Park Sang-hyun (golfer)

Park Sang-hyun
Personal information
Born (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 41)
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sporting nationality South Korea
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour2
Other10
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT16: 2019
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year		2018

Park Sang-hyun (Korean: 박상현; born 24 April 1983) is a South Korean professional golfer. Since 2014 Park has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has two wins, in 2016 and 2019.[1]

Before 2014 Park played on the Korean Tour, his first wins coming in 2009. He finished third behind Lee Westwood and Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the 2011 Ballantine's Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour and the Asian Tour. Park continues to play on the Korean Tour, where he has won a total of 11 times, including the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in 2016 and 2018.[2] He finished runner-up in the 2018 Kolon Korean Open, one of the Open Qualifying Series events, to gain entry to the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship. Park was runner-up in the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit giving him a place in the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship.

Professional wins (14)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 4 Dec 2016 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −13 (66-65-71-65=267) 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda, South Korea Kim Kyung-tae,
Japan Satoshi Kodaira
2 8 Sep 2019 Fujisankei Classic −15 (68-69-67-65=269) 2 strokes South Korea Choi Ho-sung, Japan Hiroshi Iwata

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2014 Tsuruya Open Japan Hiroyuki Fujita Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2022 Fujisankei Classic Japan Kaito Onishi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 6 May 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −1 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff India Gaganjeet Bhullar, South Korea Chang Yi-keun,
South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
2 16 Sep 2018 Shinhan Donghae Open1 −22 (65-68-66-63=262) 5 strokes Zimbabwe Scott Vincent

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open India Gaganjeet Bhullar, South Korea Chang Yi-keun,
South Korea Hwang Jung-gon 		Won with par on third extra hole
Hwang eliminated by birdie on second hole
Bhullar eliminated by par on first hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 May 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −8 (67-70-75-68=280) Playoff South Korea Lee Soo-min

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

OneAsia Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea Lee Soo-min Won with par on second extra hole

Korean Tour wins (12)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 24 May 2009 SK Telecom Open −12 (69-68-70-69=276) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Do-hoon
2 25 Oct 2009 SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open −15 (68-67-67-71=273) 1 stroke South Korea Bae Sang-moon
3 24 Aug 2014 Vainer Pineridge Open −15 (67-71-64-67=269) 1 stroke South Korea Maeng Dong-seop
4 12 Oct 2014 KJ Choi Invitational −21 (65-68-68-66=267) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Tae-hoon
5 8 May 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −8 (67-70-75-68=280) Playoff South Korea Lee Soo-min
6 6 May 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2) −1 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff India Gaganjeet Bhullar, South Korea Chang Yi-keun,
South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
7 17 Jun 2018 KEB Hana Bank Invitational −21 (68-64-68-67=267) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Sung-ho
8 16 Sep 2018 Shinhan Donghae Open2 −22 (65-68-66-63=262) 5 strokes Zimbabwe Scott Vincent
9 11 Jul 2021 Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open −18 (69-64-66-67=266) 2 strokes South Korea Chun Jae-han
10 19 Sep 2021 DGB Financial Group Irvine Open −23 (67-65-65-64=261) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Han-byeol
11 17 Apr 2022 DB Insurance Promy Open −10 (65-70-72-67=274) 1 stroke South Korea Cho Sung-min, South Korea Lee Hyung-joon,
Australia Jun Seok Lee
12 15 Oct 2023 Genesis Championship −17 (67-68-68-68=271) Playoff South Korea Bae Yong-jun, South Korea Im Sung-jae

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (3–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2008 NH NongHyup KPGA Championship Australia Andrew McKenzie, South Korea Suk Jong-yul McKenzie won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2009 SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship South Korea Hong Soon-sang Lost to par on second extra hole
3 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open South Korea Lee Soo-min Won with par on second extra hole
4 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open India Gaganjeet Bhullar, South Korea Chang Yi-keun,
South Korea Hwang Jung-gon 		Won with par on third extra hole
Hwang eliminated by birdie on second hole
Bhullar eliminated by par on first hole
5 2023 Genesis Championship South Korea Bae Yong-jun, South Korea Im Sung-jae Won with eagle on second extra hole
Im eliminated by birdie on first hole
6 2024 SK Telecom Open South Korea K. J. Choi Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2018 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T16
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2018 2019
Championship WD
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T37
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
WD = withdrew

References

  1. ^ "Week 49: Matsuyama Wins A 5th Title". Official World Golf Ranking. 5 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Golf: Park Sang-Hyun wins GS Caltex Maekyung Open". Ten Sports. 8 May 2016.