1 Sep 2016

Park withdraws from last golf major of the year

7:16 am on 1 September 2016

Rio Olympics golf champion Inbee Park has withdrawn from the last major of the year.

The seven-time major champ has withdrawn from the Evian Championship in a fortnight.

Lydia Ko poses with her with silver medal alongside gold medal winner Park Inbee and bronze winner Feng Shanshan.

Lydia Ko poses with her with silver medal alongside gold medal winner Park Inbee and bronze winner Feng Shanshan. Photo: AFP

The South Korean says she has a lingering left thumb injury.

The injury had forced Park to miss the previous two majors -- the U.S. Open and British Open -- but she played and won in Rio last month.

New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who is the defending champion at Evian, is playing in Canada this weekend before heading to France.

She finished second to Park in Rio.

Ko's other major success was at the ANA Inspiration earlier this year.

She has won five times so far this season and hasn't finished outside the top 25 once this year.