Jeong Jang (born June 11, 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 at
her first attempt, Jang had a successful rookie
season in 2000 including a second place finish. She
reached twelfth on the money list in 2004 and in
that year had nine finishes in the top ten. In July
2005 she won for the first time, claiming the
Women's British Open, which is one of the women's
majors, by four shots. She claimed her second LPGA
win in 2006 at the Wegmans LPGA.
