Inbee Park during the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Golf Course. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)

7. Park goes for gold

Plagued by back and left thumb injuries in 2016, South Korea’s Inbee Park, who completed the career Grand Slam the year prior, went to Rio for the Summer Olympics having missed the cut or withdrawn in her last four events, including two majors. With an entire nation on her shoulders – she was even criticized by some for taking up a spot in the Olympics – Park won the gold medal with a final-round 66 to finish at 16 under and five shots clear of silver medalist and then world No. 1 Lydia Ko and six clear of bronze medalist Shanshan Feng.