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Pak Se-ri

2009 LPGA Championship - Se-ri Pak (2).jpg
Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship

Personal information
Born
(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 41)
Daejeon, Korea
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality
 South Korea
Residence
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional 1996
Retired 2016
Former tour(s)
LPGA of Korea Tour (joined 1996)
LPGA Tour (joined 1998)
Professional wins 39
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 25
LPGA of Korea Tour 14
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 5)
ANA Inspiration T4: 2014
Women's PGA C'ship
Won: 1998, 2002, 2006
U.S. Women's Open
Won: 1998
du Maurier Classic T7: 2000
Women's British Open
Won: 2001
Evian Championship T4: 2013
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2007 (member page)
LPGA Rookie of the Year 1998
GWAA Female
Player of the Year
1998
LPGA Vare Trophy 2003
LPGA Heather Farr Award 2006
Associated Press
Female Athlete of the Year
1998















Pak Se-ri
Hangul 박세리
Revised Romanization Bak Seri
McCune–Reischauer Pak Seri


Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak (Korean: 박세리, Korean pronunciation: [paːk seːɾi]; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer, who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.




Contents






  • 1 Career overview


  • 2 Professional wins (39)


    • 2.1 LPGA Tour (25)


    • 2.2 LPGA of Korea Tour (14)




  • 3 Major championships


    • 3.1 Wins (5)


    • 3.2 Results timeline


    • 3.3 Summary




  • 4 LPGA Tour career summary


  • 5 World ranking


  • 6 Team appearances


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Career overview


Born in Daejeon, she attended Yuseong Nursery School in that city and then Keumseong Girls’ High School in Gongju City, Chungnam Province where she was the school's best amateur golfer. She then moved to Seoul for training.[1]
Pak turned professional in 1996, a year before she moved to the United States as a 20-year-old.[2] In 1996 and 1997, she won six tournaments on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Pak joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the year 1998, crowning her rookie season with victories in two majors: the McDonald's LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. At just 20 years of age, she became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Women's Open. About.com writes that "Pak won a 20-hole playoff for that victory, making that tournament - at 92 holes in length - the longest tournament ever in women's professional golf."[3] Four days after the U.S. Women's Open win, Pak shot a then-LPGA record 61 during the second round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic.[4] She won the Rolex Rookie of the Year award for that season.


Since 1998, she has gone on to win 21 more events on the Tour, including three more majors. In June 2007, at age 29, she qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame, surpassing Karrie Webb as the youngest living entrant ever.[5] (Tom Morris, Jr., who died in 1875 at the age of 24, had been elected in 1975.)


Pak has also competed in a professional men's event, at the 2003 SBS Super Tournament on the Korean Tour. The Korean Tour was a feeder tour for the Asian Tour and did not offer world ranking points. She finished 10th in the event, according to the World Golf Hall of Fame "becoming the first woman to make the cut in a professional men's tournament since Babe Zaharias did so in 1945."[6]


At the 2005 McDonald's LPGA Championship, she missed the cut for the first time in 29 majors. In an interview quoted on the PGA Tour's website, she commented that she was searching for a balance between her golf and her personal life: "I've been a little bit unhappy about everything, my game, big game. I'm not really enjoying it at all, and I'm not doing anything with my ability. I know what I needed, a much better balance. I'm always putting a lot of pressure on myself". Eventually, she was found to have a finger injury. In 2006, she rediscovered her best form by winning the McDonald's LPGA Championship for the third time to claim her fifth major title overall.


In 2007, she won the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic for the fifth time, making her the fourth player in LPGA history to win the same tournament five or more times (Annika Sörenstam accomplished this feat at two tournaments).[7]


Perhaps the greatest tribute to her career to date came in a column by Golf World writer Eric Adelson in 2008, who called Pak "a pioneer... who changed the face of golf even more than Tiger Woods."[8] When Pak came to the LPGA in 1998, she was the only Korean player. Ten years later, she was one of 45 Koreans on tour,[9] and the single largest source of revenue for the LPGA was the sale of TV rights in South Korea.[10]


