Park Sang-hyun (golfer)

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]

Park Sang-hyun
Personal information
Born (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Nationality South Korea
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour2
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT16: 2019

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 eight 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 (10)

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 Yuta Ikeda, Kim Kyung-tae,
Satoshi Kodaira
2 8 Sep 2019 Fujisankei Classic −15 (68-69-67-65=269) 2 strokes Choi Ho-sung, Hiroshi Iwata

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Tsuruya Open Hiroyuki Fujita Lost to par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 6 May 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −1 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun,
Hwang Jung-gon
2 16 Sep 2018 Shinhan Donghae Open1 −22 (65-68-66-63=262) 5 strokes Scott Vincent

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun,
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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 8 May 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −8 (67-70-75-68=280) Playoff Lee Soo-min

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

OneAsia Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open Lee Soo-min Won with par on second extra hole

Korean Tour wins (8)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 24 May 2009 SK Telecom Open −12 (69-68-70-69=276) 1 stroke Kim Do-hoon
2 25 Oct 2009 SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open −15 (68-67-67-71=273) 1 stroke Bae Sang-moon
3 24 Aug 2014 Vainer Pineridge Open −15 (67-71-64-67=269) 1 stroke Maeng Dong-seop
4 12 Oct 2014 KJ Choi Invitational −21 (65-68-68-66=267) 2 strokes Kim Tae-hoon
5 8 May 2016 GS Caltex Maekyung Open1 −8 (67-70-75-68=280) Playoff Lee Soo-min
6 6 May 2018 GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2) −1 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun,
Hwang Jung-gon
7 17 Jun 2018 KEB Hana Bank Invitational −21 (68-64-68-67=267) 1 stroke Lee Sung-ho
8 16 Sep 2018 Shinhan Donghae Open2 −22 (65-68-66-63=262) 5 strokes Scott Vincent

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

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 20182019
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
Tournament20182019
Championship WD
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T37
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
WD = withdrew

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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.
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