Ex-world No. 1 Park Sung-hyun records 1st LPGA Top 10 finish in 6 years

Former world No. 1 Park Sung-hyun has posted her first top-10 finish in six years on the LPGA Tour. Park put up a seven-under 65 in the final round of the Standard Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday (local time), and finished tied for seventh at 17-under 272, alongside fellow South Korean player Ryu Hae-ran and Lauren Coughlin of the United States. It was Park's first top-10 performance since she finished eighth at the AIG Women's Open in August 2019. She poured in five birdies and an eagle on the front nine and reached as high as second place at one point during the final round. She had two more birdies on the back nine before closing her tournament with a bogey on the 18th hole. "I had a really good start. Everything was working in my favor, so was really happy about the front nine," Park said through an interpreter. "The back nine, there were some misses that happened. I missed a couple short putts, so I feel like I could have done a little bit better there." The 65 matched Park's best round of the tournament, but she said she "wasn't tooWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times