| Jeong Jang 장정 | |
| Nickname: | JJ |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Residence: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| College: | Joongbu University (2003) |
| Yearpro: | 2000 |
| Extour: | LPGA Tour (joined 2000) LPGA of Korea Tour |
| Prowins: | 4 |
| Lpgawins: | 2 |
| Letwins: | 1 |
| Jlpgawins: | 1 |
| Klpgawins: | 1 |
| Majorwins: | 1 |
| Nabisco: | T18: 2001 |
| Lpga: | T11: 2003 |
| Wusopen: | T6: 2003 |
| Dumaurier: | CUT: 2000 |
| Wbritopen: | Won: 2005 |
| Evian: | WD: 2013 |
| Hangul: | 장정 |
| Hanja: | 張晶 |
| Rr: | Jang Jeong |
| Mr: | Chang Chŏng |
| Korean name | |
| Tablewidth: | 254 |
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Jeong Jang (Korean: 장정, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.
Jang was born in Daejeon, 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 Women's British Open, which is one of the women's majors, by four shots. She claimed her second LPGA win in 2006 at the Wegmans LPGA.
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| LPGA Tour major championships (1) | |
| Other LPGA Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 Jul 2005 | Weetabix Women's British Open | 68-66-69-69=272 | −16 | 4 strokes |  Sophie Gustafson | |
| 2 | 25 Jun 2006 | Wegmans LPGA | 69-70-66-70=275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Julieta Granada |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | Safeway LPGA Golf Championship |  Mi Hyun Kim | Lost to birdie on second extra hole | |
| 2 | 2007 | Evian Masters |  Natalie Gulbis | Lost to birdie on first extra hole | |
| 3 | 2008 | LPGA Corning Classic | Leta Lindley | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament in bold denotes major championships in JLPGA Tour.
Results not in chronological order before 2014.
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T18 | T45 | T21 | 23 | T27 | T19 | T54 | T31 | |||
| LPGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T57 | T11 | T23 | T13 | T58 | T25 | T18 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T22 | T6 | T7 | T50 | T28 | T8 | T19 | CUT | ||
| du Maurier Classic ^ | CUT | ||||||||||
| Women's British Open ^ | CUT | T4 | T14 | T23 | 1 | T26 | CUT | WD | T25 |
| Tournament | 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T48 | CUT | WD | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | T39 | |||
| Women's British Open ^ | T21 | CUT | T45 | ||
| LPGA Championship | T25 | T15 | WD | CUT | |
| The Evian Championship ^^ | WD |
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |
| Women's British Open | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |
| LPGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 9 | |
| du Maurier Classic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 49 | 35 |
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