Ku Ok-hee
{{short description|South Korean golfer}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name = Ku Ok-hee
구옥희
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|7|10|1956|8|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Shizuoka, Japan
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| status = Professional
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| extour = LPGA of Japan Tour (1984–2006)
LPGA Tour (1986–1991)
| prowins = 24
| lpgawins = 1
| jlpgawins = 23
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| nabisco = 10th: 1991
| lpga = T12: 1986
| wusopen = T14: 1986
| dumaurier = T9: 1988
| wbritopen = DNP
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| award1 = LPGA of Japan Tour
Rookie of the Year
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Ku Ok-hee ({{langx|ko|구옥희}}; 1 August 1956{{spaced ndash}}10 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[http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |date=December 29, 2010 }} in 1988,[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf |date=June 29, 2011 }} 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.[http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/07/11/9/0702000000AEN20130711009351315F.HTML Trailblazing golfer Ku Ok-hee dies in Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716220422/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/07/11/9/0702000000AEN20130711009351315F.HTML |date=2013-07-16 }}
Professional wins
=LPGA of Japan Tour (23)=
- 1985 (3) Kibun Ladies Classic, Tohato Ladies, Tohoku Queens
- 1987 (1) Tokai Classic
- 1990 (1) Ben Hogan & Itsuki Classic
- 1991 (2) SAZALE Queens, JLPGA Meiji Dairies Cup
- 1992 (1) Japan LPGA Championship
- 1993 (1) Karasumajo & Itsuki Classic
- 1996 (2) Toyo Suisan Ladies Hokkaido, Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open
- 1997 (2) Dunlop Twin Lakes Ladies Open, Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open
- 1998 (1) Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open
- 1999 (2) Nasuogawa Ladies, Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open
- 2000 (3) Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open, Itoen Ladies, Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open
- 2002 (2) Fujisankei Ladies Classic, Japan LPGA Championship Konica Cup
- 2003 (1) Vernal Ladies
- 2005 (1) APiTa Circle K Sunkus Ladies
Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour.
=LPGA Tour (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of !Runners-up |
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|27 Mar 1988 |Standard Register Turquoise Classic |−11 (71-68-70-72=281) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Dottie Mochrie |
References
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External links
- {{JLPGA player|1000848}}
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Category:South Korean female golfers
Category:LPGA of Japan Tour golfers
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