Player Bio: Sung Hyun Park2020 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 27
Country: Republic of Korea
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 18 (7 on LPGA Tour)
Exempt status: 2017 U.S. Women’s Open champion; 2018 winner of KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; top 30 points leader of LPGA Tour’s 2019 Race to the CME Globe; winner of LPGA Tour-sanctioned event from conclusion of 2019 U.S. Women’s Open to start of originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Women’s Open; top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of March 16

Park shook off the disappointment of hitting her ball in the penalty area on the 72nd hole of the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open to win the championship the following year at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., by two strokes over amateur Hye-Jin Choi. It was the first of seven victories for Park on the LPGA Tour. From 2014 to 2016, Park registered 10 victories on the LPGA Tour of Korea. A year after winning the U.S. Women’s Open, the long-hitting Park claimed the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Park briefly held the No. 1 spot in the Rolex Rankings in 2017 and regained the top spot with her win in the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship. Park finished the 2018 season third on the LPGA Tour money list.  

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