WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Se Ri Pak played it perfectly, staying mostly off the radar for three rounds and then shooting a 6-under-par 65 Sunday to win the Michelob Ultra Open.
Pak finished with a 9-under 275, passing five players in the final round to win the 22nd tournament of her career and earn the final point she needed to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame.
The 26-year-old South Korean, in just her seventh season on Tour, just needs to play three more years on the Tour to solidify her spot in the Hall of Fame. Hall members are required to play at least 10 years on Tour.
With the $330,000 winner's check from the Tour's third-richest event of the season, Pak has now earned nearly $7.5 million in her career.
Four shots off the pace at the start of the day, Pak birdied three of her first five holes and responded to a bogey at the par-4 sixth with three more birdies in the next five holes to take the lead outright.
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| Se Ri Pak posted a 6-under 65 on Sunday. (AP) |
Hall of Famer Juli Inkster, who shot 67, and third-round co-leader Lorena Ochoa, who shot 71, finished tied for second at 7 under.
Teenager Michelle Wie, competing for the third time this season, closed with a 1-over 72 and finished in a tie for 13th. She had two early birdies, four consecutive bogeys starting at No. 9, an eagle on the par-5 15th hole and a bogey at No. 18, when she three-putted from the fringe.
"I didn't really end on a good note today," the 14-year-old said.
After the round, Wie headed home to Hawaii to take her final exams before leaving for Curtis Cup practice. She will be the youngest player in the 72-year history of the amateur competition for women in mid-June.
Annika Sorenstam finished in a tie for eighth at 282 after a 71.
Ochoa, who finished in a three-way tie for second to Grace Park last year, was in tears at the finish for the second straight time after missing a chance for her first career victory.
Ochoa gave Pak a target for a while, getting to 9 under after eight holes, but had bogeys at Nos. 9 and 10 and never challenged again.
She played with Kerr, the other co-leader, who double-bogeyed the par-3 second, and with Christina Kim, who got a two-shot penalty for slow play while making a bogey at the par-4 11th.
Hee-Won Han (66) and Wendy Doolan (70) finished in a tie for fourth at 280. Kerr (75) shared sixth with Mi-Hyun Kim (69), another shot back.
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