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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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Hadley leads in Puerto Rico
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) ― Chesson Hadley took the third-round lead Saturday in the Puerto Rico Open, shooting a 5-under 67 in windy conditions at Trump International.Making his 13th PGA Tour start, the 26-year-old Hadley had four birdies in an early five-hole stretch and also birdied the par-4 14th in wind gusting to 40 kph.“It was frustrating, to be honest with you, even though I was playing well, just because I hit it so well today and I missed quite a few putts, a lot of putts the last 1
March 9, 2014
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Park In-bee picks up first win of 2014 on Ladies European Tour
The world's No. 1-ranked female golfer Park In-bee picked up her first win of 2014 at a Ladies European Tour (LET) tournament in China on Sunday. Park fired a 6-under 67 in the final round of the Mission Hills World Ladies Championship at the par-73 Mission Hills Hainan's Blackstone Course, beating world No. 2 Suzann Pettersen of Norway by five shots. Park shot a 24-under 268 over four rounds, making just five bogeys. Pettersen, breathing down Park's neck in the world rankings, began th
March 9, 2014
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Torrance, Smyth picked as Ryder Cup vice captains
DUBLIN (AP) ― Europe captain Paul McGinley selected Sam Torrance and Des Smyth as two of his vice captains on Thursday for this year’s Ryder Cup against United States at Gleneagles.Torrance captained Europe to victory in the 2002 event, when McGinley holed the winning putt at the Belfry. The 61-year-old Smyth has played in the Ryder Cup twice and was Ian Woosnam’s assistant in the 2006 competition at the K Club.“They first came to mind to me when I was put in position as Ryder Cup captain last J
March 7, 2014
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Slow start for Tiger Woods at Doral
DORAL, Florida (AP) ― Tiger Woods only made it through 10 holes Thursday ― this time because of the weather, not his back.The debut of the new Blue Monster, and the return of Woods, received an incomplete grade Thursday when the opening round of the Cadillac Championship was halted more than two hours because of menacing thunderstorms.Harris English was among only six players who finished the round, hitting 5-iron into the par-3 ninth hole and rolling in a 45-foot birdie putt for a 3-under 69.Th
March 7, 2014
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Tiger Woods will play at Doral after back treatments
MIAMI (AFP) ― World No. 1 Tiger Woods will defend his World Golf Championships event at Doral after all as treatment this week helped ease back pain that forced him to quit a USPGA event last Sunday.Woods will tee off on Thursday alongside Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and reigning Masters champion Adam Scott of Australia, who could dethrone Woods from atop the rankings with a victory at the $9 million Cadillac Championship.“I feel better. I feel good,” Woods said Wednesday.“It has been a long couple
March 6, 2014
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Tiger begins road to Augusta with a limp
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) ― The last time Tiger Woods quit in the middle of a round because of an injury, he won his next tournament. And then he followed that with his highest score ever in the Masters, the ultimate measure of Woods these days.Now what?Making predictions about the world’s No. 1 player is like gauging the wind at Amen Corner. You’re bound to get it wrong for three reasons:― Only an athlete knows how badly he is hurt.― Golf is too unpredictable under the best of times.― He
March 4, 2014
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Henley wins playoff at Honda Classic
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) ― Russell Henley made good on his second chance at the 18th hole Sunday and won the Honda Classic after a wild day that began with Tiger Woods walking off the course with a back injury and ended with a four-man playoff.The closing hour at PGA National was a series of blunders by the contenders ― and even the winner.Henley was in a three-way tie for the lead, 40 yards left of the flag on the par-5 18th in regulation, when he chunked a chip so badly that it only go
March 3, 2014
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Korea to host LPGA qualifying tournament
South Korea will stage its first-ever qualifying tournament for the U.S. Women’s Open, one of five majors in women’s golf, officials announced Monday.The Korea Golf Association said it has reached an agreement with the United States Golf Association to hold the 36-hole qualifying event on May 19 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, about 90 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)
March 3, 2014
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McIlroy ups lead going into last round
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) ― Rory McIlroy is 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour victory in 18 months, a chance to show the world he is back on his game.That’s not the way McIlroy views the final round at the Honda Classic.McIlroy started strong, avoided a big number with a brilliant bogey in the middle and took on the wind and water on the 16th hole for one final birdie Saturday that gave him a 1-under 69 in the toughest conditions and a two-shot lead over Russell Henley at PGA National
March 2, 2014
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Upward momentum
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) ― On the course where Rory McIlroy first rose to No. 1, he looked as if he might be headed in that direction again.McIlroy swung freely and walked briskly on his way to a 7-under 63 on Thursday, with birdies on the last two holes at PGA National giving him a one-shot lead over Russell Henley after the first round of the Honda Classic.If nothing else, it was big improvement from the last official round he played on PGA National.McIlroy was 7 over through eight hol
Feb. 28, 2014
