In-Gee Chun Wins 2015 US Women’s Open, Third Time She’s Won Major As First Victory On A Golf Tour

In-Gee Chun (click to enlarge)

In-Gee Chun made it 3 for 3 when it comes to winning a Major as her first victory on a top tier professional golf tour. In 2013 she won the Korea Women’s Open as her first title on the LPGA of Korea (KLPGA). Earlier this year, she took top honors at the 2015 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup on the LPGA of Japan ( JLPGA). It was her first ever JLPGA tournament as well as her first victory in Japan. The 20-year old Chun finished the trifecta with the 2015 US Women’s Open title, a Major on the United States based LPGA. In-Gee becomes the first player since Birdie Kim (2005) to win the US Women’s Open in her debut at the biggest event in Women’s golf. Kim hasn’t won since then, but something tells me that won’t be the case with Chun. Watching her 4-under 66, highlighted by a brilliant back 9 including 4 clutch birdies, I have no doubt she will win again. She did bogey 18, but when Amy Yang did the same In-Gee’s 8-under overall was enough for a 1 shot final advantage and a potentially life-changing win. If the back 9 of a Major on Sunday is the greatest test in golf then Chun not only passed with flying colors, she demonstrated that she is the next great Seoul Sister. Hers is the 10th victory on the LPGA so far in 2015 by a South Korean golfer. It’s also the 8th South Korean win at the US Women’s Open, the first of which was Se Ri Pak’s seminal victory in 1998. In-Gee is a long way from being in Se Ri’s league, but she’s pretty special in her own right.

 

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1 IN-GEE CHUN (-8)

 

2 AMY YANG (-7)

 

T3 STACY LEWIS (-5)

 

T3 INBEE PARK (-5)

 

T5 MORGAN PRESSEL (-3)

 

T5 SHIHO OYAMA (-3)

 

T5 BROOKE HENDERSON (-3)

 

T5 PERNILLA LINDBERG (-3)

 

T5 JANE PARK (-3)

 

11 MICHELLE WIE (-2)

 

MEGAN KHANG, low amateur (+5)

 

