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Inbee Park

Republic of Korea · born , Seoul, Republic of Korea

7major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 2008 U.S. Women's Open
  • Last major 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times
  • Other titles 2012 Evian Championship

Wins

  1. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Interlachen C.C. · 283 (-9) · by 4 strokes from Helen Alfredsson
  2. 2012 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 271
  3. 2013 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 273 (-15) · 4 strokes from Ryu So-yeon
  4. 2013 U.S. Women's Open Sebonack Golf Club · 280 (-8) · by 4 strokes from I.K. Kim
  5. 2013 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Locust Hill Country Club · 283 (-5) · Playoff – sudden death: Park won with an 18-foot birdie on the third extra hole from Catriona Matthew
  6. 2014 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Monroe Golf Club · 277 (-11) · Playoff – sudden death: Park won with a par on the first extra hole (No. 18) from Brittany Lincicome
  7. 2015 AIG Women's Open Turnberry · 276 (-12) · 3 strokes from Ko Jin-young
  8. 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Westchester Country Club · 273 (-19) · 5 strokes from Kim Sei-young

Near misses

  1. 2012 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Jiyai Shin
  2. 2018 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Pernilla Lindberg
  3. 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Kim Sei-young

Rivals

Beat her

Jiyai ShinBeat Inbee Park to the 2012 Women's OpenPernilla LindbergBeat Inbee Park to the 2018 Chevron ChampionshipKim Sei-youngBeat Inbee Park to the 2020 Women's PGA Championship

Moments

  1. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Park opened the final round with birdies on the first two holes to tie Stacy Lewis at 9 under, and a 15-foot downhill par putt at the 9th kept her two strokes clear.
  2. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Annika Sorenstam, in her final Women's Open season, holed a 6-iron from 199 yards for an eagle 3 on the 72nd hole.
  3. 2013 U.S. Women's Open Park's four-stroke win made her the first player since Babe Zaharias in 1950 to win the first three major championships of a season, after the Kraft Nabisco and the LPGA Championship.
  4. 2013 U.S. Women's Open Leading by four entering Sunday, Park bogeyed the sixth and seventh holes but so did I.K. Kim, and Park then birdied the ninth and 10th to stretch her lead on the way to a closing 74.

Records and firsts

  1. 2008 U.S. Women's Open youngest champion (tie) · 19y 11m 17d (2008; 2021) (Inbee Park; Yuka Saso)
  2. various U.S. Women's Open two titles · 2 (Suggs; Caponi; Carner; King; Sheehan; Mallon; Webb; Inkster; Inbee Park; Saso)

Results by championship

    Best day

    2013 U.S. Women's Open

    Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, NY · 280 (-8) · by 4 strokes from I.K. Kim

    Park's four-stroke win made her the first player since Babe Zaharias in 1950 to win the first three major championships of a season, after the Kraft Nabisco and the LPGA Championship.

    Leading by four entering Sunday, Park bogeyed the sixth and seventh holes but so did I.K. Kim, and Park then birdied the ninth and 10th to stretch her lead on the way to a closing 74.

    Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2013.

    Career line, 2008–2020

    U.S. Women's Open
    2008 U.S. Women's Open: won2013 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Chevron Championship
    2013 Chevron Championship: won2018 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Pernilla Lindberg
    Women's PGA
    2013 Women's PGA: won2014 Women's PGA: won2015 Women's PGA: won2020 Women's PGA: runner-up to Kim Sei-young
    Women's Open
    2012 Women's Open: runner-up to Jiyai Shin2015 Women's Open: won
    Evian Championship
    2012 Evian Championship: won
    201020152020

    11 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Inbee Park was born on July 12, 1988, in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Park won 7 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 2 U.S. Women's Opens (2008, 2013), 1 Chevron Championship (2013), 3 Women's PGA Championships (2013, 2014, 2015) and 1 Women's British Open (2015).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (7)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Interlachen C.C., Edina, MN · 283 (-9) · by 4 strokes from Helen Alfredsson
    2. 2012 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 271
    3. 2013 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 273 (-15) · 4 strokes from Ryu So-yeon
    4. 2013 U.S. Women's Open Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, NY · 280 (-8) · by 4 strokes from I.K. Kim
    5. 2013 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Locust Hill Country Club · 283 (-5) · Playoff – sudden death: Park won with an 18-foot birdie on the third extra hole from Catriona Matthew
    6. 2014 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Monroe Golf Club · 277 (-11) · Playoff – sudden death: Park won with a par on the first extra hole (No. 18) from Brittany Lincicome
    7. 2015 AIG Women's Open Turnberry · 276 (-12) · 3 strokes from Ko Jin-young
    8. 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Westchester Country Club · 273 (-19) · 5 strokes from Kim Sei-young

    Near misses

    1. 2012 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Jiyai Shin
    2. 2018 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Pernilla Lindberg
    3. 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Kim Sei-young

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 2012 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 271

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 2008 U.S. Women's Open youngest champion (tie) · 19y 11m 17d (2008; 2021) (Inbee Park; Yuka Saso)
    2. various U.S. Women's Open two titles · 2 (Suggs; Caponi; Carner; King; Sheehan; Mallon; Webb; Inkster; Inbee Park; Saso)

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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