South Korean In Gee Chun wins US Women's Open at first attempt

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In Gee Chun is the first to win the US Women's Open in her first try since 2005. (USATSI)

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania -- South Korea's In Gee Chun birdied four of the last seven holes for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday.
The 20-year old Chun shot a 4-under 66 in the final round and finished at 8 under, becoming the first player to win her U.S. Open debut since Birdie Kim in 2005. 
It was her fifth victory this year.
Third-round leader Amy Yang struggled in the middle of her round and then pulled within one by going eagle-birdie at Nos. 16 and 17. But she bogeyed the 18th and fell a stroke short.
Playing in the final group on the last day of the championship for the third time in four years, Yang squandered a three-stroke lead and settled for a 1-over 71 and second at 273.
Two-time champion and top-ranked Inbee Park (67) overcame putting woes and rallied late, tying for third with Stacy Lewis (70) at 5-under 275.
Defending champion Michelle Wie battled hip and leg injuries and limped in with an even-par 70, placing 11th at 2-under 278.
With most of the focus on the final pairing of Yang and Lewis, Chun, playing a group ahead, quietly picked up strokes on the leaders. At 4 under heading into the final round at Lancaster Country Club, Chun picked up two strokes on the front nine, closing within two of the lead.
She got within a stroke with a birdie at the 12th, and then rolled in a nine-foot putt at No. 15 for the first of three straight birdies. She moved into the lead with a birdie at 16 as Yang and Lewis struggled.
 Chun added another birdie at the 17th to stretch her lead to two strokes.
At the troublesome 421-yard, uphill closing hole, Chun drove into the rough, chipped short and went on to make bogey, falling into a tie for the lead with Yang, who birdied 17.
But Yang failed again in her bid to claim the biggest prize in women's golf. She also drove into the rough at the last hole, chipped short of the green and failed to get up-and-down for par, giving Chun the win.
Lewis' bid for her first U.S. Open title was foiled by a pair of double-bogeys, with the most costly one coming at 15, a hole after she had moved into a tie for the lead. At the 15th, she drove into the rough, hit her second shot through the fairway, and then dumped her third shot into a greenside bunker before taking a 6 and falling out of contention.
Park had three birdies on the back nine. Within two shots of the lead through 16 holes, the putting woes that dogged the 2008 and 2013 winner returned and her bid ended with a three-putt bogey at the 17th.
Wie grimaced in pain throughout the round. The nagging left hip and leg issues that have made this a forgettable season for the 25-year-old four-time LPGA Tour winner seemed to intensify in the final round.
Wie repeatedly cringed and tried to take weight off her right side after drives. Her final round did have one highlight, with her drive at the 234-yard, par-4 16th hitting the flagstick before she rolled in the short eagle putt.
Megan Khang was the championship's low amateur. The 17-year-old from Rockland, Massachusetts, closed with a 1-over 71 and finished at 5-over 285. She bested Mariel Galdiano, a 17-year-old from Hawaii, by a stroke.
Fan favorite Laura Davies, who is to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at St. Andrews on Monday, closed with her worst round of the championship, a 5-over 75. The 1987 champion, who was the oldest player in the field at 51, finished at 7-over 287.
Canadian teenager Brooke Mackenzie Henderson, whose forefathers emigrated from Scotland,  helped her bid to lock up LPGA Tour playing privileges for next season. 
The 17-year-old had a closing 4-under 66 and rocketed up the leaderboard, tying for fifth at 3-under 277. 
FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY

1	In Gee Chun	68	70	68	66	.		272	$810,000
2	Amy Yang	67	66	69	71			273	$486,000
T3	Inbee Park	68	70	70	67			275	$267,072
T3	Stacy Lewis	69	67	69	70			275	$267,072
T5	Brooke Henderson	70	73	68	66			277	$141,396
T5	Pernilla Lindberg	70	70	70	67			277	$141,396
T5	So Yeon Ryu	72	68	70	67			277	$141,396
T5	Jane Park	66	72	71	68			277	$141,396
T5	Morgan Pressel	68	70	71	68			277	$141,396
T5	Shiho Oyama	70	66	71	70			277	$141,396
11	Michelle Wie	72	68	68	70			278	$100,542
T12	Lydia Ko	70	72	69	68			279	$89,589
T12	Min Lee	71	68	70	70			279	$89,589
T14	Lizette Salas	71	69	72	68			280	$70,838
T14	Brittany Lang	70	70	72	68			280	$70,838
T14	Karrie Webb	66	72	73	69			280	$70,838
T14	Rumi Yoshiba	70	68	72	70			280	$70,838
T14	Mi Hyang Lee	68	72	68	72			280	$70,838
19	Jenny Shin	74	68	69	70			281	$59,245
T20	Ayako Uehara	71	70	73	68			282	$48,082
T20	Lee Lopez	71	70	72	69			282	$48,082
T20	Marina Alex	66	71	74	71			282	$48,082
T20	Sydnee Michaels	68	74	69	71			282	$48,082
T20	Ryann O'Toole	71	70	69	72			282	$48,082
T20	Chella Choi	71	73	64	74			282	$48,082
T26	Alison Lee	70	73	74	66			283	$34,363
T26	Jaye Marie Green	71	73	72	67			283	$34,363
T26	Ha Na Jang	72	72	71	68			283	$34,363
T26	Angela Stanford	71	69	72	71			283	$34,363
T26	Na Yeon Choi	67	74	70	72			283	$34,363
T26	Kris Tamulis	72	69	69	73			283	$34,363
T32	Q Baek	70	71	71	72			284	$28,199
T32	Azahara Munoz	69	72	71	72			284	$28,199
T32	Ai Suzuki	70	71	69	74			284	$28,199
T35	I.K. Kim	74	69	72	70			285	$23,683
T35	Mo Martin	71	72	72	70			285	$23,683
T35	Kim Kaufman	72	72	71	70			285	$23,683
T35	Megan Khang	71	70	73	71			285	-
T35	Erika Kikuchi	71	71	72	71			285	$23,683
T35	Teresa Lu	71	71	70	73			285	$23,683
T35	Jung-Min Lee	70	71	70	74			285	$23,683
T42	Paula Creamer	69	73	73	71			286	$19,030
T42	Sei-Young Kim	73	67	75	71			286	$19,030
T42	Mariel Galdiano	70	74	71	71			286	-
T42	Charley Hull	71	72	71	72			286	$19,030
T42	Lexi Thompson	71	72	68	75			286	$19,030
T47	Maria Balikoeva	74	69	73	71			287	$14,796
T47	Mirim Lee	71	73	72	71			287	$14,796
T47	Danielle Kang	71	73	71	72			287	$14,796
T47	Austin Ernst	68	74	72	73			287	$14,796
T47	Laura Davies	70	72	70	75			287	$14,796
T47	Sakura Yokomine	71	73	67	76			287	$14,796
T53	Hannah O'Sullivan	72	71	74	71			288	-
T53	Muni He	68	74	73	73			288	-
T53	Gerina Piller	71	72	72	73			288	$12,795
T56	Lee-Anne Pace	73	69	77	70			289	$12,268
T56	Karine Icher	73	71	71	74			289	$12,268
T56	Candie Kung	71	70	72	76			289	$12,268
59	Lala Anai	71	70	75	74			290	$11,843
T60	Haruka Morita-Wanyaolu	71	73	75	72			291	$11,690
T60	Emma Talley	70	72	74	75			291	-
62	M.J. Hur	73	69	76	76			294	$11,537
63	Elizabeth Nagel	68	75	83	70			296	$11,402