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Sports [LPGA] Park’s double major start a rarity
2013.06.11 10:07
Park’s double major start a rarity  Inbee Park entered rare air last week when she won the Wegmans LPGA Championship. The South Korean has now won the first two legs of the Grand Slam, only the eighth player in LPGA history to win the first two events. Only two players have won every major played during a calendar year – Babe Zaharias in 1950 (three) and Sandra Haynie in 1974 (two).On the PGA Tour, only five players have won the first two professional majors of the year (Masters and U.S. Open) – Craig Wood in 1941, Ben Hogan in 1951 and 1953, Arnold Palmer in 1960, Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2002. Park’s path to a major sweep is more difficult since the Evian Masters becomes the first major this year. However, Park has experienced great success in the remaining three majors: U.S. Women’s Open: Park has made seven starts, including a victory in 2008 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn., and has totaled five top-10s. She finished T4 in 2007, T8 in 2010, T6 in 2011 and T9 last year when she shot 76-75 on the weekend. Ricoh Women’s British Open: Park finished second last year at Royal Liverpool after shooting a final-round 76. She has two other top-10 finishes and placed T11 in 2007 at The Old Course, the site of this year’s event. Evian Masters: Park is the defending champion as the tournament in France becomes a major. She shot 17-under last year and shot rounds of 64 and 66. She is riding a string of eight consecutive rounds of par or better in the tournament. Here’s a look at the other six players to win the first two majors. 1950, Babe Zaharias: The World Golf Hall of Famer captured all three major championships in routes during the LPGA’s first season. She captured the Titleholders in Augusta, Ga., at Augusta Country Club by eight strokes in March, beat Peggy Kirk 5 and 3 to win the Women’s Western Open at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver in June, and blitzed the U.S. Women’s Open field by nine in September at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kan. 1955, 1957, Patty Berg: Berg won the Titleholders in March by one stroke and the Western Open by two in June. She pulled the same double in 1957. 1962, Mickey Wright: In 1961-62, Wright won five of the eight majors. She won three in 1961 (except for the second, the Western Open). She won two playoffs to capture the first two events of 1962, beating Ruth Jessen to win the Titleholders in April and Mary Lean Faulk to take the Western Open in May. 1974, Sandra Haynie: Haynie won the only two majors in 1974, the LPGA Championship in June and the U.S. Women’s Open in July. The Kraft Nabisco and the Peter Jackson Ladies Classic were both played that year but neither was designated as a major yet. 1986. Pat Bradley: Bradley won the Kraft Nabisco and the LPGA Championship and then captured the du Maurier Classic, the last of the four majors, later in the year. 2005, Annika Sorenstam: Sorenstam won the Kraft Nabisco by eight and the LPGA Championship by three to begin her season. |
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황규정*65
2013.06.11 10:33
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황규정*65
2013.06.11 10:52
Majors of LPGA have been in and out over the years
and here are all of them. KJKraft Nabisco Championship 1983-current
Wegmans LPGA Championship 1955-current
U.S. Women’s Open 1950-current
Ricoh Women’s British Open 2001-currentdu Maurier Classic 1979-2000
Titleholders 1937-42, 46-66, 1972
Women’s Western Open 1930-67
The Evian 2013-
Inbee Park's double major start is a rare bird indeed,especially
on stiff competitions of LPGA nowadays.
It is even harder to get grand slam this year on because Evian
Masters joining the Major this year becoming 5th major in LPGA.
It would be extremely hard to get all 5 majors in same year,
although Inbee has had good experiences at US Open as well
as Evian Masters previously.
I just hope she would get all 5 majors sometimes in her career. KJ