Se-ri Pak

Se-ri Pak is, to me, one of those athletes whose influence outgrew her own career. She played the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007, which is the kind of credential that speaks for itself. But what I keep coming back to is what 1998 must have meant: an Associated Press Athlete of the Year nod and the start of a run that inspired a whole generation of South Korean golfers to follow her onto the global stage. From Daejeon to the Hall of Fame is a remarkable arc, and I see her as a true trailblazer rather than just a champion.

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Name (English)

Se-ri Pak

Name (Japanese)

朴セリ

Reading

ぱく・せり

Born

September 28, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Daejeon, South Korea

Occupation

golfer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

University

Sookmyung Women's University

Awards & achievements

• World Golf Hall of Fame
• 1998 Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak%20Se-ri
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264816

Tags

• golfer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.