Jane Park

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Jane Park
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Born (1986-12-15) December 15, 1986 (age 37)
Chicago, Illinois
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Woodstock, Georgia
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
ANA Inspiration T19: 2013
Women's PGA C'ship T11: 2014
U.S. Women's Open T5: 2015
Women's British Open T17: 2009
Evian Championship T24: 2014

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 10 top-10 finishes.

Early life and amateur career

Born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] Park began to play golf when she was 12 years old.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Three weeks later, Park won the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, defeating Amanda McCurdy 2-up in the title match.[5]

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.[2][6] 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,[7] she turned professional in August 2006.[8]

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.[6] 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.[8] In 2011, Park's earnings fell to $42,261, and she again had no top-20 finishes during the season.[15]

Following a 2012 in which she missed the cut in more than half of her 15 events played, Park had a pair of top-10 finishes in 2013 and over $260,000 in earnings; her ranking of 51st on the LPGA money list was her highest in five years. Her 2014 earnings were just over half of the amount she made in 2013, though she made the cut in 11 of her 16 tournaments. Park's 2015 season included two top-10 finishes, and her season earnings topped $300,000.[16] Her highest finish was a tie for fifth at the U.S. Women's Open, a tournament in which she held a share of the lead after one round.[17][18]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP T24 T50 DNP DNP CUT T30 T44 T41 DNP T19 DNP CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T74 T34 CUT CUT CUT CUT T64 T11 T49
U.S. Women's Open T30 CUT CUT T10 TLA T58 T42 CUT DNP CUT DNP T42 WD T5
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T24 T17 CUT CUT T39 CUT DNP T31
The Evian Championship ^ T67 T24 CUT

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 6
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 2 2 11 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Totals 0 0 0 1 2 8 39 23
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2008 LPGA – 2009 Kraft Nabisco)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

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
2014 16 11 0 0 0 0 T11 136,521 79 71.73 43
2015 26 19 0 0 0 2 T5 348,673 50 72.39 76
  • official through the 2015 season[19]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

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