Ku Ok-hee explained

Ku Ok-hee
구옥희
Birth Date:1 August 1956
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Death Place:Shizuoka, Japan
Status:Professional
Extour:LPGA of Japan Tour (1984–2006)
LPGA Tour (1986–1991)
Prowins:24
Lpgawins:1
Jlpgawins:23
Nabisco:10th: 1991
Lpga:T12: 1986
Wusopen:T14: 1986
Dumaurier:T9: 1988
Wbritopen:DNP
Award1:LPGA of Japan Tour
Rookie of the Year
Year1:1985

Ku Ok-hee (Korean: 구옥희; 1 August 195610 July 2013) was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.

Ku won 23 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1985 and 2005 and won once on the LPGA Tour[1] in 1988,[2] the first South Korean to do so.

She was president of the LPGA of Korea Tour from 2011 to 2012.

Ku died of a heart attack on 10 July 2013 at her residence on a golf course in Shizuoka, Japan, and was 56 years old.[3]

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour (23)

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.

LPGA Tour (1)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List
  2. http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89
  3. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/07/11/9/0702000000AEN20130711009351315F.HTML Trailblazing golfer Ku Ok-hee dies in Japan