Daniel's game went to pot in the final round

Daniel shot a double bogey, four bogeys and no birdies en route to a 77.

Meanwhile, Pak had four birdies and two bogeys, finishing the 72-hole event with a five-under-par 279.

Daniel finished alone in second at 282, with Swedish star Annika Sorenstam third at 284 following a brilliant 65.

The 24-year-old Pak claimed her second win of the season and 15th of her career.

Of her four major titles, two have come at Dupont, including her maiden LPGA Tour win during her Rookie of the Year campaign of 1999.

Final round scores of the LPGA Championship at the Dupont Country club:
(US unless stated)

279 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 71 70 68 70
282 Beth Daniel 67 70 68 77
284 Annika Sorenstam 70 76 73 65
285 Karrie Webb (Aus) 68 71 72 74, Juli Inkster 69 75 70 71
286 Carin Koch (Swe) 68 73 73 72, Michele Redman 74 69 70 73
288 Catriona Matthew (Gbr) 70 73 75 70
290 Karen Stupples 75 70 70 75, Michelle McGann 71 72 72 75, Kristi Albers 74 73 73 70
291 Karen Weiss 70 74 75 72, Kim Saiki 71 71 69 80, Meg Mallon 73 72 76 70
292 Natalie Gulbis 72 72 75 73, Rachel Teske (Aus) 72 71 77 72, Grace Park (Kor) 72 73 73 74, Akiko Fukushima (Jpn) 71 71 76 74, Kelli Kuehne 71 75 74 72
293 Barb Mucha 70 73 75 75, Laura Diaz 73 71 71 78