Pos	Name	1	2	3	4	Today	Total	Strokes	Purse
1	In Gee Chun	68	70	68	66	-4	-8	272	$810,000
2	Amy Yang	67	66	69	71	+1	-7	273	$486,000
T3	Inbee Park	68	70	70	67	-3	-5	275	$267,072
T3	Stacy Lewis	69	67	69	70	E	-5	275	$267,072
T5	Brooke Henderson	70	73	68	66	-4	-3	277	$141,396
T5	Pernilla Lindberg	70	70	70	67	-3	-3	277	$141,396
T5	So Yeon Ryu	72	68	70	67	-3	-3	277	$141,396
T5	Jane Park	66	72	71	68	-2	-3	277	$141,396
T5	Morgan Pressel	68	70	71	68	-2	-3	277	$141,396
T5	Shiho Oyama	70	66	71	70	E	-3	277	$141,396
11	Michelle Wie	72	68	68	70	E	-2	278	$100,542
T12	Lydia Ko	70	72	69	68	-2	-1	279	$89,589
T12	Min Lee	71	68	70	70	E	-1	279	$89,589
T14	Lizette Salas	71	69	72	68	-2	E	280	$70,838
T14	Brittany Lang	70	70	72	68	-2	E	280	$70,838
T14	Karrie Webb	66	72	73	69	-1	E	280	$70,838
T14	Rumi Yoshiba	70	68	72	70	E	E	280	$70,838
T14	Mi Hyang Lee	68	72	68	72	+2	E	280	$70,838
19	Jenny Shin	74	68	69	70	E	+1	281	$59,245
T20	Ayako Uehara	71	70	73	68	-2	+2	282	$48,082
T20	Lee Lopez	71	70	72	69	-1	+2	282	$48,082
T20	Marina Alex	66	71	74	71	+1	+2	282	$48,082
T20	Sydnee Michaels	68	74	69	71	+1	+2	282	$48,082
T20	Ryann O’Toole	71	70	69	72	+2	+2	282	$48,082
T20	Chella Choi	71	73	64	74	+4	+2	282	$48,082
T26	Alison Lee	70	73	74	66	-4	+3	283	$34,363
T26	Jaye Marie Green	71	73	72	67	-3	+3	283	$34,363
T26	Ha Na Jang	72	72	71	68	-2	+3	283	$34,363
T26	Angela Stanford	71	69	72	71	+1	+3	283	$34,363
T26	Na Yeon Choi	67	74	70	72	+2	+3	283	$34,363
T26	Kris Tamulis	72	69	69	73	+3	+3	283	$34,363
T32	Q Baek	70	71	71	72	+2	+4	284	$28,199
T32	Azahara Munoz	69	72	71	72	+2	+4	284	$28,199
T32	Ai Suzuki	70	71	69	74	+4	+4	284	$28,199
T35	I.K. Kim	74	69	72	70	E	+5	285	$23,683
T35	Mo Martin	71	72	72	70	E	+5	285	$23,683
T35	Kim Kaufman	72	72	71	70	E	+5	285	$23,683
T35	Megan Khang	71	70	73	71	+1	+5	285	–
T35	Erika Kikuchi	71	71	72	71	+1	+5	285	$23,683
T35	Teresa Lu	71	71	70	73	+3	+5	285	$23,683
T35	Jung-Min Lee	70	71	70	74	+4	+5	285	$23,683
T42	Paula Creamer	69	73	73	71	+1	+6	286	$19,030
T42	Sei-Young Kim	73	67	75	71	+1	+6	286	$19,030
T42	Mariel Galdiano	70	74	71	71	+1	+6	286	–
T42	Charley Hull	71	72	71	72	+2	+6	286	$19,030
T42	Lexi Thompson	71	72	68	75	+5	+6	286	$19,030
T47	Maria Balikoeva	74	69	73	71	+1	+7	287	$14,796
T47	Mirim Lee	71	73	72	71	+1	+7	287	$14,796
T47	Danielle Kang	71	73	71	72	+2	+7	287	$14,796
T47	Austin Ernst	68	74	72	73	+3	+7	287	$14,796
T47	Laura Davies	70	72	70	75	+5	+7	287	$14,796
T47	Sakura Yokomine	71	73	67	76	+6	+7	287	$14,796
T53	Hannah O’Sullivan	72	71	74	71	+1	+8	288	–
T53	Muni He	68	74	73	73	+3	+8	288	–
T53	Gerina Piller	71	72	72	73	+3	+8	288	$12,795
T56	Lee-Anne Pace	73	69	77	70	E	+9	289	$12,268
T56	Karine Icher	73	71	71	74	+4	+9	289	$12,268
T56	Candie Kung	71	70	72	76	+6	+9	289	$12,268
59	Lala Anai	71	70	75	74	+4	+10	290	$11,843
T60	Haruka Morita-Wanyaolu	71	73	75	72	+2	+11	291	$11,690
T60	Emma Talley	70	72	74	75	+5	+11	291	–
62	M.J. Hur	73	69	76	76	+6	+14	294	$11,537
63	Elizabeth Nagel	68	75	83	70	E	+16	296	$11,402
WD	Jimin Kang	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	–
T64	Minjee Lee	73	72	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T64	Gwladys Nocera	74	71	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T64	Hee Young Park	72	73	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T64	Dewi Claire Schreefel	75	70	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T64	Yani Tseng	73	72	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T64	Mariajo Uribe	74	71	MC	MC	–	–	145	–
T70	Maria Fassi	74	72	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Shanshan Feng	73	73	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Eun-Hee Ji	75	71	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Hyo-Joo Kim	70	76	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Anna Nordqvist	71	75	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Regina Plasencia	75	71	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T70	Beatriz Recari	73	73	MC	MC	–	–	146	–
T77	Laura Diaz	72	75	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Julieta Granada	73	74	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Mina Harigae	71	76	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Moriya Jutanugarn	75	72	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Christina Kim	72	75	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Amelia Lewis	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Xiyu Lin	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Catriona Matthew	74	73	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Belen Mozo	72	75	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Haru Nomura	75	72	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Ji Young Oh	73	74	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Hans Reimers	73	74	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Nikolette Schroeder	73	74	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T77	Thidapa Suwannapura	72	75	MC	MC	–	–	147	–
