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Long-hitting Park Sung-hyun broke a three-way tie with two late birdies to win the US Women’s Open by two strokes at Trump National on Sunday for her first major championship.
The 23-year-old Park, favourite to win LPGA Rookie of the Year honours, birdied the par-five 15th to forge ahead and, after co-leader amateur Choi Hye-jin double-bogeyed the 16th, added a six-foot birdie at the 17th for some cushion.
Park, who won seven times on the Korean LPGA Tour The South Korean juggernaut continued as long-hitting Park Sung-hyun broke a three-way tie with two late birdies to win the U.S. Women’s Open by two strokes at Trump National on Sunday for her first major championship.
The 23-year-old Park, runaway favorite to win LPGA Rookie of the Year honors, birdied the par-five 15th to forge ahead and, after co-leader amateur Choi Hye-jin double-bogeyed the 16th, added a six-foot birdie at the 17th for some cushion.
Park, who won seven times on the Korean LPGA Tour last year, saved par at the par-five 18th with a superb chip from a tight lie behind the green to post a five-under-par 67.
As Park made her way from the 18th green to the scoring tent, she paused to wave and bow towards US President Donald Trump, who looked down from his bullet-proof, glass-enclosed private box.
“To be honest I still cannot believe this is actually happening. It’s almost like I’m floating on a cloud in the sky,” Park said through an interpreter after signing for 11-under 277.
As President Donald Trump settled in at his golf club for the event, security became a major issue.
Bomb-sniffing dogs examined vehicles entering the 500-acre grounds, military personnel patrolled in jeeps and Secret Service agents tried to blend into the crowd in sky blue golf shirts, given away by the corded earphones running down their collars.
In the skies above, a military helicopter escorted a prop plane away from the restricted airspace above the Old Course in Bedminster.
Trump, whose course was named to host the 72nd edition of the event in 2012, long before the real estate magnate and reality TV star entered politics, arrived on Friday to become the first sitting US president to attend the championship.
Outside the sprawling grounds, opposing caravans of cars brandished banners in slow processions alternately praising and railing against the president down Lamington Road bordering the course.
