Steely Park seals wire-to-wire win over Ko

Nerveless Park In-Bee sealed a wire-to-wire victory at the HSBC Women's Champions on Sunday in a clear statement of her intent to win back the number one ranking from Lydia Ko. On a day of iced towels and umbrellas, the South Korean stayed cool in the Singapore heat for two-under-par 70 and a two-stroke win over Ko as she finished the week bogey-free. Park's scores of 66, 69, 68 and 70 and aggregate of 15-under 273 were too much for Ko, 17, golf's youngest ever number one who was unable to erase her two-shot overnight deficit. "I think I've done that probably once before only, and to have a pressure every day since Thursday, I think it's something that I should be really proud of." New Zealand's Ko, playing with her left thumb strapped, missed short par putts on eight, 12 and 13 but finished with a curling, 12-foot birdie on 18 in front of a packed gallery.

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