brittany Lincicome Suzann Pettersen

LPGA Tour playoff record (6–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1998	U.S. Women's Open	Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)	Won with birdie on second extra hole after 18-hole playoff (Chuasiriporn:73, Pak:73)
2	1999	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	Kelli Kuehne, Carin Koch, Mardi Lunn Sherri Steinhauer, Karrie Webb	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1999	PageNet Championship	Laura Davies, Karrie Webb	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2003	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Shani Waugh	Won with par on fourth extra hole
5	2006	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Karrie Webb	Won with birdie on first extra hole
6	2010	Bell Micro LPGA Classic	Brittany Lincicome Suzann Pettersen	Won with birdie on third extra hole Pettersen eliminated with par on second hole

Major championships are shown in bold.

Korean LPGA (8)

1996 (4) Dong-Il Renown Ladies Classic, Fila Women's Open, SBS Women's Professional Golf Challenge, Seoul Women's Open
1997 (2) Cheil Industries Rose Women's Open, Seoul Women's Open
2003 (1) MBC Xcanvas Women's Open
2012 (1) KDB Daewoo Securities Classic

Major championships

Wins (5)

Se Ri Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship in Bulle Rock, Maryland

Year	Championship	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1998	McDonald's LPGA Championship	65-68-72-68=273	−11	3 strokes	Donna Andrews, Lisa Hackney
1998	U.S. Women's Open	69-70-75-76=290	+6	Playoff ¹	Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)
2001	Weetabix Women's British Open	71-70-70-66=277	−11	2 strokes	Mi Hyun Kim
2002	McDonald's LPGA Championship	71-70-68-70=279	−5	3 strokes	Beth Daniel
2006	McDonald's LPGA Championship	71-69-71-69=280	−8	Playoff ²	Karrie Webb

¹ Defeated Chuasiriporn on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, after an 18-hole playoff round
² Defeated Webb on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff

Results timeline

Tournament	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	T13	T15
LPGA Championship	DNP	1	T6	T3
U.S. Women's Open	T21	1	T14	T15
du Maurier Classic	DNP	T41	T13	T7

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T11	T9	T15	T16	T27	T45	T10	T10	T40
LPGA Championship	T39	1	T46	T17	CUT	1	T33	T46	T65
U.S. Women's Open	2	5	50	T32	T45	T3	T4	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open ^	1	T11	2	T21	WD	WD	T5	CUT	T20

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T15	T10	T8	T19
LPGA Championship	CUT	T34	T19	T28
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T45	T9	CUT
Women's British Open	DNP	T14	DNP	T47
The Evian Championship ^^				T4

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Starts – 63
Wins – 5
2nd place finishes – 2
3rd place finishes – 2
Top 3 finishes – 9
Top 5 finishes – 13
Top 10 finishes – 21
Top 25 finishes – 38
Missed cuts – 7
Most consecutive cuts made – 29
Longest streak of top-10s – 5

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank	Rolex ranking
1998	27	26	4	0	0	8	1	872,170	2	71.41	13
1999	27	24	4	0	0	10	1	956,926	3	70.77	8
2000	23	22	0	0	2	11	3	550,376	12	72.49	10
2001	21	20	5	5	2	12	1	1,623,009	2	69.69	2
2002	24	24	5	1	2	17	1	1,722,281	2	69.85	2
2003	26	25	3	6	0	20	1	1,611,928	2	70.03	1
2004	19	17	1	1	0	5	1	682,669	11	71.34	27
2005	12	9	0	0	0	0	T27	62,628	102	74.21	116
2006	23	21	1	0	2	8	1	884,961	13	71.65	23	12
2007	23	20	1	0	1	8	1	820,129	16	71.74	14	10
2008	17	10	0	1	0	3	2	366,143	52	72.59	66	31
2009	24	20	0	1	0	2	2	447,683	30	71.98	37	43
2010	15	9	1	0	0	3	1	368,839	32	72.45	49	32
2011	20	17	0	0	0	4	4	415,447	27	71.97	26	35
2012	12	9	0	0	0	5	4	430,338	33	71.18	16	26
2013	18	14	0	0	0	3	T4	440,162	34	71.88	41	32

official through 24 November 2013^[10]
Rolex rankings debuted in 2006

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 1994

Professional

Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008

References

↑ TalkAsia, CNN, 2007
↑ About.com - Se Ri Pak
↑ "Pak Sets LPGA Record With 61 U.S. Open Champion Makes 10 Birdies". Seattle Post-Intelliencer. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ Pak qualifies for LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame. LPGA.com. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15
↑ World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Se Ri Pak
↑ "All-Time Records" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ Adelson, Eric (5 September 2008). "Bivens' missteps starting to add up". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
↑ "Information: 2008 International Players" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
↑ Sirak, Ron (5 September 2008). "LPGA Tour should have seen the fallout coming from English policy". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
↑ "Se Ri Pak stats". LPGA. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

