Park Sung-hyun

Republic of Korea · born September 21, 1993, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2major championships, LPGA count

U.S. Women's Open1 win
Women's PGA1 win, 1 2nd
Evian Championship1 2nd

Summary

First major 2017 U.S. Women's Open
Last major 2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

2017 U.S. Women's Open Trump National Golf Club (Old Course) · 277 (-11) · by 2 strokes from Hye-Jin Choi
2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Kemper Lakes Golf Club · 278 (-10) · Playoff – sudden death: Ryu eliminated on first extra hole; Park beat Hataoka with a birdie on the second from Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon

Near misses

2016 The Evian Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee
2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Hannah Green

Rivals

Beat her

Hannah GreenBeat Park Sung-hyun to the 2019 Women's PGA Championship

Next in the chain: Chun In-gee's rivals →

Moments

2017 U.S. Women's Open Two strokes ahead after birdieing the 17th, Park hit over the green at the par-5 18th and needed a fine chip to save par for a closing 67 and the clubhouse lead at 11 under.
2017 U.S. Women's Open Amateur Hye-Jin Choi, in contention late on Sunday, put her 7-iron into the water right of the par-3 16th and made double bogey, finishing two back as runner-up, the first amateur runner-up since Jenny Chuasiriporn in 1998 (Record Book p.10).

Results by championship

Best day

2017 U.S. Women's Open

Trump National Golf Club (Old Course), Bedminster, NJ · 277 (-11) · by 2 strokes from Hye-Jin Choi

Two strokes ahead after birdieing the 17th, Park hit over the green at the par-5 18th and needed a fine chip to save par for a closing 67 and the clubhouse lead at 11 under.

Amateur Hye-Jin Choi, in contention late on Sunday, put her 7-iron into the water right of the par-3 16th and made double bogey, finishing two back as runner-up, the first amateur runner-up since Jenny Chuasiriporn in 1998 (Record Book p.10).

Chosen by rule: her widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2017.

Career line, 2016–2019

U.S. Women's Open

2017 U.S. Women's Open: won

Women's PGA

2018 Women's PGA: won2019 Women's PGA: runner-up to Hannah Green

Evian Championship

2016 Evian Championship: runner-up to Chun In-gee

201620182020

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

Major win
Runner-up

Park Sung-hyun was born on September 21, 1993, in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Park won 2 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 U.S. Women's Open (2017) and 1 Women's PGA Championship (2018).

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The record

Wins in the majors (2)

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

2017 U.S. Women's Open Trump National Golf Club (Old Course), Bedminster, NJ · 277 (-11) · by 2 strokes from Hye-Jin Choi
2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Kemper Lakes Golf Club · 278 (-10) · Playoff – sudden death: Ryu eliminated on first extra hole; Park beat Hataoka with a birdie on the second from Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon

Near misses

2016 The Evian Championship runner-up to Chun In-gee
2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Hannah Green

Sources

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.