박인비선수(28)는 116년만에 새로 시작한 올림픽 골프대회에서
2위를 5점차로 따돌리고 당당히 우승하여 대망의 금메달을 따냈다.

작년에 career Grand Slam을 이룬 박인비선수는 이번 우승으로 Golden

Grand Slam을 달성했다.

금년내내 허리,손가락등 부상으로 LPGA에 몇번 나오지도 못했는데
그동안 피나는 재활 훈련과 올림픽 대회 준비를 거쳐 오늘에 이르렀다.

마지막날 세계랭킹 1위 Lydia Ko와의 세기적인 대결은 박인비선수의
일방적인 쉬운 승리로 조금은 싱거운감이 있었다. 그만큼 박인비선수의
중요경기에서의 탁월한 경기능력이 돋보인것이다.

이번 금메달로 밤잠을 설친 고국 fan들을 행복하게 만든 우리의 박인비
선수에게 큰박수를 보낸다.

마지막 성적표를보니 top 9에 한국계가 5을 차지한것을 보니 태극낭자
들의 우월성을 재삼 느끼게 된다.     규정

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Inbee Park's first victory of the season might just be the biggest of her career - a gold medal in women's golf.

Park made three straight birdies early in the final round Saturday to build a big lead, never let anyone closer than three shots the rest of the way and closed with a 5-under 66 for a five-shot victory at Olympic Golf Course.

Lydia Ko of New Zealand didn't stand a chance, and neither did anyone else.

''This is definitely one of the special moments in my golfing career and in my whole life,'' Park said. ''It feels great. It's just really all I've wanted.''

Ko, the No. 1 player in women's golf who started the final round two shots behind, at least made an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 69 to claim the silver. Shanshan Feng of China shot 69 and took the bronze.

Gerina Piller of United States, putts on the 12th hole during the final round of the women's gol …

A South Korean on top of the podium was not a surprise. Not many would have expected it to be Park.

She has played poorly all year because of ligament damage in her left thumb, leading to speculation she was going to retire. Park had not faced top competition in two months and missed the last two majors on the LPGA Tour to prepare for the Olympics. But when she missed the cut in a Korean LPGA earlier this month, the 28-year-old South Korean heard chatter that she should give up her spot to another player in better form.

Instead, she reminded those in her golf-passionate country why she ranks among the best.

''I had a lot of attention coming into this week,'' Park said. ''There was a little bit of confusion from me whether I can perform well this week or not, because I really haven't performed well this year with the injury. Being able to overcome injury this week and being able to play good, I've worked really hard for this week and hard work really paid off.''

Park already has seven majors, including the career Grand Slam, and earlier this year she became the youngest in history to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Now she has the first gold medal awarded in women's golf since 1900.

Shanshan Feng of China, hits from a bunker on the 14th hole during the final round of the women' …

Stacy Lewis had a chance at a medal for the Americans with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. She missed her 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole and shot 66, finishing one shot out of the bronze.

Maria Verchenova of Russia posted the lowest score, a 62 that featured the third hole-in-one of the tournament.

This final round, however, was all about Park.

South Korea has been the dominant nation in women's golf, and Park brought home the biggest prize. Fans dressed in red shirts held up South Korean flags for her to see behind every green and on the way to every tee. Park kept her composure, even as she was making one birdie after another to demoralize Ko and anyone else trying to challenge her.

Ko's best chance was around the turn. She made her first birdie on the seventh hole to cut the lead to five shots, and then hit a tee shot about 12 feet short of the flag at the par-3 eighth. Park answered with a shot into 3 feet for another birdie. Ko also missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 10th when Park, who had driven into the water, still had about 5 feet to make bogey. Ko missed and Park made. It was like that all day.

Inbee Park of South Korea, birdies on the 13th hole during the final round of the women's golf e …

Park never cracked. When she tapped in from 2 feet for par on the final hole, she raised her arms and tilted her head to a cloudy sky, and moments later was beaming as she sang to her national anthem.

She finished at 16-under 268, the same score with which Justin Rose won the gold medal last Sunday in men's golf.

''Coming back from an injury and not playing and not being competitive, that's a hard thing to do,'' Lewis said. ''And the way she won this week was very impressive.''

Indeed, In-Bee Park was impressive. Having come from the injury, it is wonderful.

I always believed in her.

She showed she's the gold medalist in Olympic and the champion of the world.

I would say to her, "Forget about gold for a while and go back to wherever she is comfortable

and relax, and enjoy the success. Take a good care of your thumb that symbolizes the number one."

Now, Korea is one gold medal short out of 10. Can we get it?

금메달의 마지막 희망은 태권도 남자 80kg급의 차동민 선수입니다.

이번 박인비선수의 금메달따는데 팀captain였던 박세리의 공이
컸다고 하네요.새벽 4시반에 일어나서 박인비선수 아침식사 준비등
그리고 선수의 정신적 지주가 되어 금메달에 일조했다합니다.


