Who won the first women’s major of 2017? Some marquee golf events are better remembered for someone falling short rather than for the champion. Quiz fodder lies therein.
Ryu So-yeon is the answer to the question and she will try to retain the title at the ANA Inspiration in California which begins on Thursday . The last staging was overshadowed by such epic controversy involving Lexi Thompson, the player Ryu eventually defeated in a play-off, that virtually every leading name in golf had their say on the matter. Whether the American did indeed incorrectly replace her ball on a green was lost in the debate over whether it was appropriate for her to be informed of a four-shot penalty several holes later after intervention from those watching on television. Thompson went from the hunted to the hunter with one very public sanction.
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