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Park admits world No. 1 up for grabs
SINGAPORE (AFP) ― Park In-bee admitted she was resigned to the prospect of losing the world’s top ranking with Suzann Pettersen breathing down her neck at this week’s HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore.The South Korean starlet swept three major titles in 2013 and she made a fast start to her season last week in Thailand, carding six-under 66 on Sunday to finish second.But Park, 25, said she expected a shift in the rankings with Norway’s Pettersen capable of catching her this week, and defending
Feb. 26, 2014
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Golfer Park In-bee retains world's top spot for 46th week
South Korea's Park In-bee has held the top post in the women's world golf rankings for the 46th consecutive week.In the latest Rolex Rankings announced Tuesday, the 26-year-old solidified her top spot after getting an average of 10.3 ranking points.Suzann Pettersen of Norway, who competed for the money title against Park in the Honda LPGA Thailand of 2014 on Sunday, ranked second with 9.54 points, followed by Stacy Lewis of the United States with 8.70.Anna Nordqvist, who had claimed the latest L
Feb. 25, 2014
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Els reaches semifinals
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― The love-hate relationship Ernie Els has with the Match Play Championship is taking a major turn for the better.Els made a birdie from the desert on the par-5 eighth hole to take the lead for good Saturday against 20-year-old Jordan Spieth, reaching the semifinals in this fickle tournament for the first time in 13 years.It was the first time all week that Els made more birdies than bogeys, yet he somehow has survived.“At times I haven’t played my best, as you guys have wel
Feb. 23, 2014
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Lee Min-jee wins Women’s Victorian Open
MELBOURNE (AP) ― Seventeen-year-old amateur Lee Min-jee shot a final-round 68 Sunday to win the Women’s Victorian Open by six shots, claiming her first victory in a professional event.Lee, who started the day three shots clear of fellow Australian Sarah-Jane Smith, had eight birdies to finish at 16-under 279 at the Thirteenth Beach links course. Scotland’s Vicky Laing shot a 66 to finish second at 10-under 285 and Smith was third at 8-under 287.Lee, the reigning Australian amateur champion, has
Feb. 23, 2014
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McDowell makes another escape in Match Play
MARANA, Arizona (AP) ― Getting to the round of 16 in the Match Play Championship was all that mattered Thursday. Jordan Spieth made it look like child‘s play. Graeme McDowell aged another 10 years with another stunning escape. And it proved too difficult for Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy, who lost in extra holes on another wild day at Dove Mountain. “I thought I was dead and buried both days,” McDowell said. One day after he rallied from 3 down with three holes to play to win in o
Feb. 21, 2014
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Park faces battle to stay world No. 1
PATTAYA, Thailand (AFP) ― World No. 1 Park In-bee is under severe threat of losing the top ranking as she makes a delayed start to the season with her LPGA Thailand title defense from Thursday.The South Korean has held the top spot for 45 weeks, but her formerly healthy lead has been whittled away by Norway’s Suzann Pettersen and could disappear altogether in Pattaya.Pettersen missed a great opportunity to overhaul Park last week when, needing a strong finish at the Women’s Australian Open, she
Feb. 19, 2014
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Bubba Watson ends 2-year winless drought at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Bubba Watson wasn’t about to let another chance get away.Two weeks after Watson made a pair of late bogeys in the Phoenix Open, he delivered the best closing round at Riviera in some three decades. Watson played the final 39 holes without a bogey and shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to win the Northern Trust Open.It was his first victory in 22 months and 41 tournaments worldwide dating to the 2012 Masters.Watson wound up with a two-shot victory over Dustin Johnson, who closed with
Feb. 17, 2014
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Karrie Webb wins Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Karrie Webb won the Women’s Australian Open for the fifth time Sunday, shooting a 4-under 68 in the final round to beat Chella Choi by one stroke.Webb birdied the 18th hole to take the outright lead, then watched as Choi, who shot a course-record 62 on Saturday to take a share of the third-round lead, pushed a 10-foot putt wide of the hole at 18 to miss the chance for a playoff.Webb, who clinched her 40th LPGA title, finished at 12-under 276 overall. She previously w
Feb. 16, 2014
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Veteran Couples still relevant at Riviera
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Fred Couples doesn’t talk in circles, but that’s generally the path of his conversation.He can talk about Justin Bieber and Blake Griffin one minute, switch over to the redo of the fifth green at Riviera the next minute, and then wonder why the Champions Tour gets to play Pebble Beach during the prime part of the season.The 54-year-old Couples went silent when talking about his 32nd appearance at the Northern Trust Open, where he will play the opening two rounds with Webb Simp
Feb. 13, 2014
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Watson focused on games, not names in Ryder Cup
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― This is what Tom Watson knows about the American with a big lead in the Ryder Cup standings.Jimmy Walker is 35.He already has three PGA Tour wins this year. And his hobby is creating photographs of the galaxy.“The first book I read was, ‘All About Astronomy,’” Watson said. “If he makes the Ryder Cup team, maybe we’ll have some common things to talk about.”Watson was at Riviera on Tuesday, even though he is playing this week on the other side of the country in a Champions Tour
Feb. 12, 2014