Updated: January, 2024

ANNIE PARK

The Facts

Birthday: April 9, 1995
Rookie Year on LPGA: 2016
Birthplace: Levittown, NY
Best LPGA Finish: Win (2018 ShopRite Classic)
Best LPGA Major Finish:
T-18th (2018 KPMG Women's PGA Championship)
Best Score: 63 (twice)
Best Scoring Average for a year: 71.33 (2018)
Best Season money total: $549,421 (2018)
Best Season Money Position: 40th (2018)
Most Top Tens/Season:
3 (2018, 2019)
Rookie of the Year Finish:
5th
Height: 5'4"
2024 LPGA Status: Category 15
Nicknames: None Known
How's her English?: Fluent
Road to the LPGA: Finished first on the 2015 Symetra Tour to earn full status on the 2016 LPGA.
Capsule Bio

Annie Park is a Korean American born and raised on Long Island. She was a top junior golfer, and made history in 2012 by becoming the first girl to win the Nassau Boys High School Championship (she won by six shots).

She went to USC in late 2012, and immediately became one of the most dominating college golfers in the country. She helped lead USC to its third national title, won the 2013 WGCA and Pac12 Player and Freshman of the Year awards, and collected the Honda Sports Award for top women college golfer. She won four titles that season, including the PAC12 championship, the NCAA West Regional and the NCAA Title. She became only the second woman to sweep Conference, Regional and National titles in the same year. At the NCAA Championship, she came close to setting the all time scoring record as well.

Park played at the 2013 US Women's Open at Sebonack CC. She was the only 'hometown girl' in the field, but alas she missed the cut.

Park continued to play for USC in 2014. She played the 2014 Kraft Nabisco but missed the cut. She also represented the US at the Curtis Cup, where she was 3-1, and the World University Golf Championship, where she helped the US finish second.

She turned pro in 2015 and joined the Symetra Tour. In just eleven events, she won three times and earned full playing privileges for the LPGA in 2016. She also led that tour's money list by year's end, even though she played half as many events as the other players did. She won the tour's Player and Rookie of the Year awards as well.

In 2016, Annie Park had a good LPGA rookie year, notching two top tens and making around $172,000. She finished 82nd on the money list, which left her with category 11 status for 2017. Her best moment of the season came at the year's final Major, the Evian Championship, where she shot a blazing 64 in the first round to temporarily put herself in the hunt for the title. She faded after that, but her 22nd place finish was still her best ever in a Major.

Annie struggled in her second season on tour in 2017. She did not manage even a single top twenty, and made only about $60,000 all year. This left her at 126th on the money list, and her status for 2018 sunk to category 20.

Annie had a hard time getting into fields at the beginning of the 2018 season. All that changed at the Mediheal event in April, her first event of the year, where she managed a tie for 18th finish. Tour status was recalculated soon afterwards, and her good play enabled her to get a better status. She made it into several more fields.

One of those tournaments was the ShopRite Classic, where she had notched her previous best LPGA finish, a tie for 6th, in 2016. This time, she was even better, shooting a second round 65 and third round 63, her career best score. Thus she seized her first win on tour, a shocking result considering where she had been just a few months previous.

The rest of the year she played decently. She nearly won again in Shanghai, finishing tied for second. She also had a tie for 18th at the KPMG, her best Major result. She wound up 40th on the money list with nearly $550K earned.

Annie's 2019 season was just a tiny bit less impressive than 2018. She once again managed three top tens, including a tie for third. She made around $407,000, which put her 50th on the money list. But most impressively, she made her first Solheim Cup team. Her record was 1 win, 2 losses and no ties.

In 2020, the whole world was rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The LPGA and KLPGA tours canceled and postponed many tournaments. Annie played two events in Florida before the stoppage, including the Tournament of Champions, where she finished sixth, her best result of the year. When action resumed in late July, she played an additional 12 events, making all but 4 cuts. She earned more than $118,000 for the year, finishing 79th on the money list.

Annie had a slightly weaker year in 2021. She earned around $123,000 and finished 103rd on the money list. She slipped to category 11 for 2022. Her best finish was a t-12th.

Annie rebounded somewhat in 2022. She made a hair over $200,000 and finished 94th on the money list, which allowed her to stay at category 11 for 2023. She had two top tens, one at the match play, where she lost in the round of 16, and the other a t-5th at the PalosVerdes Championship, near where she played college golf. She missed 12 cuts during the year.

Annie had more struggles in 2023. She missed 14 cuts, with her best finish a tie for 12th. She ended up with $94,000 made for the season, 129th on the money list. She went back to Q Series but was only able to finish tied for 54th. She will have category 15 status in 2024.

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