Park Jae-kyung | |
Birth Date: | 15 February 1984 |
Birth Place: | Seoul[1] |
Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
Residence: | South Korea |
Yearpro: | 2003 |
Park Jae-kyung (Korean: 박재경; born 15 February 1984) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the Korean Tour.
Park was born into a golfing family. His grand-uncle Park Myeong-chul served as the 3rd and 4th President of the KPGA, and was a South Korean representative for the World Cup from 1956 to 1959.[2]
His father's elder brother, his father, and his own elder brother are all KPGA tour professionals.[3]
Unsurprisingly, Park was exposed to golf from a young age and his childhood was filled with golf clubs instead of toys. It was in 6th grade that Park decided that he would pursue a golfing career.[4]
Park became a member of the KPGA in 2003, first as a professional on 29 April, then as a tour professional on 29 August. He made his Korean Tour debut in 2004.[2]
Park completed his mandatory military service obligations from 2008 to 2010. Park came in third place in his first competition after military service, the 8th KPGA Academy Tour.[4]
Since then he has participated in the Korean Tour and Korean Challenge Tour.[5]