Scotland's Catriona Matthew had another solid major, finishing the best of the British players on a day when South Korea's 19-year-old Inbee Park became the youngest ever winner of the US Women's Open at Interlachen Country Club in Minnesota.

Matthew, who was playing in her 13th straight US Open, birdied the final hole for a level par 73 and finished joint 17th on one over par.

Park, who will be 20 next week, shot a final round 71 to finish on nine under par 283 and won the £230,00 first prize by four shots from Sweden's Helen Alfredsson, who birdied the last for a 75.

In the tough, final day conditions Matthew, who had missed the cut in the first two majors of the season, had a mixed bag of four birdies and four bogeys and was the best of British for the second time in a row. Last year, at Pine Needles in North Carolina, she tied for 16th.

Glasgow's Janice Moodie, the second Scot in the field, ruined her hopes of a high finish with an 80 on Saturday, and she closed with a roller coaster 75 that included four birdies and six bogeys. On 12 over par she was joint 64th.

It was an extraordinary US Open bow for Annika Sorenstam. The three-time winner, who has announced she will retire at the end of the year, had a dreadful final day and came to the 18th needing a birdie four to avoid the embarrassment of shooting 80.

She then produced a miraculous shot, holing out with a six iron from 199-yards for a spectacular eagle three for a 78. She finished in a tie for 24th on three over par.