Se Ri Pak (Say-REE Pak) Birthdate: September 28, 1977 Hometown: Daejeon, South Korea Resides: Orlando, Fla. Rookie Year: 1998 LPGA Career Victories: 25 (most recent 2010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic) Major Victories: 5 (most recent - 2006 McDonald’s LPGA Championship) Career Earnings: $12,527,576 2014 in a Nutshell • 16 events, 12 cuts made, $271,888 (59) • Season-best finish was a tie for fourth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship Get to know Se Ri Credits her father as the individual most influencing her career The only South Korean on the LPGA Tour during her rookie year in 1998, Se Ri’s dramatic win at the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open inspired a surge in Korean women’s golf. She is considered a pioneer of the game, inspiring a generation of South Korean golfers including current LPGA players Na Yeon Choi and Inbee Park who have been nicknamed “Se Ri kids” Se Ri is widely known as the “Queen” of Korean Golf Career Highlights • Became the youngest member to be inducted into the LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame in 2007 at the age of 29 • Captured the 2007 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, becoming the third player in LPGA Tour to win the same event five times • In 2005, was limited to 12 events because of neck, shoulder, lower back and finger injuries • Became the first Asian player to win the Vare Trophy in 2003 for lowest scoring average • Her victory at the 1998 McDonald’s LPGA Championship was her first major – and she became the first rookie since Liselotte Neumann to win a major as her first Tour victory • Won the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open after a 20-hole playoff and joined Juli Inkster as the only two LPGA players to capture two modern major championships as a rookie • Won Rolex Player of the Year honors in 1998, nine weeks before the end of the season • In 1997, qualified for the Tour by winning the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament • Won 30 tournaments in Korea as an amateur