INBEE PARK WINS 2018 BANK OF HOPE FOUNDERS CUP

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INBEE PARK WINS 2018 BANK OF HOPE FOUNDERS CUP

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INBEE PARK QUIETLY CONQUERS YET ANOTHER LPGA TOURNAMENT

By Ron Sirak March 18, 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Inbee Park sort of sneaks up on you. She doesn’t have the kind of swing that knocks your socks off. And if you looked at only her body language during a round you’d have no idea how she’s playing, she’s that placid. But she does three things really well: She keeps her golf ball out of trouble; she keeps her composure and she makes putts.

That will win you a lot of golf tournaments. Inbee just quietly conquers courses. On Sunday, Park put down the hammer on the back nine by ripping off four birdies in a row beginning on No. 12 to win the Bank of Hope Founders Cup by five strokes over 54-year-old Laura Davies, Ariya Jutanugarn and Marina Alex at 19-under-par 269 with a closing 67. In Gee Chun and Megan Khang tied for fifth at 275.

Think of what Park has accomplished: At the age of 29, she has 19 LPGA wins; seven majors championships – including four of the five majors – and an Olympic gold medal. And at age 27 she became the youngest to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame, which might be the most difficult HOF to make in all of sports with its points system. Oh, and she’s so big at home she was a torchbearer at the recent Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.

How does she do it? With the kind of consistency that makes the sunrise seem like an erratic event. The one word to describe Inbee is balance. She is simply never out of balance on a golf course, either physically or emotionally. Park missed only six fairways all week; hit 60 of 72 greens and needed only 115 putts, just 55 on the weekend. Park seems to hit only two kinds of putts: Those that go in and those that almost go it. On Sunday, when it mattered most she was at her best.


Link to rest of the article:
www.lpga.com/news/2018-ron-sirak-recap-of-inbee-park-win

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INBEE PARK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE AT THE FOUNDERS CUP

March 19, 2018 by Lpga Communications

Hometown/Resides: Seoul, South Korea/Las Vegas, Nevada

Birthdate: July 12, 1988; currently 29 years, 8 months, 6 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished third on the Symetra Tour season-ending money list in 2006

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2006/2007

VICTORIES

LPGA: 19th career victory and first of 2018

PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, 2012 Evian Masters, 2012 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2013 North Texas LPGA Shootout, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2013 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, 2013 U.S. Women’s Open, 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic,2014 Wegmans LPGA Championship, 2014 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship, 2015 HSBC Women’s Champions, 2015 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2015 RICOH Women’s British Open, 2015 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2017 HSBC Women’s Champions

MONEY

With her win, Park earns $225,000; she has earned $235,723 this season and $13,831,156 in her career


Link to article:
www.lpga.com/news/2018-in-the-winners-circle-inbee-founders-cup

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