Women’s Golf 2015: 10 Moments Worth Remembering (Video)

Inbee Park wrote herself into the history books but she needs a few more birthdays before she can collect the reward!

It takes incredible courage and self-confidence to publicly declare a goal as big as achieving Golf’s Grand Slam, but Inbee Park did exactly that.

Holding the lead after her 3rd round at the LPMG Women’s PGA Championship, positioned to secure her third victory of the event, Inbee Park talked not about the possibility of that win or the likelihood that she would reclaim the top of the Rolex Rankings, but about the future, a victory at the Women’s British Open:

"“. . . the British Open . . will be my biggest goal for this year and probably for my career. No. 1 is great and comes with great golf, but I really want to do Grand Slams. That will be my main priority.”"

Inbee went back out on Sunday at Lancaster and, seemingly without much effort, played her way to victory, but I knew as I watched her that the real test would come the following month at Turnberry.

Read more about Inbee Park’s Sunday Round at Turnnberry

Sunday at Turnberry didn’t look anything like Sunday at Lancaster for Park. She teed off trailing by three.  At the turn, although she’d gotten herself into 2nd place, she was still trailing by three. Park doubled down on the back nine, ended her round with a pair of birdies, and became the 7th member of the elite circle of LPGA Career Grand Slam winners that also includes: Pat Bradley (1986), Juli Inkster (1999),Annika Sorenstam (2003), Louise Suggs (1957), Karrie Webb (2001) and Mickey Wright (1962).

At the age of 29, Inbee Park has met all  but one of the criteria for inclusion in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She’s not old enough!

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