T91	Stephanie Connelly	71	77	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Daniela Darquea	78	70	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Wei-Ling Hsu	71	77	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Tiffany Joh	72	76	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Cristie Kerr	75	73	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Katherine Kirk	75	73	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	So Young Lee	77	71	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Alejandra Llaneza	74	74	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Gaby Lopez	72	76	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Mika Miyazato	77	71	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T91	Suzann Pettersen	79	69	MC	MC	–	–	148	–
T102	Mallory Blackwelder	75	74	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Celine Boutier	76	73	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Carlota Ciganda	72	77	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	75	74	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Dylan Kim	75	74	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Brittany Lincicome	75	74	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Sarah Jane Smith	76	73	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Nontaya Srisawang	74	75	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Suzuka Yamaguchi	73	76	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T102	Min Gyeong Youn	73	76	MC	MC	–	–	149	–
T112	Breanna Elliott	73	77	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Sandra Gal	77	73	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Ariya Jutanugarn	79	71	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Ilhee Lee	82	68	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Ally McDonald	74	76	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Pornanong Phatlum	77	73	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Lauren Taylor	75	75	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T112	Lindsey Weaver	76	74	MC	MC	–	–	150	–
T120	Kristen Gillman	75	76	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T120	Jessica Korda	81	70	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T120	Bertine Strauss	74	77	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T120	Line Vedel	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T120	Lilia Vu	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T120	Sun Young Yoo	79	72	MC	MC	–	–	151	–
T126	Holly Aitchison	75	77	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T126	Beth Lillie	77	75	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T126	Caroline Masson	75	77	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T126	Su-Hyun Oh	79	73	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T126	Jennifer Song	76	76	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T126	Angella Then	76	76	MC	MC	–	–	152	–
T132	Sarah Burnham	79	74	MC	MC	–	–	153	–
T132	Christina Foster	71	82	MC	MC	–	–	153	–
T132	Haley Italia	77	76	MC	MC	–	–	153	–
T132	Stephanie Meadow	79	74	MC	MC	–	–	153	–
T132	Kylie Walker	78	75	MC	MC	–	–	153	–
T137	Lauren Doughtie	76	78	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Natalie Gulbis	81	73	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Georgia Hall	78	76	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Birdie Kim	74	80	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Meena Lee	77	77	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Yuting Shi	79	75	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T137	Samantha Wagner	80	74	MC	MC	–	–	154	–
T144	Babe Liu	77	78	MC	MC	–	–	155	–
T144	Brooke Pancake	76	79	MC	MC	–	–	155	–
T144	Jennifer Park	81	74	MC	MC	–	–	155	–
T147	Heather MacRae	80	76	MC	MC	–	–	156	–
T147	Ayaka Matsumori	75	81	MC	MC	–	–	156	–
T147	Yanhong Pan	77	79	MC	MC	–	–	156	–
150	Caroline Hedwall	80	77	MC	MC	–	–	157	–
151	Misuzu Narita	79	79	MC	MC	–	–	158	–
152	Dori Carter	80	80	MC	MC	–	–	160	–
153	Lori Adams	84	77	MC	MC	–	–	161	–
154	Nikki Long	86	79	MC	MC	–	–	165	–
155	Haeji Kang	80	WD	WD	WD	–	–	80

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