Sports | LPGA Tour Inbee Park the Youngest Winner of US Women's Open 19-year-old Korean remains steady while other contenders falter By Chip Bayers Posted Jun 29, 2008 6:28 PM CDT Copied Inbee Park, of South Korea, watches her eagle putt on the second green Friday, June 27, 2008 during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf championship at the Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Two weeks away from her 20th birthday, Inbee Park became the youngest winner of the US Women's Open today by closing with a 2-under 71 as everyone else around her faded away at Interlachen. Park didn't make a bogey over the final 10 holes, pulling away with three clutch putts early on the back nine and building a four-shot lead going to the final hole. She finished with a tap-in birdie, and a few of her fellow South Koreans doused her with beer. Read These Next This is one very public, visible way to look for love. Next year's COLA increase is up slightly from 2025. Bannon sounds confident about Trump getting a 3rd term. Chelsea Clinton is weighing in on destruction of WH's East Wing. Report an error