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S. Korean golfer eyes LPGA's top rookie award in '19

South Korea has produced the past four LPGA Rookie of the Year Award winners. And Lee Jeong-eun wants to extend the streak to five in 2019. After dominating the Korea LPGA Tour over the past two sea...

Jan 3, 2019
Golf
Top Korean tour star to join LPGA in 2019

Lee Jeong-eun, one of the best players on the South Korean women's golf tour over the past two years, decided on Wednesday to take her talent to the United States. In a statement released by her age...

Nov 28, 2018
Golf
Local favorite Nasa Hataoka fires 67 to win Japan Classic

Local favorite Nasa Hataoka shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday to win the Japan Classic for her second LPGA title of the season. Hataoka offset a pair of bogeys with seven birdies at the Seta Golf Club to ...

Nov 4, 2018
Golf
Korean golfer wins LPGA qualifying event, undecided on future

South Korean golfer Lee Jeong-eun has won the qualifying event for the LPGA Tour for next season, though she isn't yet sure if she'll take her talent to the top competition right away. Lee, the reig...

Nov 4, 2018
Golf
Park Sung-hyun falls from No. 1 in women's golf rankings

South Korea's Park Sung-hyun has slipped from the No. 1 ranking in the women's world golf rankings. Park fell a spot to No. 2 in the latest rankings announced Tuesday, with Ariya Jutanugarn of Thail...

Oct 30, 2018
Golf
Korean Ko Jin-young wins LPGA's top rookie award

The LPGA Tour announced Wednesday South Korean golfer Ko Jin-young has clinched its Rookie of the Year award with four tournaments left in the 2018 season. Ko leads the race with 1,137 points, and G...

Oct 24, 2018
Golf
Brooks Koepka earns No. 1 ranking with PGA win in Korea

SEOGWIPO, Jeju Island -- Brooks Koepka locked down the No. 1 spot in the men's world golf rankings with his first PGA Tour win of the season in South Korea on Sunday, aided by a thrilling chip-in bir...

Oct 21, 2018
Golf
Justin Thomas bracing for another windy week in Korea

SEOGWIPO, Jeju Province -- PGA Tour star Justin Thomas battled through windy conditions to win a tournament in South Korea last year. And he doesn't think Mother Nature will be any different this tim...

Oct 17, 2018
Golf
Korean Chun In-gee wins 1st LPGA title in 2 years at home

INCHEON -- Crowd favorite Chun In-gee captured her first LPGA title in two years at home Sunday. Chun won the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship at 16-under 272 at Sky 72 Golf Club's Ocean Course, adja...

Oct 14, 2018
Golf
World No. 1 Park Sung-hyun takes share of LPGA lead on home soil

INCHEON -- World No. 1 Park Sung-hyun grabbed a share of the second round lead at an LPGA tournament on home soil on Friday. Park reached eight-under after shooting her second straight round of four...

Oct 12, 2018
Golf
World's top LPGA golfer shakes off rare miscue in solid round at home

INCHEON -- Park Sung-hyun, world No. 1 in women's golf, was enjoying a strong opening round at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship on Thursday, when she ran into trouble at the penultimate hole. The...

Oct 11, 2018
Golf
Top 2 golfers paired in opening round of LPGA event in Korea

The world's top two female golfers will play together this week in the opening round of the only annual LPGA tournament in South Korea. Park Sung-hyun of South Korea and Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand...

Oct 10, 2018
Golf
[Photo News] S. Korea wins LPGA's International Crown for 1st time

Host South Korea captured the LPGA's UL International Crown for the first time on Sunday, thanks to a strong finish down the stretch that ensured a comfortable victory. Much to the delight of tens o...

Oct 7, 2018
Golf
Day 3 action at LPGA team event cancelled due to typhoon Kong-rey

Inclement weather caused by typhoon Kong-rey wiped out Saturday's action at an LPGA team competition in South Korea. The LPGA announced the cancellation of play on Saturday at the UL International C...

Oct 6, 2018
Golf
Lydia Ko wants to make ‘special memory’ in S. Korea with major win

New Zealand golf star Lydia Ko said Tuesday she wants to make a special memory in her country of birth by winning a major tournament on the South Korean tour. Ko will make her first Korea Ladies P...

Oct 2, 2018
Golf

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