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BEDMINSTER, N.J. — After just two bogeys through 71 holes of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open and leading the first three rounds, Shanshan Feng ended the final round with a triple bogey on the 18th hole to lose her chances at forcing a playoff with subsequent winner Sung Hyun Park.
Park was in the clubhouse with the lead at 11 under while Feng’s putting meltdown began.
Feng needed an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to match the lead. She birdied it the day before, so it was an attainable feat.
The 27-year-old flew her approach shot over the green to lose the eagle opportunity. Feng followed up by chipping her fourth shot short and watched the ball roll nearly back to her feet. After finally getting the ball on the green, she missed her bogey putt then suffered a lip-out before getting the ball into the hole. Feng left the green with a triple-bogey 8 for a three-over 75 and T-5 finish.
“I think overall, before the last hole, I did pretty well,” Feng said who finished at six-under 282 for the cha..

BEDMINSTER, N.J. —After just two bogeys through 71 holes of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open and leading the first three rounds, Shanshan Feng ended the final round with a triple-bogey on the 18th hole to lose her chance at forcing a playoff with subsequent winner Sung Hyun Park.
Park was in the clubhouse with the lead at 11-under while Feng’s putting meltdown began.
Feng needed an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to tie Park and send it to a playoff. She had birdied it the day before, but making eagle was a longshot.
The 27-year-old flew her approach shot over the green to lose the eagle opportunity. Feng followed up by chipping it short and watched the ball roll nearly back to her feet. After finally getting the ball on the green, she missed her bogey putt then suffered a lip-out before getting the ball into the hole. Feng left the green with a triple-bogey 8, and T5 finish.
“I think overall, before the last hole, I did pretty well,” Feng said after her 6-under round. “I did a good job hanging..

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BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Watching Sung Hyun Park’s approach shot into par-5 18th hole roll off the back of the green, leaving her ball in a swale, brought a nervousness to the crowd. The light wind and beating sun had dried Trump National Bedminster's greens out enough to make the chip scary with the U.S. Women's Open on the line: Just a little long, and her ball could easily run off the green and into the pond on the other side of putting surface. But Park remained steady. Her chip bounced softly on the green, rolled towards the hole and came to rest about a foot and a half from the hole. The ensuing par putt put her at 11 under for the tournament, all but giving her the title. Shanshan Feng, who had led after each of the first three rounds, would have to hole out for eagle on the 18th to force a playoff.
Suffice it to say, Park’s fan club felt confident enough that Feng wouldn’t pull off the eagle that they unrolled two big banners as Park walked off the green that said Congratu..

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — For 69 holes at the 72nd U.S. Women’s Open, a teenager showed the poise of an LPGA veteran as amateur Hye-Jin Choi chased history at Trump National Bedminster. The 17-year-old South Korea native, a rising star just two weeks removed from a victory on the Korean LPGA Tour, was trying to become the youngest ever winner of a women’s major championship and just the second amateur to win the U.S. Women’s Open title.
But come the 16th tee on Sunday—in the shadow of a clubhouse buzzing with spectators and not far removed from the private box where the president of the United States was watching—Choi reverted back to the teenager, if for only one swing. Facing a 145-yard shot to clear the water on the tricky par 3, Choi was between clubs. She decided to use a 7-iron and tried to “squeeze” a little more out of it. Rather than fly farther, her ball flared to the right and landed with a disappointing splash.
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If the U.S. Open is supposed to be the most complete examination in golf, Sung Hyun Park passed the test with ease at the U.S. Women’s Open at Trump National G.C. in Bedminster, N.J.
Park was second in driving distance (by half a yard) at 256.1 yards and was T-7 in greens in regulation—a deceiving figure considering she hit 43 of her last 54 greens after hitting just 10 in the opening round. For the week her GIR percentage was 73.6 percent. Park was solid on the greens as well, ranking T-8 with a putting average of 1.58.
But the shot that was the clincher came courtesy of her TaylorMade Tour Preferred EF 58-degree wedge that she used to hit a nifty pitch shot from behind the 72nd green to within tap-in distance. A bogey would have allowed Shanshan Feng the opportunity to tie with a closing birdie.
Here are all of Park’s winning clubs.
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TaylorMade M2 2017, 10.5 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade M2 2017, 15 degrees
Hybrid: TaylorMade M1, 17 degrees
Irons (3-PW): Ta..

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