[Golf Topic] Sorensdam: "The Best Player of the Last 10 Years is Park In-bee"

Park In-bee cheering after winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil. Getty images/Multi-Vits

[Asia Economy Kim Hyun-jun, Golf Specialist Reporter] ○…'Former golf queen' Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) has named Park In-bee (32, KB Financial Group) as the 'best player of the past decade'...

On the 2nd (Korean time), Sorenstam emphasized on the LPGA Tour website, "Park In-bee is number one, and number two is also Park In-bee." She explained, "Park In-bee has shown overwhelming performance over the past 10 years," adding, "Her performance in majors was especially impressive." This comes as the LPGA Tour selected 16 outstanding players who excelled between 2010 and 2019 and is determining the best player through a tournament-style fan vote.

The final four have been confirmed, with the winners of Park In-bee vs. Lydia Ko (New Zealand) and Cheng Yan-yi (Taiwan) vs. Brooke Henderson (Canada) advancing to the finals. Other LPGA legends such as Kathy Whitworth and Mickey Wright also unanimously chose Park In-bee as their number one. Whitworth achieved 88 career wins including 6 majors during her active years, while Wright secured 82 career wins including 13 majors. Both Whitworth and Wright selected Lydia Ko as their number two.

Between 2010 and 2019, Park In-bee won 18 times including 6 majors. In 2013, she swept an impressive 6 victories. The spotlight shone even brighter as she achieved a 'major three-peat' by winning the Nabisco Championship in April, the LPGA Championship in June, and the U.S. Women's Open in July. In August 2015, she added the British Women's Open trophy, completing the 'career grand slam,' and in August 2016, she earned the gold medal at the Rio Olympics in Brazil, setting a new milestone as the world's first to achieve a 'career golden slam' in golf.

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