With the backdrop of the KLPGA Championship being the first significant women’s professional tournament conducted since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with no fans in attendance, Park’s maiden victory on the KLPGA circuit will always be remembered for more than that.
The Englishwoman’s play over four days at Royal Lytham & St Annes made it easy to forget that she started the week as a 22-year-old LPGA rookie still looking for her first tour win.
South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park was victorious at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic, which will go down in history for all the down time players had to fill.