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U.S. Women's Open champ enjoying near perfect season

Fresh off her first career LPGA major victory, South Korean golfer Chun In-gee said Tuesday she's enjoying a near perfect season for herself. At a press conference in Seoul ahead of a Korean LPGA To...

Jul 21, 2015
Golf
Newest LPGA major champ remains non-committal about U.S. tour

South Korean golfer Chun In-gee, who became the newest LPGA major champ here Sunday, remained non-committal about playing full-time on the U.S. circuit next season. Chun captured the U.S. Women's Op...

Jul 13, 2015
Golf
S. Korean Chun In-gee wins U.S. Women's Open

South Korean Chun In-gee captured the U.S. Women's Open for her first LPGA major title in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Chun rallied from a four-shot deficit with a four-under 66 in the final round at Lan...

Jul 13, 2015
Golf
Minjee Lee wins LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Minjee Lee shook off a three-putt bogey on her first hole with two finishing pars and won the Kingsmill Championship by two shots Monday, her first victory on the LPGA Tour....

May 18, 2015
Golf
World No. 2 Park In-bee earns LPGA win in Texas

World No. 2 Park In-bee captured her 14th career LPGA Tour victory on Sunday in Texas. Park claimed the Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout in Irving, Texas, for her second win of 2015. She s...

May 4, 2015
Golf
Presidents Cup forms organizing panel

The PGA Tour on Friday launched an organizing committee for the 2015 Presidents Cup golf tournament in Songdo, Incheon, on Oct. 6-11. Roy Ryu, chairman of Poongsan Group, will head the committee, wh...

Apr 17, 2015
Golf
S. Koreans struggle to move up leaderboard at Masters

The two South Koreans left standing at the Masters struggled to move up the leaderboard at the first major championship of the men's golf season on Saturday. Noh Seung-yul and Bae Sang-moon both sho...

Apr 12, 2015
Golf
Kim extends lead, Thai sisters lurking at ANA event

RANCHO MIRAGE (AFP) - South Korean rookie Kim Sei-Young birdied two of her final three holes to extend her lead at the LPGA Tour's ANA Inspiration event to three shots on Saturday. Kim fired a three...

Apr 5, 2015
Golf
Park In-bee picks up 13th LPGA win in Singapore

World No. 2 Park In-bee picked up her 13th career LPGA Tour victory in Singapore on Sunday, prevailing in a battle of the world's three highest-ranked female golfers. Park enjoyed a wire-to-wire vic...

Mar 8, 2015
Golf
Golf: Ko beats Yang for Australian Open crown

MELBOURNE (AFP) - Teenage world No.1 Lydia Ko added the Australian Open to her growing list of achievements with a two-stroke win at Royal Melbourne on Sunday. The 17-year-old New Zealander became t...

Feb 22, 2015
Golf
17-year-old golfer Lydia Ko already looking to retirement

Only 17, top-ranked Lydia Ko says she's already planning to retire from golf by the time she's 30, and become a psychologist. Ko makes her second start at No. 1 in Thursday's first round of the Wome...

Feb 18, 2015
Golf
Gov't mulls tax cuts for golfers on cue from president

The government is weighing various measures to vitalize golf, an official said Wednesday, quickly picking up a cue from President Park Geun-hye who a day earlier said the sport should be played more....

Feb 4, 2015
Golf
S. Korean Choi Na-yeon wins 2015 LPGA Tour season opener

South Korea's Choi Na-yeon captured the 2015 LPGA Tour season opener in Florida on Saturday. Choi won the inaugural Coates Golf Championship by one stroke over three golfers, including fellow South ...

Feb 2, 2015
Golf
Choi Na-yeon takes LPGA opener

OCALA, Florida (AP) ― During a closing stretch that featured one of the more tumultuous final hours in recent LPGA Tour history, teen wunderkind Lydia Ko faced a series of tough predicaments. But a q...

Feb 1, 2015
Golf
S. Korean Choi Na-yeon wins 2015 LPGA Tour season opener

South Korea's Choi Na-yeon captured the 2015 LPGA Tour season opener in Florida on Saturday. Choi won the inaugural Coates Golf Championship by one stroke over three golfers, including fellow South ...

Feb 1, 2015
Golf

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