      Seri helped one of Seri kids winning the gold medal!

사진  2 장 보탭니다. 규정




 

차동민 선수가 8강전에서 패배 패자 부활전 첫경기 승리

지금 동메달 결정전을 기다리고 있는 상태입니다.

금메달은 9에서 끝나는것 같네요.   규정

My wife and I both said at the beginning of the game that Inbee should get gold and Lydia silver.

We both felt that would be appropriate for us and many Koreans.

It was funny and exciting that our wish came true.

I thought one of the other three might get the bronze.

I suppose those three must feel disappointed and bad more than anybody anyway.

It is interesting to note that all three medalists are Asian.

Inbee Park spoke very well and appropriately in a dignified manner as usual.

Her English was fluent pleasing to the ear without any noticeable accent.

I was so proud of her representing Korea.

Golf is indeed becoming an international sport.

By the way Si Woo Kim is leading PGA tournament after 52 holes.

Donald Trump and many other white racists will have hard time accepting all of these.

Any marathoners in South Korean team?

Over there, as we are not starving and hungry anymore,

we don't run as hard as we used to ?

Yes. Two runners(손명준,심중섭) will represent Korea tomorrow,

although they are not Mr.손기정 yet.  KJ

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/jay-coffin/piller-endures-disappointment-defeat/

The agony in defeat.

It was really tough for Gerina Pillers,who has never won
any LPGA tournament yet stood besides of World ranking N0.1'
Lydia Ko and well seasoned veteran superstar like Inbee Park
on last day as final group in magnitude of Olympic!

.

Although

This bitter experience will help her to advancing to next
echellon in the future.

I am very sorry for her and USA fans,but better day will be
coming eventually for good player as Gerina.  KJ

    In bee achieved something that no one in the world could have done it. And she is a Korean.

    Korean women have dominated the professional sports that people from the rich country can play.

    For a long time, it was European and American white people's sports.

    I started to paly golf around 1983. Around that time, 구옥희 began her career in LPGA and

    she won one LPGA tournament. Then Pearl Shin followed.

   After 박세리 won US open, flood gate was opened.  Every weekend, I was looking forward to

   watching LPGA tournament on TV. 김미현, 박지은, 한혜원, Birdie 김, ....  there are so many of them.

   As Korean players pushed out American and European palyers, sponsors began to withdraw from supporting

   LPGA tournaments. LPGA became desperate and was trying to disqualify the players who could not speak English.

   The country where there are not many women play golf are not expected to dominate LPGA at all.

   It was a surprise to anyone in Korea and abroad. Perhaps, only opportunity that women can play the game

   was to become a caddy. Even then, it was not her liking, but is one of the odd job open to women.

   How could they become better than other women from other countries where they can play the game

   much more often?  Parents sacrifices everything for her daughter to excel. They endured extraordinary

   hard training. I think those things certainly helped.

   Most importantly,  I  think golf talent runs in Korean women's blood. Talents pup up among immigrants and

   their siblings from Korea. Lydia Koh's dominance in LPGA is not an accident.

  We all felt Seri's tears in our heart. It might have hurt white people's pride, but we Koreans get confidence in that

  we, too, can do it if given opportunity. Or even better than you! You know they speak English fluently, now.

  They can do it all!

LPGA will be resumed this week at Canadian
Pacific Women's Open. Here is the list of
top 25 Rolex World Rankings as of 08-22-16.

Inbee Park moved up to 4th after Olympic Gold. KJ

1 — Lydia Ko              NZL  15.15
2 — Ariya Jutanugarn      THA   8.11
3 — Brooke M. Henderson   CAN   8.01
4 +1 Inbee Park           KOR   7.75 
5 −1 Lexi Thompson        USA   7.71  
6 — Sei Young Kim         KOR   6.67 
7 — Stacy Lewis           USA   6.28  
8 +1 Amy Yang             KOR   6.09 
9 −1 In Gee Chun          KOR   5.98  
10 — Ha-Na Jang           KOR   5.54 
11 — Anna Nordqvist       SWE   5.15  
12 — So Yeon Ryu          KOR   5.08 
13 — Sung Hyun Park       KOR   4.87  
14 — Shanshan Feng        CHN   4.71  
15 +1 Bo-Mee Lee          KOR   4.59 
16 −1 Gerina Piller       USA   4.43  
17 — Minjee Lee           AUS   4.31  
18 — Suzann Pettersen     NOR   3.83  
19 — Mi Rim Lee           KOR   3.79  
20 — Brittany Lang        USA   3.67  
21 +1 Harukyo Nomura      JPN   3.59
22 −1 Hyo-Joo Kim         KOR   3.59  
23 — Cristie Kerr         USA   3.45  
24 — Jessica Korda        USA   3.07  
25 — Na Yeon Choi         KOR   3.03