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S. Korean golfer Bae Sang-moon apologizes for conscription row

Sept 30, 2015

South Korean golfer Bae Sang-moon on Wednesday apologized to his fans for a recent conscription row, saying he will take proper steps to complete his mandatory military service after playing at the u...
[Newsmaker] Park In-bee wins British Open for seventh major

Aug 3, 2015

As Park In-bee hunted down Ko Jin-young in the final stretch of the Women‘s British Open, it quickly became clear which South Korean was the rookie and which was the player about to add another chapt...
S. Korean Park In-bee completes LPGA career grand slam with Women's British Open

Aug 3, 2015

South Korean golfer Park In-bee completed the career grand slam on the LPGA Tour here Sunday by capturing the Ricoh Women's British Open. Park rallied to win her seventh career major at 12-under 276...
U.S. Women's Open champ enjoying near perfect season

Jul 21, 2015

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...
Newest LPGA major champ remains non-committal about U.S. tour

Jul 13, 2015

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...
S. Korean Chun In-gee wins U.S. Women's Open

Jul 13, 2015

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...
Minjee Lee wins LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship

May 18, 2015

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....
World No. 2 Park In-bee earns LPGA win in Texas

May 4, 2015

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...
Presidents Cup forms organizing panel

Apr 17, 2015

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...
S. Koreans struggle to move up leaderboard at Masters

Apr 12, 2015

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...
Kim extends lead, Thai sisters lurking at ANA event

Apr 5, 2015

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...
Park In-bee picks up 13th LPGA win in Singapore

Mar 8, 2015

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...
Golf: Ko beats Yang for Australian Open crown

Feb 22, 2015

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...
17-year-old golfer Lydia Ko already looking to retirement

Feb 18, 2015

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...
Gov't mulls tax cuts for golfers on cue from president

Feb 4, 2015

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....