The final group is through the first hole. Off to a quick start? Inbee Park with birdies on the first two holes. Helen Alfredsson has an early birdie, and I.K. Kim one, as well.

Use this thread to discuss play throughout the final round.

Update: The final pairing - Lewis and Creamer - both players double-bogied the par-5 second. Ouch. Inbee Park still 2-under through four. Suzann Pettersen making a nice run, 5-under through 14 to get to 3-under overall. Too little, too late. Unless she finishes at 65 today and the top three at the beginning of the day all back up several strokes.

And 15-year-old amateur Jessica Korda shot 69 today to move up. She's the daughter of former tennis player Petr Korda. Petr rarely beat Ivan Lendl on the courts, but his daughter just kicked Lendl's daughters butts!

Update: Checking once more before NBC comes on the air ... looks like Creamer and Lewis have settled down. Pars since the double for Lewis; Creamer has had a birdie. They're at 7-under. Inbee Park has dropped a stroke but still leads at 8-under. Pettersen's great run is over, she's fallen back and is out of it. Of the eight players at 3-under or better as I write this, only the park girls are under par today. Inbee and Angela (5-under overall) are both 1-under on the day so far.

Update: The Constructivist said in a comment yesterday that he thought the overnight leaders would all crumble and 5-under would win up winning. Lewis and Creamer are both 3-over through 8, and both are in terrible spots behind the No. 9 green. Inbee Park is even on the day and leads at 7-under. She's through 9.

2:45 p.m. CT: The leaderboard with the final group through nine:

Inbee Park, -7
Stacy Lewis, -5
Teresa Lue, -4
Angela Park, -4
Helen Alfredsson, -4
Nicole Castrale, -3
Paula Creamer, -3
Mi Hyun Kim, -3
In-Kyung Kim, -3

Teresa Lu (-1) and Nicole Castrale (-2) are the only ones in that group under par. Inbee is even; Lewis is 4-over and Creamer 5-over.

3:30 p.m. CT: Inbee Park birdies No. 13, opens 4-stroke lead. Meanwhile, Creamer's collapse is starting to resemble those of Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters and Michelle Wie at the 2005 Women's Open ...

Inbee Park, -9
Angela Park, -5
Helen Alfredsson, -5
Teresa Lu, -4
Mi Hyun Kim, -4
In-Kyung Kim, -4
Stacy Lewis, -4

 4 p.m. CT: Inbee still ahead by four:

Inbee Park, -9
Helen Alfredsson, -5
Stacy Lewis, -5

Park and Alfredsson are through 15, Lewis is through 14.

Annika Sorenstam hasn't completely shut the door on playing more tournaments here and there in the future, but if I were her, I think I'd make a vow not to play any more U.S. Women's Opens. And let that hole-out from the fairway for a 72nd hole eagle stand for all-time as my exit from this championship.

4:15 p.m. CT: Lewis and Alfredsson each just bogied to drop to 4-under. In-Kyung Kim birdied to get to 5-under. Inbee Park is rolling along at 9-under with two holes to play. Unless something crazy happens - like Inbee being attacked by bees - Inbee is the winner.