Updated : 2016 - 08 - 21 07 : 13 The Korea TimesRio 2016 : Park In - bee wins gold in women ' s golf 박인비 브라질 리우 올림픽 여자 골프 금메달 획득 --> South Korean Park In - bee cruised to the women ' s golf gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Saturday . Park shot five - under 66 in the final round at the par - 71 , 6 , 245 - yard Olympic Golf Course , for a four - day total of 16 - under 268 . She beat Lydia Ko of New Zealand by five strokes for the first women ' s golf Olympic title awarded in 116 years . Feng Shanshan of China finished third at 10 - under . Park started the day at 11 - under , two shots over Ko and Gerina Piller of the United States . The South Korean went on to blow away the field on a windy day , pouring in four birdies on the front nine alone to move five shots clear of the field . The back nine served as a coronation for the new Olympic queen , as she mixed in three birdies with two bogeys . Park was dialed in from the get - go . She made three straight birdies starting at the third , sinking putts of 10 feet , 15 feet and 26 feet . At 14 - under , she was the only player double - digits under par standing on the sixth tee . Park stuck her second shot to the eighth green to about four feet from the hole , and drained that putt to reach 15 - under . Feng was the closest challenger at five strokes behind . Park opened the back nine with a bogey , but wasn ' t seriously threatened the rest of the way as she left everyone else playing for silver and bronze medals . Women ' s golf was an Olympic event for the first time since 1900 . This victory makes Park the only golfer , male or female , with an Olympic gold and a career grand slam -- which entails winning four different majors at least once . Park has slumped through an injury - plagued season , and hasn ' t picked up a victory on the LPGA Tour . She mulled over skipping the Olympics as recently as June because of her left thumb issues , and only decided last month to compete in Rio . " I ' ve prepared very hard for the last month to come to play this week , and I ' ve had to overcome a lot of obstacles , " Park said at a press conference . " I was able to make myself physically and mentally strong enough to compete this week . I wanted to test my limits . " Three other South Koreans finished without medals . Yang Hee - young was the second best in the contingent after Park at nine - under 275 , just one behind the bronze medalist , Feng . Yang had six birdies against two bogeys for a 67 on Saturday . Chun In - gee had two birdies erased by two bogeys for a closing 71 , which left her at five - under for the tournament and tied for 13 th . Kim Sei - young also had an even - par round of 71 with three brides and an eagle negated by five bogeys . She finished tied for 25 th at one - under . ( Yonhap ) 21 세기 영어 교육 연구회 / ㈜ 파우스트 칼리지 제공 핸드폰 : 010 - 8357 - 2230 전화 : 1599 - 9039 / 070 - 7450 - 9161 ~ 4 / ( 02 ) 386 - 4802 / ( 02 ) 384 - 3348 팩스 : ( 070 ) 7427 - 9039 이메일 : ceta 21 @ hanmail . net / faustcollege @ naver . comBlog : http : / / blog . daum . net / ceta 21 http : / / blog . naver . com / ceta 211 Cafe : http : / / cafe . daum . net / 21 ceta ( 누구 나 가입 이 가능 합니다 . ) Band : 21 세기 영어 교육 연구회 일반 독자 용 ( http : / / band . us / @ ceta 21 ) ( 누구 나 가입 이 가능 합니다 . ) Web - site : www . faustcollege . com