Fittingly, Annie Park’s first professional victory came on familiar ground. Park, who was a key member of USC’s women’s golf team for three seasons, won the inaugural Toyota Danielle Downey Classic on Sunday in her home state of New York.
Park, who grew up on Long Island, held off former Solheim Cup player Vicky Hurst in a playoff. Park led Hurst by three shots entering the final round at Brook-Lea Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., and had four birdies in a five-hole stretch on the front nine. She also birdied the par-5 10th, bogeyed the par-4 13th and closed with five pars.