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.

Jeong Jang
장정
Jang at the 2007 LPGA Championship
Personal information
NicknameJJ
Born (1980-06-11) 11 June 1980 (age 44)
Daejeon, South Korea
Height5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Sporting nationality South Korea
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeJoongbu University (2003)
Turned professional2000
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2000)
LPGA of Korea Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT18: 2001
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2003
U.S. Women's OpenT6: 2003
du Maurier ClassicCUT: 2000
Women's British OpenWon: 2005
Evian ChampionshipWD: 2013
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Individual
Korean name
Hangul
장정
Hanja
張晶
Revised RomanizationJang Jeong
McCune–ReischauerChang Chŏng

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.

Professional wins (3)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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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

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up
1 1 Oct 2006 Japan Women's Open 69-69-72-69=279 −9 5 strokes   Shin Hyun-ju

Tournament in bold denotes major championships in JLPGA Tour.

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1)

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Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
2005 Weetabix Women's British Open −16 (68-66-69-69=272) 4 strokes   Sophie Gustafson

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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 2010 2011 2012 2013 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

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship 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
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 1 0 0 2 5 23 49 35
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (2002 Kraft Nabisco – 2007 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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