Paula Creamer said that an 11-shot margin for her United States team wasn’t enough. Korea nearly proved her right, but in the end a less-than-stellar outing by the Americans was enough to clinch team gold at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club.

The United States finished with a team total of 45-under par, only four shots ahead of Korea. The Americans shot 7-under in the final round. They began the day 11 shots clear of England and Denmark and 12 ahead of Korea. The Koreans went 15-under in the final round, picking up an incredible eight birdies on the back nine. But in the end the American team of Jennifer Johnson, Ben Martin, Jordan Spieth and Alexis Thompson had put the rest of the field in too much of a hole.