Jang Jeong

Jeong Jang (born June 11, 1980 in Daejeon, Korea) is a South Korean golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.

Jang stated 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.

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (2)

*2005 (1) Women's British Open
*2006 (1) Wegmans LPGA

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

LPGA of Japan Tour (1)

*2006 (1) Japan Women's Open

Results in LPGA majors

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=122&tid=3399 Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.golfstarsonline.com/J/Jeong_Jang/ Golf Stars Online] - links to features and articles
* [http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/jeongjang/jjmain.htm Seoul Sisters] - fansite profile
* [http://www.klpga.com/asp/players/pl_profile.asp?name=%C0%E5%C1%A4&code=1216 KLPGA profile (Korean language)]