In a Class of Her Own

On a slightly different tack, there was delightful tale going the rounds of an exchange she had had with Mike Whan, the CEO of the LPGA Tour. She had told Whan that the only thing which scared her was the dark.

"Well," he had replied, "You’re never going to have to worry about that. The way you play, you’re going to be living in a barrage of flashing cameras for the rest of your days."

Brad Beecher, Inbee’s Australian caddie, describes his employer as "bubbly and amusing" when she is away from the course and gloriously focused on it. He would also agree with her light-hearted assessment of herself as "more Matt Kuchar than Bubba Watson".

Inbee has tried to answer Western press demands that she show a bit more emotion when she wins but, having experimented in front of the mirror with the odd fist-pump, this delightfully unassuming player came to the conclusion that it was "simply not me".

Other players make no secret of the fact that they are jealous of rather more than merely Park’s results. She has an admiring partner in Gi Hyeob Nan who became her fiancé at the start of last year. After he had asked her to marry him - the marriage will take place in December of next year - Park had posed a question of her own: "Will you be my coach?"

The arrangement could not work better. Jiyai Shin, another leading Korean and one who has often rued the fact that professional golf can be such a lonely pursuit, said that when she practices with Park, she often asks her about travelling with her fiancé. "I am a little envious. She is lucky to have this happiness."

Stacy Lewis described the Nan-Park relationship as "cute … you can tell they’re happy because they’re always holding hands."