Inbee Park wins HSBC Champions for 13th LPGA career title

Inbee Park secured her 13th career LPGA title by winning the HSBC Women's Champions on Sunday.

South Korean Park carded a two-under 70 in the final round to win by two strokes at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore, and she completed 72 holes without dropping a single shot.

Park, who started the day with a two-shot advantage, had birdies on the seventh and 11th to finish the tournament at 15-under overall, with 17-year-old Lydia Ko runner-up after the New Zealander also ended with a round of 70.

After completing a wire-to-wire victory, Park said: "That's a big accomplishment for me. I think I've done that probably once before only, and to have a pressure every day since Thursday, I think it's something that I should be really proud of.

"This week was just incredible. I don't think I can even believe myself that I didn't make any bogeys for 72 holes. I mean, if I thought about bogeys, when am I going to make bogey; if I was afraid of the bogeys, I'd probably make bogeys. But I thought, whatever happens, it's just meant to be.

"I'll probably play a lot more with Lydia, a lot more often. I just can't believe that I'm playing with somebody who can't even drink."

Teenager Ko narrowly missed out on a third consecutive victory, following on from wins at the Women's Australian Open two weeks ago and the Women's New Zealand Open.

Playing with her left thumb strapped up, the world No 1 struggled on the greens as she missed short par putts on the eighth, 12th and 13th, although she did hole a 12-footer for a closing birdie to ensure outright second place.

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"Inbee played great all week," Ko said. "No bogeys around here and on a course where you can hit a good shot and you can get bad luck. She made no bogeys, that's pretty phenomenal.

"On this course, it's not that hard to lose shots. There are some lip outs and there are so many close ones. But I finished well with a birdie on 18, and I had a great stretch of three weeks, and I would have never imagined to have one second place and two wins."

World No 3 Stacy Lewis had a bogey on the final hole for a level-par 72 that left the American in third place, four strokes off the lead.

Last year's champion Paula Creamer finished 20 shots adrift of winner Park after a final round of two-over 74.