Look out Lydia Ko: Inbee Park heads to the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship with a familiar taste of victory and tremendous momentum. A closing 8-under 64 at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational gave Park a three-shot victory over Carlota Ciganda and moved her within three points of Lydia Ko in the Rolex Player of the Year race. Park overtook Ko, who withdrew from the event after Japan, in the Vare Trophy race. Park’s 69.433 scoring average is 0.016 strokes ahead of the 18-year-old Kiwi.
“It made it a lot more exciting, me winning this tournament,” Park said.
Park is a player who typically peaks in the summer (hence those seven major titles) and admits she has struggled to sustain that level of play til the end of the year.