She was the only South Korean on the LPGA Tour in the year 1998, Pak's spectacular triumph at the 1998 U.S. Women's Open encouraged many Korean women to take up golf as a sport. She is regarded as a leader of the game in her home country and has also inspired the new generations of LPGA players Na Yeon Choi and Inbee Park who have followed her footsteps at the LPGA level.[11] A statue of her now stands outside Gongju's stadium.[12] This statue commemorates her signature moment: a successful shot from a water hazard to remain tied for first place in the 1998 U.S. Women's Open; this allowed her to force a sudden death playoff which she then won with "a tremendous birdie putt from nearly 20 feet on the second hole." [13] This was a victory named by the Korea Times as the 3rd most acclaimed moment in 60 years of South Korean sports history.[14] Her shot was shown as the basis for the first episode of the Korean TV drama "Birdie Buddy." [15]


On 17 March 2016, Pak announced that she would retire following the 2016 season.[16] She retired the following 13 October, after completing the first round of her country's lone LPGA-sanctioned event, the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship.[17]



Professional wins (39)



LPGA Tour (25)







Legend
Major championships (5)
Other LPGA Tour (20)












































































































































































































































No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1
17 May 1998

McDonald's LPGA Championship
65-68-72-68=273
−11
3 strokes

United States Donna Andrews
England Lisa Hackney
2
5 Jul 1998

U.S. Women's Open
69-70-75-76=290
+6
Playoff

United States Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)
3
12 Jul 1998

Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
71-61-63-66=261
−23
9 strokes

England Lisa Hackney
4
26 Jul 1998

Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
65-69-67=201
−15
1 stroke

United States Dottie Pepper
5
20 Jun 1999

ShopRite LPGA Classic
63-69-66=198
−15
2 strokes

England Trish Johnson
6
4 Jul 1999

Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
68-69-68-71=276
−8
Playoff

Sweden Carin Koch
United States Kelli Kuehne
Australia Mardi Lunn
United States Sherri Steinhauer
Australia Karrie Webb
7
12 Sep 1999

Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
67-71-70-72=280
−8
1 stroke

Australia Karrie Webb
8
14 Nov 1999

PageNet Championship
66-66-74-70=276
−12
Playoff

England Laura Davies
Australia Karrie Webb
9
16 Jan 2001

YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic
71-68-64=203
−13
4 strokes

United States Penny Hammel
Sweden Carin Koch
10
22 Apr 2001

Longs Drugs Challenge
66-71-71=208
−8
2 strokes

United States Laura Diaz
11
8 Jul 2001

Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
70-62-69-68=269
−15
2 strokes

Sweden Maria Hjorth
12
5 Aug 2001

Weetabix Women's British Open
71-70-70-66=277
−11
2 strokes

South Korea Mi Hyun Kim
13
30 Sep 2001

AFLAC Champions
70-67-64-71=272
−16
5 strokes

Canada Lorie Kane
14
7 Apr 2002

The Office Depot Championship
68-68-73=209
−7
1 stroke

Sweden Annika Sörenstam
15
9 Jun 2002

McDonald's LPGA Championship
71-70-68-70=279
−5
3 strokes

United States Beth Daniel
16
25 Aug 2002

First Union Betsy King Classic
70-68-66-63=267
−21
3 strokes

United States Angela Stanford
17
13 Oct 2002

Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions
65-70-67-66=268
−20
4 strokes

Sweden Carin Koch
Scotland Catriona Matthew
18
27 Oct 2002

Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic
65-76-72=213
−3
6 strokes

Sweden Carin Koch
19
23 Mar 2003

Safeway PING
65-68-68-64=265
−23
1 stroke

South Korea Grace Park
20
27 Apr 2003

Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
71-65-64=200
−16
Playoff

Australia Shani Waugh
21
18 Aug 2003

Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
69-67-64-71=271
−13
2 strokes

Colombia Marisa Baena
South Korea Han Hee-won
22
9 May 2004

Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill
70-71-69-65=275
−9
2 strokes

United States Juli Inkster
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
23
11 Jun 2006

McDonald's LPGA Championship
71-69-71-69=280
−8
Playoff

Australia Karrie Webb
24
15 Jul 2007

Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
63-68-69-67=267
−17
3 strokes

United States Morgan Pressel
25
16 May 2010

Bell Micro LPGA Classic
69-66-68=203
−13
Playoff

United States Brittany Lincicome
Norway Suzann Pettersen

LPGA Tour playoff record (6–0)




















































No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1
1998

U.S. Women's Open

United States Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)
Won with birdie on second extra hole
after 18-hole playoff (Chuasiriporn:73, Pak:73)
2
1999

Jamie Farr Kroger Classic

Sweden Carin Koch
United States Kelli Kuehne
Australia Mardi Lunn
United States Sherri Steinhauer
Australia Karrie Webb
Won with birdie on first extra hole
3
1999

