Hee-kyung Seo

The native form of this personal name is Seo Hee-kyung. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hee-kyung Seo (Korean: 서희경, born July 8, 1986), also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a former South Korean female professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and on LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year award in 2011.

Hee-kyung Seo 서희경
Seo at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Hee-Kyung Seo
Nickname	Supermodel of the Fairways
Born	(1986-07-08) July 8, 1986 Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality	South Korea
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Jung-hyun Kook
Career
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2011) LPGA of Korea (joined 2006)
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Ladies European Tour	1
LPGA of Korea Tour	11
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T4: 2012
Women's PGA C'ship	T34: 2011
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2011
Women's British Open	T5: 2010
Evian Championship	T64: 2013
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Korea Tour leading money winner 2009 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 2011

Hee-kyung Seo
Hangul	서희경
Revised Romanization	Seo Hui-Kyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏ Hŭi-gyŏng

After winning three LPGA of Korea Tour major championships in 2009, Seo notched her first LPGA Tour triumph at the 2010 Kia Classic where she finished six shots ahead of Inbee Park.

Seo had a close call in the 2011 U.S. Women's Open when she led by two shots with two holes to play, but she missed a 4 footer for par on the 71st hole, while So Yeon Ryu birdied the 72nd hole, resulting in a playoff, which Ryu went on to win.

Seo also came close at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she led by three strokes at one point, but bogeys on the last four holes would result in her finishing two strokes back of winner Sun Young Yoo.

On November 30, 2013, she married Junghoon Philip Kook (born 1979), an executive officer at DWS Asset Management based in Seoul, and gave a birth to their first son, Dohyun Philip Kook on August 15, 2014, on the Independence Day of Korea. Since then, they had two more sons, Dohoon Francis (born 2016) and Doheon Michael (born 2018). Seo officially retired from professional golf in November 2015 to spend more time with her family.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 28, 2010	Kia Classic	−12 (70-67-69-70=276)	6 strokes	Inbee Park

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2011	U.S. Women's Open	So Yeon Ryu	Lost three hole aggregate playoff: Ryu: 3-4-3=10 (−2), Seo: 3-6-4=13 (+1)
2	2012	Women's Australian Open	Julieta Granada Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome So Yeon Ryu	Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2012	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Chella Choi Brittany Lang Inbee Park	Lang won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated by birdie on second hole Choi eliminated by birdie on first hole
4	2013	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	Amy Yang	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

KLPGA Tour (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 30, 2008	High1 Cup SBS Charity Ladies Open	−8 (68-68-72=208)	2 strokes	Inbee Park
2	Sep 7, 2008	KB Star Tour 3rd Tournament at Cheongwon	−7 (68-69-72=207)	1 stroke	Ha-Neul Kim Hye-Youn Kim
3	Sep 13, 2008	Binhai Open	−9 (70-66-71=207)	5 strokes	Taoli Yang Danielle Montgomery
4	Oct 12, 2008	Gabia-Interburgo Masters	−11 (70-69-69=208)	3 strokes	Ha-Neul Kim He-Yong Choi Hyun-Ji Kim
5	Nov 16, 2008	Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju^	−14 (69-67-66=202)	2 strokes	Sun Ju Ahn
6	Nov 23, 2008	ADT CAPS Championship	−2 (78-72-64=214)	3 strokes	Ae-Ree Pyun Hye-Jung Kim
7	Apr 17, 2009	MBC Tour Lotte Mart Ladies Open	−6 (71-72-67=210)	1 stroke	Sun Ju Ahn, Ilhee Lee
8	May 3, 2009	Taeyoung Cup Korea Women's Open	−9 (70-71-66=207)	1 stroke	Bo Kyung Kim
9	Oct 18, 2009	Hite Cup Championship	−9 (72-71-68-68=279)	5 strokes	Na Yeon Choi
10	Oct 25, 2009	KB Star Tour Grand Final at Incheon	−16 (69-66-68-69=272)	1 stroke	Jang Ha-na (amateur)
11	Nov 22, 2009	ADT CAPS Championship	−6 (73-71-66=210)	3 strokes	Jeong-Eun Lee

Tournaments in bold denotes major championships on KLPGA Tour.
^ Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
ANA Inspiration		T21	T33	T4	T13	CUT
Women's PGA Championship			T34	CUT	CUT		T41
U.S. Women's Open	T48	T62	2	T18	T25
Women's British Open		T5	T22	T26	T25
The Evian Championship ^					T64

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	4
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	0	1	1	3	5	5
Women's British Open	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	0	1	0	3	3	9	19	16

• Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 U.S. Open – 2012 Kraft Nabisco)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	16	17,680	n/a	72.00	n/a
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	19,920	n/a	72.00	n/a
2009	5	4	0	0	0	0	15	73,659	n/a	73.31	n/a
2010	6	6	1	0	0	2	1	369,089	n/a	72.96	n/a
2011	21	18	0	1	0	3	2	619,429	21	71.78	21
2012	25	21	0	2	0	8	T2	600,403	22	71.57	25
2013	22	18	0	1	0	3	2	446,373	33	71.74	38
2014	7	4	0	0	0	0	T29	30,315	128	73.43	n/a
2015	7	5	0	0	0	0	T41	34,050	123	73.64	n/a

• Seo was not a member of the LPGA Tour prior to 2011. Earnings and records for those years are not official.
• official as of the 2015 season

External links

• Hee-kyung Seo at the LPGA Tour official site
• Biography on seoulsisters.com
• Hee-Kyung Seo bio and pictures