Park eyes US Women's Open, 20 years on from Pak

World number one Park In-bee will take a low-key approach to the women's US Open tomorrow as she aims to cement the legacy of compatriot Pak Se-ri with her eighth major title.

Twenty years ago, Pak blazed a trail for Korean golfers when she stormed to victory in the 1998 US Open, a spectacular triumph that encouraged many of her compatriots to take up the sport.

"Back in '98, I was really just a kid," Park said Tuesday. "My dad was really a big fan of golf. He was watching golf and watching Se-ri play. I remember my dad getting really excited very early in the morning.

"After that there was a big golf boom in Korea and a lot of the girls my age were starting to play golf. I was one of them."
"It was a match play, so I played seven rounds in five days. So that was very tough. I was proud of myself that I have done it in the match play."
"(On the LPGA Tour) You don't see the same players every week up on the leaderboard. You see some kind of different levels of players, a variety of players on the leaderboard."
"I kind of needed some time to rest and do nothing," she said. "I don't have to worry about anything and do anything."