PageNet Championship

England Laura Davies
Australia Karrie Webb
Won with birdie on first extra hole
4
2003

Chick-fil-A Charity Championship

Australia Shani Waugh
Won with par on fourth extra hole
5
2006

McDonald's LPGA Championship

Australia Karrie Webb
Won with birdie on first extra hole
6
2010

Bell Micro LPGA Classic

United States Brittany Lincicome
Norway Suzann Pettersen
Won with birdie on third extra hole
Pettersen eliminated with par on second hole


LPGA of Korea Tour (14)










































































































































No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1
26 Sep 1992

Lyle and Scott Women's Open (as an amateur)
71-72=143
−1
Playoff

South Korea Won Jae-sook
2
1 May 1993

Tomboy Women's Open (as an amateur)
76-71-72=219
+3
Playoff

South Korea Kim Soon-mi
3
29 Apr 1995

Tomboy Women's Open (as an amateur)
76-71-68=215
−1
3 strokes

South Korea Kim Soon-mi
South Korea Lee O-soon
4
17 Jun 1995

Midopa Women's Open (as an amateur)
72-68-68=209
−7
4 strokes

South Korea Lee O-soon
5
24 Jun 1995

Christian Dior Women's Open (as an amateur)
65-67-67=200
−16
10 strokes

South Korea Lee O-soon
6
8 Oct 1995

Seoul Women's Open (as an amateur)
69-73-72=214
−2
2 strokes

South Korea Ku Ok-hee
7
24 Aug 1996

Dongil Renown Ladies Classic
65-74-70=209
−7
1 strokes

South Korea Song Chae-eun
8
1 Sep 1996

FILA Women's Open
70-67-69=206
−10
4 strokes

South Korea Bu Hyeong-soon
9
8 Sep 1996

Diadora Cup SBS Professional Golf Challenge
77-73-77-74=301
+13
1 stroke

South Korea Song Chae-eun
10
6 Oct 1996

Hanwha Cup Seoul Women's Open
68-71-71=210
−6
Playoff

South Korea Chung Il-mi
11
28 Sep 1997

Cheil Industries Rose Women's Open
68-69-73=210
−6
Playoff

South Korea Chung Il-mi
12
5 Oct 1997

Hanwha Cup Seoul Women's Open
71-68-68=207
−9
9 strokes

South Korea Park Hyun-soon
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
13
18 May 2003

MBC-Xcanvas Women's Open
69-65-70=204
−12
3 strokes

South Korea Ji Eun-hee (amateur)
14
23 Sep 2012

KDB Daewoo Securities Classic
69-66-65=200
−16
3 strokes

South Korea Heo Yoon-kyung


Major championships



Wins (5)




Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship in Bulle Rock, Maryland



















































Year Championship Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship 65-68-72-68=273 −11 3 strokes
United States Donna Andrews, England Lisa Hackney
1998 U.S. Women's Open 69-70-75-76=290 +6 Playoff 1

United States Jenny Chuasiriporn (a)
2001 Weetabix Women's British Open 71-70-70-66=277 −11 2 strokes
South Korea Mi Hyun Kim
2002 McDonald's LPGA Championship 71-70-68-70=279 −5 3 strokes
United States Beth Daniel
2006 McDonald's LPGA Championship 71-69-71-69=280 −8 Playoff 2

Australia Karrie Webb

1 Defeated Chuasiriporn on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, after an 18-hole playoff round
2 Defeated Webb on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff



Results timeline


Results not in chronological order before 2015.






































Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000

ANA Inspiration
DNP
DNP
T13
T15

Women's PGA Championship
DNP

1
T6
T3

U.S. Women's Open
T21

1
T14
T15

du Maurier Classic
DNP
T41
T13
T7






























































Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2009

ANA Inspiration
T11
T9
T15
T16
T27
T45
T10
T10
T40

Women's PGA Championship
T39

1
T46
T17
CUT

1
T33
T46
T65

U.S. Women's Open
2
5
50
T32
T45
T3
T4
CUT
CUT

Women's British Open ^

1
T11
2
T21
WD
WD
T5
CUT
T20




























































Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

ANA Inspiration
T15
T10
T8
T19
T4
CUT
DNP

Women's PGA Championship
CUT
T34
T19
T28
DNP
WD
WD

U.S. Women's Open
CUT
T45
T9
CUT
T38
DNP
CUT

Women's British Open
DNP
T14
DNP
T47
WD
DNP
DNP

The Evian Championship ^^

T4
T47
DNP
DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001

^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" = tied for place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10



