Inbee Park wins again in North Texas
Inbee Park got her second victory of the 2015 season, and at a venue
that has treated her well in the past. Park, No. 2 in the Rolex
Rankings and No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarins, closed with 65 at Las Colinas Country Club to win by three.
Park has now won the Volunteers of American North Texas Shootout twice in the past three years. Park, 26, also won the HSBC Women’s Champions in March, and hasn’t finished outside the top 20 yet this year.
Park didn’t make a bogey on Sunday. She had six birdies in her round of 6-under 65, and finished 72 holes at 15-under 269.
Cristie Kerr and Hee Young Park tied for second. The 37-year-old Kerr had three consecutive birdies to finish her round of 66. Hee Young Park had a 66, birdieing the final two holes after her only bogey at No. 16.
Lexi Thompson, who shared the third-round lead with Park, closed with a 69 to tie for fourth with Maria McBride (65) at 11 under.
By winning the North Texas LPGA stop, Park makes this the fourth consecutive season that she’s won multiple LPGA titles.
Two Texans chased Park throughout the week, but couldn’t capitalize in their home state. Angela Stanford, who lives in nearby Fort Worth and attended TCU, was at 10 under after a 69. She was a stroke ahead of a trio of defending champion Stacy Lewis (67), from The Woodlands, Texas. Lewis tied with Juli Inkster (67) and Karrie Webb (70) for seventh overall.
It was the first top-10 finish since 2011 for Inkster, the 54-year-old Solheim Cup captain and 31-time tour winner.
As for the youngsters, World No. 1 Lydia Ko followed last week’s victory at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic with a tie for 41st. Earlier in the week, Ko pledged to donate this week’s earnings to earthquake victims in Nepal.
Brooke Ma\ckenzie Henderson, the 17-year-old Canadian who nearly made a playoff last week in San Francisco and was the second-round leader in North Texas, opened Sunday with a birdie to get to 9 under and match the leaders who had not yet teed off.
Henderson fell out of a contention when she went bogey-double-bogey at Nos. 3-5. A final-round 73 sent her to an eventual T-13.
Park has now won the Volunteers of American North Texas Shootout twice in the past three years. Park, 26, also won the HSBC Women’s Champions in March, and hasn’t finished outside the top 20 yet this year.
Park didn’t make a bogey on Sunday. She had six birdies in her round of 6-under 65, and finished 72 holes at 15-under 269.
Cristie Kerr and Hee Young Park tied for second. The 37-year-old Kerr had three consecutive birdies to finish her round of 66. Hee Young Park had a 66, birdieing the final two holes after her only bogey at No. 16.
Lexi Thompson, who shared the third-round lead with Park, closed with a 69 to tie for fourth with Maria McBride (65) at 11 under.
By winning the North Texas LPGA stop, Park makes this the fourth consecutive season that she’s won multiple LPGA titles.
Two Texans chased Park throughout the week, but couldn’t capitalize in their home state. Angela Stanford, who lives in nearby Fort Worth and attended TCU, was at 10 under after a 69. She was a stroke ahead of a trio of defending champion Stacy Lewis (67), from The Woodlands, Texas. Lewis tied with Juli Inkster (67) and Karrie Webb (70) for seventh overall.
It was the first top-10 finish since 2011 for Inkster, the 54-year-old Solheim Cup captain and 31-time tour winner.
As for the youngsters, World No. 1 Lydia Ko followed last week’s victory at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic with a tie for 41st. Earlier in the week, Ko pledged to donate this week’s earnings to earthquake victims in Nepal.
Brooke Ma\ckenzie Henderson, the 17-year-old Canadian who nearly made a playoff last week in San Francisco and was the second-round leader in North Texas, opened Sunday with a birdie to get to 9 under and match the leaders who had not yet teed off.
Henderson fell out of a contention when she went bogey-double-bogey at Nos. 3-5. A final-round 73 sent her to an eventual T-13.
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