RIO DE JANEIRO — Steady as she goes, stoic in nature, Inbee Park of South Korea rarely lets anything knock her off balance.
Damaged left thumb? No biggie. Wind gusts that sent capybaras scurrying for cover? Ho-hum. Dealing with the pressure of winning a gold medal? Got it covered. And cracking after messing up the 10th hole? Hardly.
Park, who hadn’t finished a tournament since April and had not played an LPGA tour event in two months because of an injured left thumb, captured the gold medal Saturday in the women’s golf tournament at Olympic Golf Course.