Inbee Park wows LPGA Tour competitors

Inbee Park puts her three-game winning streak on the line this week at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, where she’ll compete against the best players in women’s golf who want to halt her momentum at the same time that they can’t help but admire all she’s accomplished.

Paula Creamer has been around long enough in her nine year on tour to witness greatness, and she likened Park’s feats to those of a couple of Hall of Famers and the youngest golfer to win five majors.

“It’s the same with Annika [Sorenstam] in ’05 when she was so hot and then Lorena [Ochoa] came in after her, and now Yani [Tseng],” Creamer, who played junior golf with Park, told reporters Wednesday.

“So it’s great what she’s doing, it’s a creating a lot of headlines for us, which is good,” added Lewis about Park, who made the talk-show rounds in New York after winning the U.S.

Like Woods in his heyday, Park seems to force other players to adapt to her aggressive style of golf, chimed in Brittany Lang, who finished tied for seventh at the Open at Sebonack Golf Club.

Open, you’re trying to hit fairways and greens and make pars and you’re in good shape,” said Lang, who will have the pleasure of Park’s company in the first two rounds on the Grey Silo Golf Course.

“But Inbee was 10-under par, and I felt like I was playing an Open like I was supposed to play an Open and I was 12 shots back.” For Lang, competing with Park was like trudging through an Open every week.

Park, by the way, has captured the attention of some of her counterparts on the PGA Tour as well.