- Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, (born
July 12 ,1988 ) is a South Korean professionalgolf er.Early life and amateur career
Park was born in
Seoul . She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to theUnited States , she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was a five-time Rolex Junior All-American. She was a semifinalist at the 2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. She won the 2002 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and finished as runner-up in both 2003 and 2005.In 2007, Park changed the English spelling of her name from In-Bee to Inbee.
Professional career
2006
In 2006, after graduating from Bishop Gorman High School in
Las Vegas, Nevada , Park appealed to theLPGA for permission to attempt to qualify for the LPGA as a 17-year old. LPGA rules generally require that a player be 18 to join the Tour. The LPGA denied Park's request, so she enrolled at theUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas but soon after dropped out and turned professional, playing on the Duramed FUTURES Tour where the age of entry had recently been lowered to 17. cite web
last =
first =
title = U.S. Women's Open Final Notes and Interviews
publisher =LPGA Tour
date = 2008-06-29
url = http://lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=16143#inbee
accessdate = 2008-08-04 ]In 2006, she recorded 11 top-10 finishes on the FUTURES Tour. She finished third on the FUTURES Tour season-ending money list to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2007 season.
2007
During the 2007 season, she tied for fourth at the U.S. Women's Open and tied for second at the
Safeway Classic .2008
On
29 June 2008 , Park won the U.S. Women's Open atInterlachen Country Club inEdina, Minnesota for her first LPGA win. At 19, she was the youngest player to win the title. In four rounds, she shot 72-69-71-71 to score 9-under-par, beatingHelen Alfredsson of Sweden by 4 strokes.LPGA Tour wins (1)
*2008 (1) U.S. Women's OpenLPGA Majors are shown in bold.
Results in LPGA majors
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.References
External links
* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=9452 Profile on the LPGA official site]
* [http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/misc/inbeepark.htm Profile at SeoulSisters.com]
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