Se Ri Pak (born September 28, 1977 in Daejeon, South Korea) is a professional golfer. This article gives her Romanized name in Western order (given names first); her family name is Pak (박). Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province. ... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

Career outline

Pak turned professional in 1996, and joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the year 1998, crowning her rookie season with victories in two majors: the McDonald's LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. Unsurprisingly, she won the Rolex Rookie of the Year award for that season. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. ... The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonalds LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Womens Open. ... The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ...

Since then she has gone on to win over 20 events on the tour, including two more majors. Her success means she has effectively qualified for the World Golf Hall of Fame, but cannot be inducted until she's been a tour member for 10 years (which should occur in 2007). Assuming she enters the Hall in 2007, she will surpass Karrie Webb as the youngest living entrant ever (the 19th century great Tom Morris, Jr., elected in 1975, died at age 24). The World Golf Hall of Fame [1] is located in St. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer, and is Australias best female player and one of the most successful players of all time. ... Young Tom Morris wearing the Championship Belt Tom Morris, Jr. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Pak's strong playing record and her willingness to learn and use English has made her popular in the sport, although her achievements have been overshadowed by the presence of Annika Sörenstam. (help· info) (born October 9, 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. ...

Like Sörenstam, Pak has also competed in a professional men's golf event, at the 2003 SBS Super Tournament on the Korean Tour. Unlike Sörenstam, however, she did make the cut and eventually finished 10th.

As of June 2005 Pak is in something of a slump. At the 2005 LPGA Championship she missed the cut for the first time in 29 majors. In an interview quoted on the PGA Tour's website she commented that she was searching for a balance between her golf and her personal life: "I've been a little bit unhappy about everything, my game. I'm not really enjoying it at all, and I'm not doing anything with my life. I know what I needed, a much better balance. I'm always putting a lot of pressure on myself." Eventually, she was found to have a finger injury. The PGA Tour is an organization that is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, just south of Jacksonville. ...

LPGA Tour wins

1998 McDonald's LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
1999 ShopRite LPGA Classic, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf, PageNet Championship
2001 YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic, Longs Drugs Challenge, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Weetabix Women's British Open, AFLAC Champions
2002 The Office Depot Championship, McDonald's LPGA Championship, First Union Betsy King Classic, Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions, Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic.
2003 Safeway PING, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
2004 Michelob ULTRA Open The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonalds LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Womens Open. ... The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ... The Womens British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Weetabix Womens British Open, is one of the leading events in womens professional golf, being the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. ... The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonalds LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Womens Open. ...

Major championships are shown in bold. Womens golf has evolved a set of major tournaments which parallels that in mens golf, but the womens system is younger and has been less stable that the mens. ...

Results in LPGA majors

^ du Maurier Classic discontinued after 2000
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. The Kraft Nabisco Championship (originally the Colgate/Dinah Shore Winners Circle Championship) is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. ... The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonalds LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Womens Open. ... The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ... The Canadian Womens Open is a professional golf tournament for women once known as La Canadienne, later the Peter Jackson Classic, du Maurier Classic, and the du Maurier Ltd Classic, (also Classique du Maurier Ltee) until tobacco restrictions came into force in Canada. ... The Womens British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Weetabix Womens British Open, is one of the leading events in womens professional golf, being the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. ...

See also

• Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• List of Koreans
• Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

This table lists players with 20 or more wins on the LPGA Tour as at November 6, 2005. ... This is a list of famous Koreans or famous people of Korean descent. ... This article lists all the women who have won the LPGA Tours past and present major championships by number of victories. ...

External links

• LPGA bio page
• Se Ri Pak at Golf Stars Online Directory of interviews, websites and feature articles with or about her.