Inbee Park Wins 2012 Evian Masters

Inbee Park, 2012 Evian Master winner (click for larger image)

2008 United States Women’s Open champion Inbee Park captured her 2nd LPGA, and first Ladies European Tour, victory by winning the 2012 Evian Masters. Queen Bee (as I call her sometimes…especially when she’s playing well) fired an 8 birdie, 2 bogey 6-under 66 for 17-under overall, besting by 2 shots Stacy Lewis and Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, both at 15-under. Stacy Lewis roared out of the gate with a first round course record 63, but was stymied by a 3rd round 73. She nailed a long eagle putt on 18, but it was not enough.

In Bee Park (click for larger image)

The old golf adage is you drive for show, but you putt for dough and Inbee had a sizzling putter on the final day. Right after Stacy dropped her eagle putt on 18, all Inbee needed was a two putt par for the win at 16-under. But why take two putts when you can nail the long birdie putt for 17-under? That’s just what Inbee did, showing no nerves at all. The win makes Inbee’s second global win of the year, as she won the Fudokin Ladies in Japan in May by 2 strokes over the peripatetic Shanshan Feng, who plays everywhere it seems.

Hyo-Joo Kim (click for larger image)

Along with Inbee, the player I come away from Evian excited about is the sensational South Korean amateur, Hyo-Joo Kim. She has won already on the KLPGA and JLPGA this year. A win at Evian would have added a co-sponsored LPGA and LET win. She wasn’t able to win it, but was very impressive finishing tied for 4th, shooting rounds of 69-68-69-68. There always seems to be a new young phenom these days, but look out for Hyo-Joo. She seems like the real deal. I wrote earlier this year about her win on the LPGA of Japan: 16-Year Old Amateur Becomes Youngest Winner on JLPGA. She’s now 17, and looking as good as ever.

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INBEE PARK

Inbee Park and Na Yeon Choi

Inbee Park with Hee Young Park, Se Ri Pak and Na Yeon Choi

 

 

 

 

BRITTANY LANG

Hole in one on 2nd hole!

CARLOTA CIGANDA

CHEYENNE WOODS

CRISTIE KERR

 

 

HEE YOUNG PARK

 

 

