In the Winner’s Circle with Inbee Park
Feb. 16, 2020
Hometown/Resides: Seoul, Republic of Korea/Las Vegas, Nev.
Birthdate: July 12, 1988; currently 31 years, 7 months and 4 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished third on the Epson Tour’s 2006 Money List to earn LPGA Tour Membership for the 2017 season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2006/2007
VICTORIES
LPGA TOUR: 20th career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA TOUR WINS: 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, 2012 Evian Masters, 2012 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2013 North Texas LPGA Shootout, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2013 U.S. Women’s Open, 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, 2014 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2014 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship, 2015 HSBC Women’s Champions, 2015 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2015 Ricoh Women’s British Open, 2015 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2017 HSBC Women’s Champions, 2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup
JLPGA: Four victories
KLPGA: One victory
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Park earns 500 points and is projected to move from fifth to first in the Race to the CME Globe with 823 points
MONEY
With her win, Park earns $195,000; she has earned $327,163 this season and $15,683,289 for her career
2020 LPGA TOUR SUMMARY
Four events played, three cuts made, $327,163, one victory and one runner-up finish
OF NOTE
- Inbee Park earned her 20th LPGA Tour victory and becomes the 28th player in Tour history to reach that mark
- She is the second player from the Republic of Korea with at least 20 victories, joining 25-time winner Se Ri Pak
- Park has captured at least one victory in six of the last eight seasons; she did not win a tournament in 2016 but won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics, and did not win in 2019
- Park became the youngest player ever to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame at age 27 after her 10th start of 2016 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
- In 2015, Park completed the Career Grand Slam when she won the Women’s British Open
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