Golf: Choi wins US Women’s Open
Her sixth LPGA title and her first major.
KOHLER:
South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi won the US Women’s Open, her sixth LPGA title and her first major. Choi, 24, fired a one-over 73 at Blackwolf Run for a seven-under total of 281 and a four-shot victory over another South Korean, Amy Yang. Choi’s triumph came on the same course where Se Ri Pak won the 1998 US Women’s Open, a victory Choi recalls watching on television as a girl. “And 14 years later I’m here right now,” said Choi. “I made it. My dreams come true. It’s amazing, and I really appreciate what Se Ri and all the Korean players did. There’s no way I could have been here without them.”
Published in The Express Tribune, July 10th, 2012.
South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi won the US Women’s Open, her sixth LPGA title and her first major. Choi, 24, fired a one-over 73 at Blackwolf Run for a seven-under total of 281 and a four-shot victory over another South Korean, Amy Yang. Choi’s triumph came on the same course where Se Ri Pak won the 1998 US Women’s Open, a victory Choi recalls watching on television as a girl. “And 14 years later I’m here right now,” said Choi. “I made it. My dreams come true. It’s amazing, and I really appreciate what Se Ri and all the Korean players did. There’s no way I could have been here without them.”
Published in The Express Tribune, July 10th, 2012.