Born in Seoul on 12 July 1988, Park began playing golf at age 10 and moved to the United States at 12 to pursue the game. She won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in 2002 and built a strong amateur record, including nine AJGA wins. She turned professional in 2006 and played on the developmental Epson Tour before earning LPGA Tour status for 2007.

Park’s breakthrough came at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, which she won at 19 to become the youngest champion in the tournament’s history at that time. After several seasons in which further victories proved elusive, she returned to the winner’s circle in 2012 and then produced one of the greatest major seasons ever seen in 2013.

In 2013, Park won the first three majors of the LPGA season: the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open. She added more major titles in 2014 and 2015, including the Women’s British Open at Turnberry. That victory completed the Career Grand Slam across the five majors recognized by the LPGA during her era. Her career reached another historic landmark at Rio 2016, where women’s golf returned to the Olympics and Park won gold.

Park’s putting became a trademark, but her success was not the product of one skill alone. She paired touch on the greens with patience, strong distance control and an ability to manage pressure over four rounds. The run of major victories in 2013 demonstrated how that combination could produce consistency when the stakes were highest.

Her record had significance well beyond individual titles. By winning the Olympic gold medal in Rio, Park added a rare achievement to her major résumé and helped make the return of golf to the Olympic Games one of the defining moments of the sport’s modern era. Her seven majors and 106 weeks at world No. 1 remain central measures of her career.