A Lim Kim wins the Women’s US Open in her first attempt
The 2020 Women’s US Open was similar to 2020 Masters Championship because this year's Masters was focused on one group - Dustin Johnson, IM Sung-Jae, Cameron Smith and in yesterday’s Women’s US Open the main competition was between Amy Olson, Moriya Jutanugarn and Hinako Shibuno. After end of round three Shibuno was the sole leader of the tournament and on Sunday only nine players completed their final round because round four was suspended due to bad weather and round four was shifted to Monday.
Star of Monday’s round was A Lim Kim who scored five-under-par in her final round and finished the event at a total score of -3 and a large no. of golfers had either finished their round or they were very far away from Kim’s score and the only two golfers near her were Amy Olson and Hinako Shibuno at -1 but Olson and Shibuno just had two holes in hand (Hole 17 and 18) to tie with Kim and force playoffs and the strategy were simple to score to birdies in final two holes.
Hinako Shibuno (Photo Credit: USGA.org).
Both started nicely by getting fairways in the 17th but messed up their second shot as Olson’s ball fell in the bunker and Shibuno’s ball stopped on the green but far away from the hole and in their third shot, Olson’s ball fell far away from the cup and Shibuno played a slow shot as her ball stopped five feet away from the hole so, with birdie gone, par was the only option and Shibuno missed the par and settled for a tap-in bogey while Olson got the par.
Amy Olson playing a bunker shot (Photo Credit: Associated Press).
Now, after Shibuno’s miss, Olson was Kim’s only competitor and she needed to score an eagle of the last hole and she again got a good start as she found the fairway in the 18th and from the fairway, Olson had to score a near impossible hole-in-one for a possible playoff and Olson missed the ace and settled for birdie in the final hole to complete the event at -2 so, A Lim Kim won the Women’s US Open by just one stroke.
Final Result of Top Five:
| Rank: |
Name: |
Score: |
Par: |
| 1. |
A Lim Kim |
281 |
-3 |
| T2. |
Amy Olson |
282 |
-2 |
| T2 |
Ko Jin-young |
282 |
-2 |
| 4. |
Hinako Shibuno |
283 |
-1 |
| 5. |
Megan Khang |
285 |
1 |
A Lim Kim became the tenth South Korean in the last 74 years to win the US Open.
US Open Winners by Nationality:
| Nationality: |
Wins: |
| USA |
52 |
| South Korea |
10 |
| Sweden |
4 |
| Australia |
3 |
| England |
2 |
| France |
1 |
| Uruguay |
1 |
| Thailand |
1 |
[COVER PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES]
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December 15, 2020 - By Dhruv Trivedi