HYO-JOO KIM

KARRIE WEBB

MICHELLE WIE

MIKI SAIKI

MOMOKO UEDA

NATALIE GULBIS

PAULA CREAMER

STACY LEWIS

SUZANN PETTERSEN

Pos	Name	1	2	3	4	Today	Total	Strokes	Purse
1	Inbee Park	71	64	70	66	-6	-17	271	$487,500
T2	Karrie Webb	70	69	67	67	-5	-15	273	$258,309
T2	Stacy Lewis	63	69	73	68	-4	-15	273	$258,309
T4	Shanshan Feng	68	72	68	66	-6	-14	274	$151,632
T4	Hyo-Joo Kim	69	68	69	68	-4	-14	274	–
T4	Natalie Gulbis	69	69	68	68	-4	-14	274	$151,632
7	Anna Nordqvist	72	67	69	68	-4	-12	276	$110,651
8	Se Ri Pak	70	69	69	69	-3	-11	277	$92,619
T9	Beatriz Recari	71	66	75	66	-6	-10	278	$73,495
T9	Ilhee Lee	66	67	76	69	-3	-10	278	$73,495
T9	Paula Creamer	68	67	73	70	-2	-10	278	$73,495
T12	Giulia Sergas	71	72	69	67	-5	-9	279	$55,775
T12	Momoko Ueda	69	72	69	69	-3	-9	279	$55,775
T12	Karine Icher	70	72	68	69	-3	-9	279	$55,775
T12	Cristie Kerr	71	69	67	72	E	-9	279	$55,775
T16	Meena Lee	69	69	72	70	-2	-8	280	$42,949
T16	Azahara Munoz	70	68	72	70	-2	-8	280	$42,949
T16	Mika Miyazato	67	69	73	71	-1	-8	280	$42,949
T16	Lindsey Wright	71	70	68	71	-1	-8	280	$42,949
T16	Lee-Anne Pace	69	71	68	72	E	-8	280	$42,949
T21	Ai Miyazato	71	70	70	70	-2	-7	281	$36,392
T21	Julieta Granada	74	65	71	71	-1	-7	281	$36,392
T21	Hee Young Park	65	72	71	73	+1	-7	281	$36,392
T24	Brittany Lang	71	69	74	68	-4	-6	282	$30,186
T24	Amy Yang	72	68	73	69	-3	-6	282	$30,186
T24	I.K. Kim	69	73	71	69	-3	-6	282	$30,186
T24	Hee Kyung Seo	71	69	71	71	-1	-6	282	$30,186
T24	Mirim Lee	73	68	70	71	-1	-6	282	$30,186
T24	Carlota Ciganda	73	69	66	74	+2	-6	282	$30,186
T24	Suzann Pettersen	69	71	68	74	+2	-6	282	$30,186
T31	Chella Choi	73	68	72	70	-2	-5	283	$24,753
T31	So Yeon Ryu	73	65	72	73	+1	-5	283	$24,753
T31	Jiyai Shin	69	69	71	74	+2	-5	283	$24,753
T34	Ha-Neul Kim	70	71	73	70	-2	-4	284	$22,293
T34	Hee-Won Han	72	69	69	74	+2	-4	284	$22,293
T36	Mariajo Uribe	67	74	74	70	-2	-3	285	$19,754
T36	Brittany Lincicome	73	67	73	72	E	-3	285	$19,754
T36	Katherine Hull	71	70	72	72	E	-3	285	$19,754
T36	Haeji Kang	72	70	68	75	+3	-3	285	$19,754
T40	Alison Walshe	76	69	72	69	-3	-2	286	$16,065
T40	Juli Inkster	71	75	70	70	-2	-2	286	$16,065
T40	Na Yeon Choi	75	70	70	71	-1	-2	286	$16,065
T40	Catriona Matthew	74	72	69	71	-1	-2	286	$16,065
T40	Pornanong Phatlum	72	70	72	72	E	-2	286	$16,065
T40	Becky Morgan	70	71	69	76	+4	-2	286	$16,065
T46	Maria Hjorth	72	69	75	71	-1	-1	287	$13,196
T46	Jessica Korda	77	67	72	71	-1	-1	287	$13,196
T46	Sun Young Yoo	73	68	71	75	+3	-1	287	$13,196
T46	Jenny Shin	73	69	69	76	+4	-1	287	$13,196
T50	Pernilla Lindberg	74	72	70	72	E	E	288	$11,720
T50	Cheyenne Woods	71	69	70	78	+6	E	288	$11,720
T52	Christina Kim	73	67	73	76	+4	+1	289	$10,984
T52	Ji Na Yim	72	69	71	77	+5	+1	289	$10,984
T54	Miki Saiki	76	69	76	69	-3	+2	290	$9,835
T54	Jennifer Song	73	72	73	72	E	+2	290	$9,835
T54	Ran Hong	74	68	75	73	+1	+2	290	$9,835
T54	Hye Youn Kim	73	72	72	73	+1	+2	290	$9,835
T54	Danielle Kang	75	70	71	74	+2	+2	290	$9,835
T59	Carly Booth	72	73	74	72	E	+3	291	$8,689
T59	Shin-Ae Ahn	74	72	72	73	+1	+3	291	$8,689
61	Min-Young Lee	74	72	74	72	E	+4	292	$8,197
T62	Amanda Blumenherst	73	73	77	70	-2	+5	293	$7,951
T62	Cindy LaCrosse	76	69	73	75	+3	+5	293	$7,951
T64	Laura Davies	73	72	79	70	-2	+6	294	$7,377
T64	Jennifer Johnson	73	70	78	73	+1	+6	294	$7,377
T64	Sandra Gal	69	76	76	73	+1	+6	294	$7,377
T64	Michelle Wie	73	72	76	73	+1	+6	294	$7,377
T64	Jodi Ewart	70	76	73	75	+3	+6	294	$7,377
69	Mina Harigae	75	71	71	78	+6	+7	295	$6,884
70	Kaori Ohe	74	71	68	83	+11	+8	296	$6,721
T71	Caroline Afonso	73	73	78	73	+1	+9	297	$6,517
T71	Anais Maggetti	76	69	76	76	+4	+9	297	$6,517
73	Linda Wessberg	75	69	77	77	+5	+10	298	$6,392
74	Gwladys Nocera	71	75	75	79	+7	+12	300	$6,310
75	Felicity Johnson	73	73	79	76	+4	+13	301	$6,229
T76	Helen Alfredsson	71	76	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Katie Futcher	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Vicky Hurst	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Eun-Hee Ji	75	72	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Kristy McPherson	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Gerina Piller	75	72	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Angela Stanford	76	71	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T76	Yani Tseng	76	71	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T84	Christel Boeljon	75	73	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T84	Mindy Kim	76	72	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T84	Jeong Eun Lee	77	71	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T84	Jiayun Li	72	76	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T88	Wendy Doolan	75	74	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Tiffany Joh	78	71	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Jimin Kang	74	75	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Karen Lunn	71	78	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	You-Na Park	74	75	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Morgan Pressel	76	73	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Melissa Reid	73	76	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Jade Schaeffer	73	76	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T88	Lexi Thompson	74	75	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T97	Candie Kung	77	73	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T97	Caroline Masson	76	74	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T97	Karen Stupples	81	69	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T100	Amy Hung	74	77	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T100	Trish Johnson	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T100	Ryann O’Toole	75	76	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T103	Sophie Giquel-Bettan	77	75	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T103	Sophie Gustafson	79	73	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T103	Xiyu Lin	74	78	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T103	Diana Luna	76	76	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T107	Anne-Lise Caudal	80	74	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T107	Karin Sjodin	77	77	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T107	Line Vedel	74	80	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T110	Rye-Jung Lee	78	77	MC	MC	–	–	155	–
T110	Sharmila Nicollet	74	81	MC	MC	–	–	155