Inbee Park wins seventh major at Women’s British Open
Inbee Park did it again.
Closing with a tournament-best-tying final-round 65, Park caught and passed 54-hole co-leaders Jin Young Ko and Teresa Lu to secure her first Ricoh Women’s British Open at Turnberry in Scotland. It’s the seventh major title for Park, who has won six of her seven majors in her last 14 major starts. That’s a whopping 43 percent clip.
Park, who won the first three majors of 2013, has now won two in ’15, including the first-ever Women’s PGA Championship.
Late in the round, J.Y. Ko appeared to have a good chance to win in her first-ever major start, but her approach to the 16th found a water hazard and led to a double-bogey 6. Ko secured solo second with a lengthy two-putt par at the finishing hole.
So Yeon Ryu and Lydia Ko shared third place at 8 under par. At one point in the round, Ko had pulled within a shot of the lead. However, when she found herself bunkered at the 12th, she was left without much chance. The resulting double bogey cost her a chance to become the youngest major champion.
Instead, Park has now won four of the five LPGA majors, taking the ANA Inspiration as part of her 2013 run, the last three Women’s PGA Championships (formerly the LPGA Championship) and two U.S. Women’s Open titles. The only major that eludes Park is the next one: The Evian Championship is the youngest on the LPGA schedule, earning that designation in 2013. Park, however, won the event in 2012, the year before it became a major.
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