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[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
Former world No. 1 Adam Scott among golfers to play at lone PGA event in Korea

Former world No. 1 Adam Scott will play in the lone PGA Tour event in South Korea later this month, organizers said Monday. Scott, a 13-time PGA winner and the 2013 Masters champion, is among some b...

Oct 1, 2018
Golf
Happy times for Tiger Woods heading to a Ryder Cup

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France -- Tiger Woods paused on his walk toward the 18th green at Le Golf National and threw his head back in laughter. These are happy times for Woods, regardless of whate...

Sept 26, 2018
Golf
Fujikawa becomes first openly gay male pro golfer

Tadd Fujikawa, the youngest American to make the cut in a US PGA Tour event, became the first openly gay male professional golfer, making the revelation in an Instagram post. The 27-year-old from Ho...

Sept 14, 2018
Golf
Park Sung-hyun returns to top of women's world golf rankings

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun has returned to the top of the women's world rankings. Park leapfrogged three players to reach No. 1 in the latest rankings unveiled Tuesday on the strength of her...

Aug 21, 2018
Golf
Park Sung-hyun wins 3rd LPGA tourney of year to retake No. 1 ranking

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun will retake the No. 1 ranking after capturing her third LPGA title of the season in a playoff. Park rallied from a two-shot final round deficit against Lizette Sal...

Aug 20, 2018
Golf
Park has share of clubhouse lead at rain-hit Indy golf

Park Sung-hyun took advantage of an early tee time to shoot her best round of 2018 on Friday and grab a share of the clubhouse lead during the LPGA Tour's Indy Championship. The South Korean fired a...

Aug 18, 2018
Golf
Tiger wakes up echoes with best major final round

ST. LOUIS (AFP) -- Now Tiger Woods is back. The 14-time major winner fired his lowest final round in a major, a six-under par-64, Sunday to finish second at the PGA Championship -- and a career once...

Aug 13, 2018
Golf
Ryu So-yeon moves to No. 2 in women's golf rankings after British Open

South Korean golfer Ryu So-yeon jumped two spots to reach No. 2 in the latest women's rankings Tuesday, following her third-place finish at the Ricoh Women's British Open. Ryu has now positioned her...

Aug 7, 2018
Golf
2 Koreans come up short of 1st win on PGA Tour

Two South Korean PGA Tour players have come up short of a breakthrough win in Canada after being in contention for the first three rounds. An Byeong-hun and Kim Meen-whee were each looking for their...

Jul 30, 2018
Golf
[Newsmaker] Kim Sei-young shatters LPGA scoring records, wins by 9 shots

South Korea's Kim Sei-young has claimed her seventh career LPGA title with a 72-hole scoring record on the tour. Kim won the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic by nine strokes over Spain's Carlota Cigand...

Jul 9, 2018
Golf
Host S. Korea seeded No. 1 in LPGA int'l competition

Host Korea has earned the No. 1 seed for an LPGA international team competition to take place this fall. Korea locked down the top seed for the UL International Crown when the final field of 32 play...

Jul 3, 2018
Golf
Stoic golfer says she 'couldn't help' herself in rare show of emotion

After clinching her second career LPGA major title, South Korean star Park Sung-hyun "couldn't help" herself, as the usually stoic golfer displayed a rare outpouring of emotion. Park defeated countr...

Jul 2, 2018
Golf

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