South Korea's Park wins gold medal


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 21 Aug 2016

2016 Rio Olympics - Golf - Final - Women's Individual Stroke Play - Olympic Golf Course - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. Inbee Park (KOR) of Korea reacts on the 18th green as she wins the gold medal in final round women's Olympic golf competition. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - South Korea's Inbee Park won the first Olympic gold medal in women's golf since 1900 with a commanding five-stroke victory on Saturday, with no rival coming close to claiming the prize she had prepared for all year.

Twenty-eight-year-old Park, who is the Ladies Professional Golf Association's youngest hall of fame qualifier, capped off an exceptional Olympic performance after recovering from injuries that kept her off the course for two months this year.

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