Ha Na Jang claims second victory in last four starts at HSBC Women's Champions

IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE…with HA NA JANG

HSBC Women’s Champions

Sentosa Golf Club - Serapong Course

Singapore

March 6, 2016

Birthplace/Hometown – Seoul, South Korea

Birthdate – May 2, 1992 – currently 23 years, 9 months, 4 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour – Tied for 6th at the 2014 LPGA Final Qualifying School

Rookie Year – 2015

Turned Professional – 2010

VICTORIES

LPGA: Second career victory: 2016 Coates Golf Championship Presented by R+L Carriers

• Second victory in last four starts

KLPGA: Has six career victories in five seasons on the LPGA of Korea

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE

• Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and remains 1st in the race with 1,290 points

ROLEX RANKINGS

• With her victory, Ha Na is projected to jump from No. 10 to No. 5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings

• Will be the second-highest ranked South Korean player in the world, trailing only No. 2 Inbee Park

• Ha Na will move from the outside looking in to holding a spot on the current Korean UL International Crown and Olympic teams

MONEY

CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, Ha Na moves from 188th to 162nd on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,443,700

SEASON: Ha Na has earned $560,668 this season and remains first on the 2016 LPGA Tour Official Money List

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

• Wins the HSBC Women’s Champions in her first appearance at the event

• Joins Lorena Ochoa (in the event’s inaugural year of 2008) and Jiyai Shin (2009) as the only players to win in their debuts in the tournament’s nine-year history

• Ha Na becomes the third South Korean player to win this event, joining Jiyai Shin (2009) and Inbee Park (2015)

• Sets the tournament scoring record at Sentosa Golf Club with a 19-under par 269  four-day total, besting the 15-under par mark set by Stacy Lewis (2013) and Inbee Park (2015). Lorena Ochoa finished at 20-under par in 2008 at Tenah Merah Country Club

OF NOTE

• Becomes the first two-time winner of the 2016 season; marks the third win by a South Korean player in the first five events of the season

• Finished fourth in the 2015 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings and 15th on the 2015 LPGA Money List

• Was the KLPGA’s 2013 Player of the Year and money list title winner

2016 IN A NUTSHELL

• 5 events played,  5 cuts made, $560,668, 2 wins, top-10 finishes in all five starts

2015 RECAP

• 24 events played, 21 cuts made, $883,032, four runner-ups, and 4 additional top-10s

• Four runner-ups on the LPGA Tour before securing her first win last month

Meghan Flanagan

Manager, Tour Media & Special Projects

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