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Biography of Jeong Jang - Golfer
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Jeong Jang (born June 11th 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 on her first attempt, she had a successful rookie season in 2000 including a second place finish. She had difficulty finding her first win, but she made steady progress in her career, reaching twelfth on the money list in 2004. In that year she had nine finishes in the top ten. In July 2005 she finally won for the first time, claiming the Women's British Open, which is one of the women's majors, by four shots. ==See also== *List of Koreans *List of golfers *Sports in South Korea *List of Korea-related topics ==External links== *http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=122&ti d=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.klpga.com/asp/players/pl_profile.asp?n ame=%C0%E5%C1%A4&code=1216 KLPGA profile (Korean language)

