Park Sung-hyun (golfer)


Park Sung-hyun, also known as Sung Hyun Park, is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two LPGA majors championships, the 2017 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship and the 2018 Women's PGA Championship. She was the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for a single week in 2017 and has returned to the number one spot in 2018 and 2019.

Professional career

From 2014 to 2016 Park played on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won four times in 2015 and six times in 2016.
Since 2017 Park has played on the LPGA Tour. In July 2017, she won the U.S. Women's Open, an LPGA major. In November 2017, she became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Park clinched the LPGA's Rookie of the Year Award in the penultimate month of the 2017 season. Park then went on to share Player of the Year honors with Ryu So-yeon, making Park the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both Player and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.
Park won three times in 2018, this included a major title in July 2018 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. After holding the top ranking for only one week in 2017, she regained the number one spot with her win at the Indy Women in Tech Championship in August 2018. She ended the 2018 season third on the LPGA money list and ranked second in the world to Ariya Jutanugarn.
In 2019, Park won the HSBC Women's World Championship and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Professional wins (18)

LPGA Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-upWinner's
share
116 Jul 2017U.S. Women's Open73-70-67-67=277−112 strokes Choi Hye-jin 900,000
227 Aug 2017Canadian Pacific Women's Open70-68-69-64=271−132 strokes Mirim Lee337,500
36 May 2018Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic65-66=131−111 stroke Lindy Duncan195,000
41 Jul 2018KPMG Women's PGA Championship66-72-71-69=278−10Playoff Nasa Hataoka
Ryu So-yeon		547,500
519 Aug 2018Indy Women in Tech Championship68-63-66-68=265−23Playoff Lizette Salas300,000
63 Mar 2019HSBC Women's World Championship69-71-69-64=273−152 strokes Minjee Lee225,000
730 Jun 2019Walmart NW Arkansas Championship66-63-66=195−181 stroke Danielle Kang
Kim Hyo-joo
Inbee Park		300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12018Women's PGA Championship Nasa Hataoka
Ryu So-yeon		Won with birdie on second extra hole
Hataoka eliminated with par on first hole
22018Indy Women in Tech Championship Lizette SalasWon with birdie on first extra hole

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (10)

Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (1)

Wins (2)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Professional