Inbee Park

With no top-five finishes on the LPGA Tour, she sunk to 31st on the official money list and 27th in scoring average.

She won once on the JLPGA Tour, at the Daikin Orchid Ladies.

She finished 37th on the money list and fourth in the rookie of the year standings.

She holed a four-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to edge out Carlota Ciganda by a stroke.

In June, Park won her second consecutive major of the year and third career major at the LPGA Championship at Locust Hill Country Club.

After a 36-hole final day of regulation play, Park defeated Catriona Matthew on the third sudden-death playoff hole to clinch the victory.

Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour.

She won the 2002 U.S. Girls' Junior and finished as runner-up in both 2003 and 2005.

She was a semifinalist at the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur.

While an amateur from 2004 through 2006, Park played in the Kraft Nabisco Championship as a sponsor invite and in the LPGA Takefuji Classic three times, recording two top-10 finishes.

Park graduated from Kwangwoon University in Seoul, Korea.

In 2006, after graduating from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, Park appealed to the LPGA 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 the University of Nevada, Las Vegas but soon after dropped out and turned professional, playing on the Duramed Futures Tour where the age of entry had been lowered to 17 in late January.

In 2006, she recorded 11 top-10 finishes on the Futures Tour.

She finished third on its season-ending money list to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2007 season.

During her rookie season in 2007, Park tied for fourth at the U.S. Women's Open and tied for second at the Safeway Classic.

In 2007, Park also changed the English spelling of her name from In-Bee to Inbee.

In 2008, Park won the U.S. Women's Open at Interlachen Country Club in Minnesota for her first LPGA win.

At 19, she was the youngest player to win the title, and finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson.

After her breakout year in 2008, Park struggled in 2009, recording only four top-10 finishes and ending the season 50th on the LPGA official money list.

In 2010, Park had top-10 finishes in all four major tournaments, won twice on the LPGA of Japan Tour and finished the season ranked 12th in the world rankings.

Park's results in 2011 did not match those of the previous years.

Park bounced back from her 2011 slump in 2012.

She had two wins on the LPGA Tour, finished in the top-three in 10 out of 23 tournaments she played, and topped the LPGA in both money earned and scoring average.

Park won her fourth LPGA Tour event in the second tournament of the year at the Honda LPGA Thailand event by a single stroke.

She shot a final round 67 to come from four back to finish a shot ahead of Ariya Jutanugarn.

In April, Park won her second major title with a four-stroke victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship over compatriot Ryu So-yeon.

The following week, she became the top ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Park won her sixth LPGA Tour title and third of the year a couple weeks later at the North Texas LPGA Shootout.

Park has won seven major championships in her career, including three consecutive major wins during the 2013 season, becoming only the fourth LPGA Tour player to win three majors in a calendar year.

She is the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Open and the second player, after Annika Sorenstam, to win the Women's PGA Championship three years in a row.

Park is only the seventh player to win four different majors during her career and capture a career Grand Slam.

She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2013 to June 2014, October 2014 to February 2015, June 2015 to October 2015, and from April to July 2018.

In 2016, she won the first Olympic gold medal since 1900 in the women's individual tournament.

Park has endorsement deals with KB Financial Group, Srixon, Panasonic, Lynx, Jeju Samdasoo & Mercedes-Benz.

Park was born in Seoul.

She began playing golf at the age of 10.

Two years later, at age 12, she moved to the United States to pursue a golf career.

She won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and was a five-time Rolex Junior All-American.