Post by HappyFan on Nov 20, 2017 9:51:26 GMT
An amazing, historic moment for the LPGA: for the first time, two players shared the Player of the Year award. And an incredible moment for the Koreans as well. They have only won this award once before; this is a great way to collect a few more quickly!
So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park now become the only Sister besides Inbee Park to claim this coveted award. For Park, she becomes the second player after Nancy Lopez to grab both the ROY and POY in the same season (as well as the money list title). For Ryu, this might be the greatest achievement of her career to date. She showed her guts by sticking out these past few weeks despite nagging injuries, and it cost her the outright win, since she had great chances to notch top tens in her previous couple of events and couldn't do it. Just one more tenth place finish would have given her the POY all alone. But at least she has a part of it!
So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park now become the only Sister besides Inbee Park to claim this coveted award. For Park, she becomes the second player after Nancy Lopez to grab both the ROY and POY in the same season (as well as the money list title). For Ryu, this might be the greatest achievement of her career to date. She showed her guts by sticking out these past few weeks despite nagging injuries, and it cost her the outright win, since she had great chances to notch top tens in her previous couple of events and couldn't do it. Just one more tenth place finish would have given her the POY all alone. But at least she has a part of it!
