Hee Young Park also known as Park Hee-Young, is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Early golf career

As an amateur, Park was a three time member of the South Korean National team. Park was twice runner-up in the South Korea Amateur Open.

2005 was Park's first full year as a professional golfer. She won three times on the LPGA of Korea Tour

LPGA of Korea Tour

The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association; it is the independent LPGA of Korea which runs this tour, not the American LPGA...

 which earned her rookie of the year honors. Park won another two KLPGA tournaments in 2006.

LPGA Tour career

Park earned her tour card at the 2007 LPGA qualifying school

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

. She played in 28 LPGA events in 2008, making the cut in 22 of them. Her best finish was a T4 and she earned $474,744 for the year.

At the second LPGA event of 2009, Honda LPGA Thailand

Honda LPGA Thailand

The Honda LPGA Thailand is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. It was played for the first time at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand in 2006. In 2007 the tournament moved to the Siam Country Club Pattaya Old Course...

, Park shot a opening round 79 in the tournament. Shortly after her round was completed, Park had to go to a hospital. She was treated and released. Park completed the tournament, shooting rounds of 64, 69, 65, which enabled her to finish in solo second place three shots behind Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa

Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...

. Later in 2009, Park finished second at the Mizuno Classic

Mizuno Classic

The Mizuno Classic is an annual women's professional golf tournament, jointly sanctioned by the two richest women's professional tours: the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was an unofficial money event on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975...

.

On 20 November 2011, Park won her first LPGA Tour event, the CME Group Titleholders

CME Group Titleholders

The CME Group Titleholders is a women's professional golf tournament, the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It succeeds the LPGA Tour Championship, which was played for two seasons in 2009 and 2010...

. She finished two shots ahead of Paula Creamer

Paula Creamer

Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

 and Sandra Gal

Sandra Gal

Sandra Gal is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the United States–based LPGA Tour.-Childhood, college and amateur career:...

.

Personal life

As of 2011, Park's sister Choo Young, is a player on the Korean LPGA Tour.

Park often dresses in very short shorts when playing golf.

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )
1	20 Nov 2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...	CME Group Titleholders CME Group Titleholders The CME Group Titleholders is a women's professional golf tournament, the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It succeeds the LPGA Tour Championship, which was played for two seasons in 2009 and 2010...	71-69-69-70=279	-9	2 strokes	Paula Creamer Paula Creamer Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...   Sandra Gal Sandra Gal Sandra Gal is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the United States–based LPGA Tour.-Childhood, college and amateur career:...	500,000

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (6)

• 2004 Hite Cup (as an amateur)
• 2005 PAVV Invitational, two other wins
• 2006 Phoenix Park Classic, Lake Hills Classic

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...	T30	T38	T53	T15	T70
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T14
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	T9	T41	T45
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...	DNP	T14	T11	T55	T43

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2004 2004 LPGA Tour The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association . This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour...	1	1	0	0	0	0	T16	n/a		70.0
2005 2005 LPGA Tour The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	1	1	0	0	0	1	T4	63,544	n/a	71.67
2006 2006 LPGA Tour The 2006 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	1	1	0	0	0	0	T25	12,202	n/a	72.67
2007 2007 LPGA Tour The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	5	3	0	0	0	0	T12	53,246	n/a	74.26
2008 2008 LPGA Tour The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	28	22	0	0	0	4	4	474,744	35	71.78	27
2009 2009 LPGA Tour The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....	25	19	0	2	0	6	2	666,305	20	71.94	35
2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010...	22	17	0	0	0	6	T4	327,431	34	71.69	25
2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...	21	19	1	0	1	3	1	851,781	12	72.42	37

• official through 20 November 2011

External links

• Biography on seoulsisters.com