Jeong Jang (, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean

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who played on the U.S.-based

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. She was also a member of the

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. Jang was born in

Daejeon Daejeon (; ) is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of nearly 1.5 million. Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a ...

, South Korea. She started playing golf at the age of thirteen. As a teenager she won the 1997 Korea Women's Open and the 1998 Korea Women's Amateur. She attended Joongbu University. After qualifying for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt, Jang had a successful rookie season in 2000 including a second-place finish. She reached twelfth on the money list in 2004 and in that year had nine finishes in the top ten. In July 2005 she won for the first time, claiming the

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, which is one of the

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, by four shots. She claimed her second LPGA win in 2006 at the

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Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in JLPGA Tour.

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1)

*1997

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Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2014.'' ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2002 Kraft Nabisco – 2007 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Team appearances

Amateur *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing South Korea):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Professional *

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

(representing Asia team):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

(winners),

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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(representing South Korea): 2005

References

External links

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KLPGA profile

– fansite profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Jang, Jeong South Korean female golfers LPGA Tour golfers LPGA of Korea Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Golfers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Sportspeople from Daejeon 1980 births Living people 21st-century South Korean sportswomen