External links

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Se-Ri Pak at the LPGA Tour official site
Profile at about.com
World Golf Hall of Fame profile

v t e LPGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se Ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se Ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se Ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

v t e U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Se Ri Pak† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Eun-Hee Ji 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 So Yeon Ryu† 2012 Na Yeon Choi 2013 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

v t e Women's British Open champions

2001 Se Ri Pak 2002 Karrie Webb 2003 Annika Sörenstam 2004 Karen Stupples 2005‡ Jang Jeong 2006 Sherri Steinhauer 2007‡ Lorena Ochoa 2008 Jiyai Shin 2009 Catriona Matthew 2010 Yani Tseng 2011 Yani Tseng 2012 Jiyai Shin 2013 Stacy Lewis

‡ event won wire-to-wire

Female golfers who have won 2 or more major championships in one year

1946 Louise Suggs (2)
1948 Patty Berg (2)
1949 Louise Suggs (2)
1950 Babe Zaharias (3)
1955 Patty Berg (2)
1957 Patty Berg (2)
1958 Mickey Wright (2)
1959 Betsy Rawls (2)
1961 Mickey Wright (3)
1962 Mickey Wright (2)
1963 Mickey Wright (2)
1967 Kathy Whitworth (2)
1974 Sandra Haynie (2)
1984 Juli Inkster (2)
1986 Pat Bradley (3)
1990 Betsy King (2)
1991 Meg Mallon (2)
1996 Laura Davies (2)
1998 Se Ri Pak (2)
1999 Juli Inkster (2)
2000 Karrie Webb (2)
2001 Karrie Webb (2)
2003 Annika Sörenstam (2)
2005 Annika Sörenstam (2)
2010 Yani Tseng (2)
2011 Yani Tseng (2)
2013 Inbee Park (3)

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year

1931: Helene Madison
1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1933: Helen Jacobs
1934: Virginia Van Wie
1935: Helen Wills
1936: Helen Stephens
1937: Katherine Rawls
1938: Patty Berg
1939: Alice Marble
1940: Alice Marble
1941: Betty Hicks
1942: Gloria Callen
1943: Patty Berg
1944: Ann Curtis
1945: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1946: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1947: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen
1949: Marlene Hagge
1950: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1951: Maureen Connolly
1952: Maureen Connolly
1953: Maureen Connolly
1954: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1955: Patty Berg
1956: Pat McCormick
1957: Althea Gibson
1958: Althea Gibson
1959: Maria Bueno
1960: Wilma Rudolph
1961: Wilma Rudolph
1962: Dawn Fraser
1963: Mickey Wright
1964: Mickey Wright
1965: Kathy Whitworth
1966: Kathy Whitworth
1967: Billie Jean King
1968: Peggy Fleming
1969: Debbie Meyer
1970: Chi Cheng
1971: Evonne Goolagong
1972: Olga Korbut
1973: Billie Jean King
1974: Chris Evert
1975: Chris Evert
1976: Nadia Comăneci
1977: Chris Evert
1978: Nancy Lopez
1979: Tracy Austin
1980: Chris Evert
1981: Tracy Austin
1982: Mary Decker
1983: Martina Navratilova
1984: Mary Lou Retton
1985: Nancy Lopez
1986: Martina Navratilova
1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner
1989: Steffi Graf
1990: Beth Daniel
1991: Monica Seles
1992: Monica Seles
1993: Sheryl Swoopes
1994: Bonnie Blair
1995: Rebecca Lobo
1996: Amy Van Dyken
1997: Martina Hingis
1998: Se Ri Pak
1999: United States women's national soccer team
2000: Marion Jones
2001: Jennifer Capriati
2002: Serena Williams
2003: Annika Sörenstam
2004: Annika Sörenstam
2005: Annika Sörenstam
2006: Lorena Ochoa
2007: Lorena Ochoa
2008: Candace Parker
2009: Serena Williams
2010: Lindsey Vonn
2011: Abby Wambach
2012: Gabby Douglas
2013: Serena Williams

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Persondata
Name	Pak, Se-Ri
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	28 September 1977
Place of birth	Daejeon, Korea
Date of death
Place of death

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