Summary



























































































Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 1 6 13 17 16
Women's PGA Championship 3 0 1 4 5 7 18 14
U.S. Women's Open 1 1 1 5 6 9 19 14
Women's British Open 1 1 0 3 3 7 12 8
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
du Maurier Classic 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3
Totals 5 2 2 14 22 39 71 57


  • Most consecutive cuts made – 29 (1997 U.S. Open – 2005 Kraft Nabisco)

  • Longest streak of top-10s – 5 (2001 U.S. Open – 2002 U.S. Open)



LPGA Tour career summary



























































































































































































































































































Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank

1998
27
26
4
0
0
8
1
872,170
2
71.41
13

1999
27
24
4
0
0
10
1
956,926
3
70.77
8

2000
23
22
0
0
2
11
3
550,376
12
72.49
10

2001
21
20
5
5
2
12
1
1,623,009
2
69.69
2

2002
24
24
5
1
2
17
1
1,722,281
2
69.85
2

2003
26
25
3
6
0
20
1
1,611,928
2
70.03
1

2004
19
17
1
1
0
5
1
682,669
11
71.34
27

2005
12
9
0
0
0
0
T27
62,628
102
74.21
116

2006
23
21
1
0
2
8
1
884,961
13
71.65
23

2007
23
20
1
0
1
8
1
820,129
16
71.74
14

2008
17
10
0
1
0
3
2
366,143
52
72.59
66

2009
24
20
0
1
0
2
2
447,683
30
71.98
37

2010
15
9
1
0
0
3
1
368,839
32
72.45
49

2011
20
17
0
0
0
4
4
415,447
27
71.97
26

2012
12
9
0
0
0
5
4
430,338
33
71.18
16

2013
18
14
0
0
0
3
T4
440,162
34
71.88
41

2014
16
10
0
0
0
3
T4
271,888
59
71.75
45

2015
8
3
0
0
0
1
T10
36,083
122
74.25
n/a

2016
10
3
0
0
0
0
T27
20,053
150
69.54
95


  • official through 2016 season[18]


World ranking


Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.































































Year World
ranking
Source
2006 12 [19]
2007 10 [20]
2008 31 [21]
2009 43 [22]
2010 32 [23]
2011 36 [24]
2012 26 [25]
2013 30 [26]
2014 59 [27]
2015 228 [28]
2016 469 [29]


Team appearances


Amateur



  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Korea): 1994

Professional



  • Lexus Cup (representing Asia team): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008


See also




  • List of female golfers

  • List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

  • List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins



References





  1. ^ http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005080233038


  2. ^ TalkAsia, CNN, 2007


  3. ^ About.com - Se Ri Pak


  4. ^ "Pak Sets LPGA Record With 61 U.S. Open Champion Makes 10 Birdies". Seattle Post-Intelliencer. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 2 August 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ "Pak qualifies for LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame". LPGA. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.


  6. ^ World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Se Ri Pak


  7. ^ "All-Time Records" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2010.


  8. ^ Adelson, Eric (5 September 2008). "Bivens' missteps starting to add up". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2008.


  9. ^ "Information: 2008 International Players" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2008.


  10. ^ Sirak, Ron (5 September 2008). "LPGA Tour should have seen the fallout coming from English policy". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2008.


  11. ^ Jack, Steve. "Se Ri Pak". writengine.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.


  12. ^ http://kr.worldmapz.com/photo/26200_en.htm


  13. ^ http://www.mylpga.com/forum/f34/se-ri-pak-inspires-korean-show-birdy-buddy-7319.html


  14. ^ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/10/136_75338.html


  15. ^ http://www.dramafever.com/drama/765/1/Birdie_Buddy/


  16. ^ Mell, Randall (17 March 2016). "Se Ri Pak plans to retire after 2016 season". Golf Channel.


  17. ^ Herrington, Ryan (13 October 2016). "Se Ri Pak Has An Emotional On-Course Sendoff As She Plays The Last Round Of Her LPGA Career". Golf Digest.


  18. ^ "Se Ri Pak stats". LPGA. Retrieved 23 November 2016.


  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2006.


  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007.


  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008.


  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009.


  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010.


  24. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011.


  25. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012.


  26. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.


  27. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.


  28. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.


  29. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.




External links








  • Pak Se-ri at the LPGA Tour official site

  • Profile at about.com

  • World Golf Hall of Fame profile













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