Park Sang-hyun (golfer)

Park Sang-hyun (Korean: 박상현; born 24 April 1983) is a South Korean professional golfer. Since 2014 Park has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has two wins, in 2016 and 2019.^[1]

Park Sang-hyun
Personal information
Born	(1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 42)
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Career
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Korean Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
Asian Tour	2
Other	10
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T16: 2019
Achievements and awards
Asian Tour Rookie of the Year 2018

Before 2014 Park played on the Korean Tour, his first wins coming in 2009. He finished third behind Lee Westwood and Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the 2011 Ballantine's Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour and the Asian Tour. Park continues to play on the Korean Tour, where he has won a total of 11 times, including the GS Caltex Maekyung Open in 2016 and 2018.^[2] He finished runner-up in the 2018 Kolon Korean Open, one of the Open Qualifying Series events, to gain entry to the 2018 Open Championship, his first major championship. Park was runner-up in the 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit giving him a place in the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship.

Professional wins (14)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	4 Dec 2016	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−13 (66-65-71-65=267)	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda, Kim Kyung-tae, Satoshi Kodaira
2	8 Sep 2019	Fujisankei Classic	−15 (68-69-67-65=269)	2 strokes	Choi Ho-sung, Hiroshi Iwata

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2014	Tsuruya Open	Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2022	Fujisankei Classic	Kaito Onishi	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 May 2018	GS Caltex Maekyung Open1	−1 (71-70-71-71=283)	Playoff	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun, Hwang Jung-gon
2	16 Sep 2018	Shinhan Donghae Open1	−22 (65-68-66-63=262)	5 strokes	Scott Vincent

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2018	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun, Hwang Jung-gon	Won with par on third extra hole Hwang eliminated by birdie on second hole Bhullar eliminated by par on first hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	8 May 2016	GS Caltex Maekyung Open1	−8 (67-70-75-68=280)	Playoff	Lee Soo-min

¹Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

OneAsia Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2016	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Lee Soo-min	Won with par on second extra hole

Korean Tour wins (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	24 May 2009	SK Telecom Open	−12 (69-68-70-69=276)	1 stroke	Kim Do-hoon
2	25 Oct 2009	SBS Emerson Pacific Hilton Namhae Open	−15 (68-67-67-71=273)	1 stroke	Bae Sang-moon
3	24 Aug 2014	Vainer Pineridge Open	−15 (67-71-64-67=269)	1 stroke	Maeng Dong-seop
4	12 Oct 2014	KJ Choi Invitational	−21 (65-68-68-66=267)	2 strokes	Kim Tae-hoon
5	8 May 2016	GS Caltex Maekyung Open1	−8 (67-70-75-68=280)	Playoff	Lee Soo-min
6	6 May 2018	GS Caltex Maekyung Open2 (2)	−1 (71-70-71-71=283)	Playoff	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun, Hwang Jung-gon
7	17 Jun 2018	KEB Hana Bank Invitational	−21 (68-64-68-67=267)	1 stroke	Lee Sung-ho
8	16 Sep 2018	Shinhan Donghae Open2	−22 (65-68-66-63=262)	5 strokes	Scott Vincent
9	11 Jul 2021	Woosung Construction Aramir CC Busan Gyeongnam Open	−18 (69-64-66-67=266)	2 strokes	Chun Jae-han
10	19 Sep 2021	DGB Financial Group Irvine Open	−23 (67-65-65-64=261)	2 strokes	Kim Han-byeol
11	17 Apr 2022	DB Insurance Promy Open	−10 (65-70-72-67=274)	1 stroke	Cho Sung-min, Lee Hyung-joon, Jun Seok Lee
12	15 Oct 2023	Genesis Championship	−17 (67-68-68-68=271)	Playoff	Bae Yong-jun, Im Sung-jae

¹Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Korean Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2008	NH NongHyup KPGA Championship	Andrew McKenzie, Suk Jong-yul	McKenzie won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2009	SBS Kumho Asiana KPGA Championship	Hong Soon-sang	Lost to par on second extra hole
3	2016	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Lee Soo-min	Won with par on second extra hole
4	2018	GS Caltex Maekyung Open	Gaganjeet Bhullar, Chang Yi-keun, Hwang Jung-gon	Won with par on third extra hole Hwang eliminated by birdie on second hole Bhullar eliminated by par on first hole
5	2023	Genesis Championship	Bae Yong-jun, Im Sung-jae	Won with eagle on second extra hole Im eliminated by birdie on first hole
6	2024	SK Telecom Open	K. J. Choi	Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament	2018	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	T16

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2018	2019
Championship		WD
Match Play
Invitational
Champions	T37

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
WD = withdrew