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Vicky Hurst (born June 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107. ==Childhood and family life== Hurst was born to a golfing family. While pregnant with Vicky, her mother Koko, a native Korean, was completing a round of golf at Andrews AFB near Washington, D.C. when her water broke on the 16th hole.〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 work = Seoul Sisters ) 〕 Although winning the round, Koko left to give birth to Vicky at the base's medical center.〔 Her father, Joe, who met Koko while he was stationed in Korea in the 1980s, was a retired Air Force colonel.〔 〕 He died suddenly of a massive stroke in April 2006 while Vicky, age 15, was practicing for the LPGA Ginn Open to which she had received a sponsor exemption. Hurst withdrew from the tournament and said she would dedicate the rest of her career to her father's memory.〔 〕 Hurst was raised in Melbourne, Florida, where she attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and graduated in June 2008, part-way through her Futures Tour rookie year.〔 She has an older sister, Kelly, also an accomplished golfer, was a member of the University of Florida golf team, though she never played.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vicky Hurst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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