Hee Young Park: The Early Years

This one is by request from someone still on his fanboy training wheels…

The Rocket helped Team Korea win the 2003 and 2004 Sirikit Cup.   Each team had three players who did stroke play for three days;   the best two scores each day was counted towards the team championship score. 

In 2003, the ROK won the team title by eight shots over Japan and thirteen shots over Australia.  It was played at Woo Jeong Hills CC.

Individual Top-Ten:

Rank TEAM COMPETITOR DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 TOTAL
1 KOR Song Bo-Bae 68 72 70 210
2 JPN Ai Miyazato 72 73 71 216
3 TPE Lu Kwan-Chih 74 75 69 218
3 AUS Sarah Kemp 74 72 72 218
3 KOR Park Hee-Young 73 70 75 218
6 JPN Shinobu Moromizato 76 72 72 220
7 AUS Melanie Holmes-Smith 76 77 74 227
8 NZL Enu Chung 79 74 76 229
9 JPN Kyoko Furuya 77 79 74 230
9 KOR Woo Ji-Yun 79 73 78 230











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The 2004 Sirikit Cup took place at Wuyi Fountain Palm GC in China.  The ROK won by two shots over China and seven shots over Thailand.

Individual Top-Ten:

Rank TEAM COMPETITOR DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 TOTAL
1 JPN Shinobu Moromizato 69 71 73 213
2 THA Nontaya Srisawang 73 71 71 215
3 CHN Feng Shan Shan 75 71 73 219
3 KOR Chung Da Sol 71 72 76 219
5 CHN Shang Linyan 71 72 77 220
6 KOR Park Hee-Young 78 72 72 222
6 PHI Lucy Laudicho 75 71 76 222
8 AUS Dana Lacey 77 75 71 223
8 CHN Li Wei 75 76 72 223
8 AUS Sarah Kemp 77 73 73 223
8 TPE Tseng Ya-Ni 70 77 76 223








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The translation says this was a Grand Opening (the pic is dated 2007, although DL's website says he opened his Korean location in 2005)


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I don't remember when The Rocket moniker was first applied to HYP on the old S.S. message board, but it was crystallized at the 2009 Honda in Thailand.  She shot 79 in Round One and ended up in the hospital with food poisoning...then exited the hospital and shot 64 in Round Two!  Her 69-65 finish on the weekend earned her a 2nd place finish.
 

Two weeks later in Mexico, she MC'd...shot 69-87!