Career

• In 2007, played in just seven events due to the birth of her son, Dale; recorded two top-10 finishes, including a season-best seventh at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay.
• In 2006, recorded two wins, including a victory at the LPGA Corning Classic, where she defeated Meena Lee in a four-hole, sudden-death playoff; also won the Honda LPGA Thailand 2006, where she carded all rounds in the 60s; posted 10 top-10 finishes and was one of a record 11 players on Tour to earn more than $1 million in season earnings; finished in the top-five in five consecutive tournaments she played, including two consecutive runner-up finishes at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill and at the Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury, where she crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings; tied for sixth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, recording her career-best finish in a major championship.
• In 2005, won her fourth career title at the Office Depot Championship at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles; followed her win with a runner-up finish at the Longs Drugs Challenge; tied for fourth at the LPGA Corning Classic; crossed the $3
• million mark in career earnings at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA.
• In 2004, won her third career title at the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi, where she defeated Lorie Kane on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff; finished second to Catriona Matthew after a one-hole, sudden-death playoff at the Wendy’s Championship for Children; crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings with a tie for fourth at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill; recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second round of the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez.
• In 2003, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury, an event in which she finished second the year prior; also avenged a second-place finish from 2002 with a three-hole, sudden-death playoff win over Wendy Ward at the Wendy’s Championship for Children at Tartan Fields; finished second to Dorothy Delasin at the Mobile LPGA Tournament of Championship after a one-hole playoff; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after the Wegmans Rochester LPGA; won the State Farm LPGA Series Bonus Pool.
• In 2002, finished second three times: the Longs Drugs Challenge; the Sybase Big Apple Classic Presented by GOLF MAGAZINE, where she lost to fellow South Korean Gloria Park on the first hole of sudden-death; and the Wendy’s Championship for Children at Tartan Fields.
• In 2001, won the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award on the strength of four top-20 finishes, becoming the first non-exempt player to win the honor since Lisa Hackney (Hall) in 1997; successfully Monday-qualified in seven of 11 attempts; best finish was a tie for 10th at the Kathy Ireland Championship Honoring Harvey Penick.
• In 2000, tied for 27th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2001 season.
• In 1999, won two tournaments on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA)—the NEC Kairuzawa Tournament and Osaka Women’s Open—and finished fifth on the money list.
• In 1998, turned professional and was named the JLPGA Rookie of the Year; also competed professionally in Korea.

LPGA Victories, Awards, Etc.