Sung Hyun Park wins U.S. Women's Open
Sung Hyun Park, who last year let the U.S. Women’s Open slip away from her, outdueled Shanshan Feng and 17-year-old amateur Hye-Jin Choi in a goose bump filled final round at Trump National.
- Sung Hyun Park
Park, 23, opened with a one-over 73 at Trump National Bedminster on Thursday to put herself seven shots off the lead of China’s Shanshan Feng. Park was still seven back after a second-round 70, moving up from T-58 to T-21. But with a third-round 67, she moved into fourth, three back of Feng and now with a chance for a Sunday charge to claim the title.
After turning with a two-under 34 on Sunday, Park came home with birdies on the 12th, 15th and 17th holes to finish with a 11-under 277, outpacing amateur Hye-Jin Choi (71) by two strokes. Feng, trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner since 1977, also held a share of the lead on the back nine Sunday but stumbled on the 18th hole with a triple-bogey 8 to close with a 75, falling to T-5.
- Shanshan Feng
“I did not have the best first and second rounds,” Park said through a translator. “I wanted to believe in myself again for the final two rounds and I did.” And then she thanked her caddie, David Jones, for helping her stay focused and positive.
A year ago, at CordeValle, Park had the 36-hole lead but closed with a pair of 74s to finish two strokes out of the playoff between Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist.
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