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Hee-kyung Seo
South Korean golfer (born 1986)
South Korean golfer (born 1986)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hee-kyung Seo |
| 서희경 | |
| image | 2010 Women's British Open – Hee Kyung Seo (6).jpg |
| imagesize | 220px |
| caption | Seo at the 2010 Women's British Open |
| fullname | Hee-Kyung Seo |
| nickname | Supermodel of the Fairways |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea |
| death_date | |
| height | 1.73 m |
| nationality | |
| residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| spouse | Jung-hyun Kook |
| yearpro | 2006 |
| tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2011) |
| LPGA of Korea (joined 2006) | |
| prowins | 12 |
| lpgawins | 1 |
| letwins | 1 |
| klpgawins | 11 |
| lagtwins | |
| alpgwins | |
| futwins | |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | |
| nabisco | T4: 2012 |
| lpga | T34: 2011 |
| wusopen | 2nd: 2011 |
| wbritopen | T5: 2010 |
| evian | T64: 2013 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | LPGA of Korea Tour |
| leading money winner | |
| year1 | 2009 |
| award2 | LPGA Tour |
| Rookie of the Year | |
| year2 | 2011 |
| awardssection |
서희경 LPGA of Korea (joined 2006) leading money winner](lpga-of-korea-tour-season-money-leaders) Rookie of the Year](lpga-tour-rookie-of-the-year) Hee-kyung Seo (, born 8 July 1986), also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a former South Korean female professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and on LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year award in 2011.
After winning three LPGA of Korea Tour major championships in 2009, Seo notched her first LPGA Tour triumph at the 2010 Kia Classic where she finished six shots ahead of Inbee Park.
Seo had a close call in the 2011 U.S. Women's Open when she led by two shots with two holes to play, but she missed a 4 footer for par on the 71st hole, while So Yeon Ryu birdied the 72nd hole, resulting in a playoff, which Ryu went on to win.
Seo also came close at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she led by three strokes at one point, but bogeys on the last four holes would result in her finishing two strokes back of winner Sun Young Yoo.
On 30 November 2013, she married Junghoon Philip Kook (born 1979), an executive officer at DWS Asset Management based in Seoul, and gave a birth to their first son, on the Independence Day of Korea. Since then, they had two more sons. Seo officially retired from professional golf in November 2015 to spend more time with her family.
Professional wins
LPGA Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner-up | ||||
| 1 | 28 Mar 2010 | Kia Classic | −12 (70-67-69-70=276) | 6 strokes | KOR Inbee Park |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–4)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | U.S. Women's Open | KOR Ryu So-yeon | Lost three hole aggregate playoff: |
| Ryu: 3-4-3=10 (−2), Seo: 3-6-4=13 (+1) | ||||
| 2 | 2012 | Women's Australian Open | PAR Julieta Granada | |
| USA Jessica Korda | ||||
| USA Stacy Lewis | ||||
| USA Brittany Lincicome | ||||
| KOR Ryu So-yeon | Korda won with birdie on second extra hole. | |||
| 3 | 2012 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | KOR Chella Choi | |
| USA Brittany Lang | ||||
| KOR Inbee Park | Lang won with birdie on third extra hole. | |||
| Park eliminated by birdie on second hole. | ||||
| Choi eliminated by birdie on first hole. | ||||
| 4 | 2013 | LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship | KOR Amy Yang | Lost to birdie on first extra hole. |
KLPGA Tour (11)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | ||||
| 1 | 30 Aug 2008 | High1 Cup SBS Charity Ladies Open | −8 (68-68-72=208) | 2 strokes | KOR Inbee Park |
| 2 | 7 Sep 2008 | KB Star Tour 3rd Tournament at Cheongwon | −7 (68-69-72=207) | 1 stroke | KOR Ha-neul Kim |
| KOR Hye-youn Kim | |||||
| 3 | 13 Sep 2008 | Binhai Open | −9 (70-66-71=207) | 5 strokes | CHN Taoli Yang |
| ENG Danielle Montgomery | |||||
| 4 | 12 Oct 2008 | Gabia-Interburgo Masters | −11 (70-69-69=208) | 3 strokes | KOR Ha-neul Kim |
| KOR He-yong Choi | |||||
| KOR Hyun-ji Kim | |||||
| 5 | 16 Nov 2008 | Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju^ | −14 (69-67-66=202) | 2 strokes | KOR Ahn Sun-ju |
| 6 | 23 Nov 2008 | ADT CAPS Championship | −2 (78-72-64=214) | 3 strokes | KOR Ae-Ree Pyun |
| KOR Hye-jung Kim | |||||
| 7 | 17 Apr 2009 | MBC Tour Lotte Mart Ladies Open | −6 (71-72-67=210) | 1 stroke | KOR Ahn Sun-ju |
| KOR Ilhee Lee | |||||
| 8 | 3 May 2009 | Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open | −9 (70-71-66=207) | 1 stroke | KOR Bo-kyung Kim |
| 9 | 18 Oct 2009 | Hite Cup Championship | −9 (72-71-68-68=279) | 5 strokes | KOR Choi Na-yeon |
| 10 | 25 Oct 2009 | KB Star Tour Grand Final at Incheon | −16 (69-66-68-69=272) | 1 stroke | KOR Jang Ha-na (amateur) |
| 11 | 22 Nov 2009 | ADT CAPS Championship | −6 (73-71-66=210) | 3 strokes | KOR Jeong-eun Lee |
Tournaments in bold denotes major championships on KLPGA Tour.
^ Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T21 | T33 | T4 | T13 | CUT | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | T34 | CUT | CUT | T41 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | T48 | T62 | 2 | T18 | T25 | ||
| Women's British Open | T5 | T22 | T26 | T25 | |||
| The Evian Championship ^ | T64 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 U.S. Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Tournaments | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | Cuts | ||||||||||
| made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best | ||||||
| finish | Earnings ($) | Money | |||||||||
| list rank | Scoring | ||||||||||
| average | Scoring | ||||||||||
| rank | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17,680 | n/a | 72.00 | n/a |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19,920 | n/a | 72.00 | n/a |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 73,659 | n/a | 73.31 | n/a |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 369,089 | n/a | 72.96 | n/a |
| 2011 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 619,429 | 21 | 71.78 | 21 |
| 2012 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | T2 | 600,403 | 22 | 71.57 | 25 |
| 2013 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 446,373 | 33 | 71.74 | 38 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 30,315 | 128 | 73.43 | n/a |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T41 | 34,050 | 123 | 73.64 | n/a |
- Seo was not a member of the LPGA Tour prior to 2011. Earnings and records for those years are not official.
- official as of the 2015 season
References
References
- [https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/08/136_63249.html Seo Hee-kyung Coasts to Kia Classic Title]
- "2011 LPGA Rookie of the Year retires". [[The Korea Times]].
- "Hee Kyung Seo 2010 Record". Yahoo Sports.
- "Hee Kyung Seo Stats". LPGA.
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