Who won the women's individual gold medal in golf at the 2016 Olympics?

Inbee Park won the women's individual gold medal in golf at the 2016 Olympics.

Representing South Korea, Park won the tournament at the Olympic Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro with a four-round total of 268, or 16 under par. She finished five strokes ahead of New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who took silver, while China's Shanshan Feng won bronze. Park's steady play included three rounds of 66 and a third-round 70.

The victory was historically significant because golf returned to the Olympic program in 2016 after an absence of 112 years. Women's golf had last appeared at the 1900 Paris Games, while golf's previous Olympic appearance had been the men's competition at St. Louis in 1904. The 2016 event used four rounds of individual stroke play, with the lowest total score winning.

Park's Olympic triumph added a major international achievement to an already outstanding career. She had won multiple major championships and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame in 2016. Lydia Ko's silver medal is a common point of confusion, but Park clearly won the gold.