WATERLOO — Inbee Park was draining putts left, right and centre, prompting playing partner Shanshan Feng to question whether something funny might be going on.

"I was joking with her because she made all the putts ... I said 'do you have GPS in your ball?' ... and she said this is her first time to putt this well this year," said Feng. "So I said 'well I bring you good luck' ... so she owes me dinner now."

Park rode her hot putter to a share of the course record of 10-under 61 on Sunday to win the third edition of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic. The 25-year-old South Korean putted 25 times at Grey Silo Golf Course to finish at 23-under 261, three strokes ahead of American Cristie Kerr, who closed with a 63. China's Feng, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead, shot 68 and finished five behind the winner.

Park, who dropped to No. 2 in the Rolex world rankings last Monday, was clearly delighted to post her first victory of 2014. It was also Park's first win in almost a year, having last lifted a trophy at the U.S. Women's Open in late June.

Park held the No. 1 ranking for 59 weeks before American Stacy Lewis overtook her last week. It was the 10th win of her LPGA career, which will resume in two weeks at the U.S. Women's Open in North Carolina.

"It never gets old. Obviously my last win on the LPGA Tour was last year about this time a year ago and it sure felt really longer than a year. I came really close a few times but I couldn't hold the trophy for last year, so just really happy that I finally got that down," she said.

"And especially after winning U.S. Open 2008 and not being able to win another tournament for another four years, I really didn't want that to happen again this year again."

Park came out flying on Sunday, posting nine birdies in her first 14 holes and leaving the competition in her wake. She posted pars on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes before closing the deal with a birdie on the par-5 18th hole. A packed grandstand roared its approval as Park was presented with the championship trophy. She also receives $225,000 for her victory, Kerr gets $136,903 and Feng walks away with $99,314.

"Every time we come here, we just feel so welcome and everybody's very supportive of golf and so many people want to watch us. Great atmosphere, we always love coming here," she said.

It was Park's third straight impressive showing at Grey Silo, having reached the four-woman playoff in 2012 and finishing in a tie for 14th last year. Her only bogey this week came during Thursday's first round.

Kerr thought she might be in a position to win until she glanced at the electronic leader board with one hole to play.

"Yeah, I never looked at the scoreboard until I came off 17, you know, with a reachable par 5 to see where I was and I was three back and I was stunned because I was 7under for the day. You'd think you'd be close," she said.

Spain's Belen Mozo (65) and New Zealand's Lydia Ko (66) finished in a tie for fourth at 16-under, followed by Lewis (63) and Michelle Wie (68) at 15-under. Norway's Suzann Pettersen (66) and South Korea's Chella Choi (64) finished at 14-under.

Defending champion Hee Young Park of South Korea saw her dream of back-to-back titles come to a screeching halt on Saturday when she bogeyed three straight holes — 15, 16 and 17 — and finished with a 72. She rebounded with a 68 on Sunday to finish in a share of 10th place with Germany's Caroline Masson, Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and South Korea's So Yeon Ryu.

Hee Young Park, who established the course record last year, said she will miss Grey Silo if the tournament is moved to a new location in 2015. The Whistle Bear Golf Course in North Dumfries is considered to be the likely destination.

"This is so special here, one of my strongest memories is from last year on No. 17 making birdie and today I made another birdie there. This golf course is so special and I'm going to miss the place," she said.

Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., was the top Canadian, finishing in a tie for 35th at 8-under 276. Brooke Henderson of Smith Falls, and Alena Sharp of Hamilton were in a group of players at 6-under 278 and Jennifer Kirby of Paris finished at 4-under 280. Nicole Vandermade of Brantford was 2-over 286

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