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