Find the perfect person for you today. Sign up for free and chat with local singles. US, CA, AU, IE, NZ traffic only; this offer cannot be incentivized. Payout for Anglo Males age 40-65OAKMONT, Pa. — After her final putt dropped, Paula Creamer covered her face with her hands. The tape around her surgically repaired thumb, the one that hurt so badly during the tournament and in the four months she didn't play, was in plain sight.
Somehow, the worse she felt all week, the better she played.
Creamer shot a 2-under 69 Sunday to win the 65th U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont Country Club, her first major tournament victory. In an Open that saw rain shorten some days, lengthen others and test the resiliency of the competitors, Creamer was the only golfer to finish under par. She totaled a 3-under 281.
Creamer's lead never dipped below two shots in the final round. Na Yeon Choi of South Korea shot a 5-under 66 to tie Suzann Pettersen of Norway for second place at 1-over 285.
"That's kind of a big relief off of my shoulders, but I knew that the time would come," Creamer, 23, said. "I just had to be patient."
So did all the players. Thunderstorms forced the second round to be suspended Friday, and play resumed Saturday before the third round was played Saturday afternoon. Creamer played 28 holes Saturday and finished the final five holes of her third round Sunday morning.
That's a lot of golf for a bad thumb to handle. Creamer withdrew from her first tournament this season, the Honda LPGA Thailand in February, because of a thumb injury that required surgery in March and three months of rehabilitation.
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