Se Ri Pak

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Se Ri Pak
박세리

Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name Pak Se Ri
박세리
Born (1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 34)
Daejeon, Korea
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  South Korea
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional 1996
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1998)
Former tour(s) KLPGA (joined 1996)
Professional wins 32
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 25
LPGA of Korea Tour 7
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 5)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T8: 2012
LPGA Championship Won: 1998, 2002, 2006
U.S. Women's Open Won: 1998
du Maurier Classic T7: 2000
Women's British Open Won: 2001
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
Se Ri Pak
Hangul 박세리
Hanja 朴세리
Revised Romanization Bak Se-ri
McCune–Reischauer Pak Seri
This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak.

Pak Se Ri (Korean: 박세리; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.

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[edit] Career overview

Pak turned professional in 1996, a year before she moved to the United States as a 20-year-old.[1] 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 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."[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] (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 is a feeder tour for the Asian Tour and does 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."[5]

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).[6]

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."[7] 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,[8] and the single largest source of revenue for the LPGA was the sale of TV rights in South Korea.[9]

[edit] Professional wins (32)

[edit] LPGA Tour (25)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 17 May 1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship -11 (65-68-72-68=273) 3 strokes United States Donna Andrews
England Lisa Hackney
2 5 Jul 1998 U.S. Women's Open +6 (69-70-75-76=290) Playoff United States Jenny Chuasiriporn
3 12 Jul 1998 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic -23 (71-61-63-66=261) 9 strokes England Lisa Hackney
4 26 Jul 1998 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic -15 (65-69-67=201) 1 stroke United States Dottie Pepper
5 20 Jun 1999 ShopRite LPGA Classic -15 (63-69-66=198) 2 strokes England Trish Johnson
6 4 Jul 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic -8 (68-69-68-71=276) Playoff United States Kelli Kuehne
Sweden Carin Koch
United States Sherri Steinhauer
Australia Karrie Webb
Australia Mardi Lunn
7 12 Sep 1999 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf -8 (67-71-70-72=280) 1 stroke Australia Karrie Webb
8 14 Nov 1999 PageNet Championship -12 (66-66-74-70=276) Playoff Australia Karrie Webb
England Laura Davies
9 16 Jan 2001 YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic -13 (71-68-64=203) 4 strokes Sweden Carin Koch
United States Penny Hammel
10 22 Apr 2001 Longs Drugs Challenge -8 (66-71-71=208) 2 strokes United States Laura Diaz
11 8 Jul 2001 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic -15 (70-62-69-68=269) 2 strokes Sweden Maria Hjorth
12 5 Aug 2001 Weetabix Women's British Open -11 (71-70-70-66=277) 2 strokes South Korea Mi Hyun Kim
13 30 Sep 2001 AFLAC Champions -16 (70-67-64-71=272) 5 strokes Canada Lorie Kane
14 7 Apr 2002 The Office Depot Championship -7 (68-68-73=209) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam
15 9 Jun 2002 McDonald's LPGA Championship -5 (71-70-68-70=279) 3 strokes United States Beth Daniel
16 25 Aug 2002 First Union Betsy King Classic -21 (70-68-66-63=267) 3 strokes United States Angela Stanford
17 13 Oct 2002 Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions -20 (65-70-67-66=268) 4 strokes Scotland Catriona Matthew
Sweden Carin Koch
18 27 Oct 2002 Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic -3 (65-76-72=213) 6 strokes Sweden Carin Koch
19 23 Mar 2003 Safeway PING -23 (65-68-68-64=265) 1 stroke South Korea Grace Park
20 27 Apr 2003 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship -16 (71-65-64=200) Playoff Australia Shani Waugh
21 18 Aug 2003 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic -13 (69-67-64-71=271) 2 strokes Colombia Marisa Baena
South Korea Hee-Won Han
22 9 May 2004 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill -9 (70-71-69-65=275) 2 strokes United States Juli Inkster
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
23 11 Jun 2006 McDonald's LPGA Championship -8 (71-69-71-69=280) Playoff Australia Karrie Webb
24 15 Jul 2007 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic -17 (63-68-69-67=267) 3 strokes United States Morgan Pressel
25 16 May 2010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic -13 (69-66-68=203) 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 Won with birdie on second extra hole after 18-hole playoff (Chuasiriporn:73, Pak:73)
2 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic United States Kelli Kuehne, Sweden Carin Koch, 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

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Korean LPGA (7)

  • 1996 (4) Dong-Il Renown Ladies Classic, Fila Women's Open, SBS Women's Professional Golf Challenge, Seoul Women's Open
  • 1997 (2) Cheil Industries Rose Women's Open, Seoul Women's Open
  • 2003 (1) MBC Xcanvas Women's Open

[edit] Major championships

[edit] Wins (5)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship -11 (65-68-72-68=273) 3 strokes United States Donna Andrews, England Lisa Hackney
1998 U.S. Women's Open +6 (69-70-75-76=290) Playoff 1 United States Jenny Chuasiriporn
2001 Weetabix Women's British Open -11 (71-70-70-66=277) 2 strokes South Korea Mi Hyun Kim
2002 McDonald's LPGA Championship -5 (71-70-68-70=279) 3 strokes United States Beth Daniel
2006 McDonald's LPGA Championship -8 (71-69-71-69=280) 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

Se Ri Pak at the 2009 LPGA Championship in Bulle Rock, Maryland

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP T13 T15
LPGA 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
Kraft Nabisco Championship T11 T9 T15 T16 T27 T45 T10 T10 T40
LPGA 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
Kraft Nabisco Championship T15 T10 T8
LPGA Championship CUT T34
U.S. Women's Open CUT T45
Women's British Open DNP T14

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

[edit] LPGA Tour record

Year Events
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top
tens		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Rank Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
1998 27 26 4 0 0 8 1 872,170 2 71.41
1999 27 24 4 0 0 10 1 956,926 3 70.77
2000 23 22 0 0 2 11 3 550,376 12 72.49
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
  • official as of 20 November 2011 [10]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ TalkAsia, CNN, 2007
  2. ^ About.com - Se Ri Pak
  3. ^ "Pak Sets LPGA Record With 61 U.S. Open Champion Makes 10 Birdies". Seattle Post-Intelliencer. 11 July 1998. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64591067.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  4. ^ Pak qualifies for LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame. LPGA.com. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15
  5. ^ World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Se Ri Pak
  6. ^ "All-Time Records" (PDF). LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/content/Alltimerecords.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
  7. ^ Adelson, Eric (5 September 2008). "Bivens' missteps starting to add up". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=adelson_eric&id=3571125. Retrieved 2008-11-18. 
  8. ^ "Information: 2008 International Players" (PDF). LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/content/2008LPGAInternationalPlayers.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-18. 
  9. ^ Sirak, Ron (5 September 2008). "LPGA Tour should have seen the fallout coming from English policy". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=sirak_ron&id=3571122&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab7pos2. Retrieved 2008-11-18. 
  10. ^ "2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/greensheet.aspx?pid=157&year=2011. Retrieved 2011-10-23. 

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† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire
† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play
‡ event won wire-to-wire
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