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Local stars to headline strong field at LPGA tourney in Korea
A pair of homegrown stars will headline a strong field at the upcoming LPGA tournament in South Korea.Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun, Nos. 1 and 2 in the women's world rankings, will showcase their talent before home fans at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship starting Oct. 12 at Sky 72 Golf & Resort's Ocean Course in Incheon, west of Seoul.In all, nine out of the top-10 players will compete at the tournament, the only LPGA event in South Korea each year.Only the No. 10-ranked Park In-bee will b
Sept. 28, 2017
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FedEx Cup champion Justin Thomas to play at S. Korea's 1st PGA tourney
Reigning FedEx Cup champion Justin Thomas has committed to South Korea's first PGA Tour event next month, the organizers said Wednesday.Thomas, who won the Dell Technologies Championship en route to capturing the overall FedEx Cup title, will compete in the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, which will be played from Oct. 19-22 at the Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island.Thomas, 24, had four victories during the 2016-2017 season, including his first major at the PGA Championship in August. Justin Thomas of t
Sept. 27, 2017
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Park In-bee to sit out rest of LPGA season with back injury
World No. 10 Park In-bee will bow out of the rest of the 2017 LPGA season in order to rest her ailing back, a source close to the player said Thursday.Park had been scheduled to wrap up her season at the Alisports LPGA in Beijing starting Oct. 5, but the tournament was abruptly canceled earlier this month. Park will sit out the rest of the LPGA's annual Asian tour, which includes a stop in South Korea in mid October, and will also skip the season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship, in Novem
Sept. 21, 2017
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Latest PGA playoff winner to compete in Korea next month
The latest FedEx Cup playoff winner will compete in the first PGA Tour event in South Korea next month, the organizers said Wednesday.Marc Leishman, who captured last week's BMW Championship, has committed to the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, which will be played from Oct. 19-22 at the Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island.CJ Group said it will be Leishman's first appearance in South Korea since competing for the International Team at the 2015 Presidents Cup in Incheon. This promotional poster of the CJ
Sept. 20, 2017
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Koreans' charge falls short at LPGA season's final major
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France -- South Korean contenders' charge fell short at the LPGA Tour's final major championship of the season here on Sunday.Kim Sei-young was the top finisher from the South Korean contingent at the weather-shortened Evian Championship at par-71 Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France, where she tied for sixth at seven-under 206. Kim ended two strokes out of the playoff between Brittany Altomare and Anna Nordqvist.Nordqvist beat Altomare with a bogey on the first pla
Sept. 18, 2017
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Indian golfer disqualified from Korean event after oversleeping
INCHEON -- Four-time European Tour winner Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia of India was disqualified from a golf tournament in South Korea Thursday after he overslept and missed his tee time. The organizers of the Shinhan Donghae Open said Chawrasia failed to show up for his first round tee time at Cheongna Bear's Best Golf Club in Incheon. Under the tournament rules, if a player shows up at his starting point up to five minutes after his tee time, he or she will be given a two-stroke penalty, but
Sept. 14, 2017
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Top Korean golfers to play at 1st PGA Tour event at home
The first PGA Tour event in South Korea will feature top class local golfers, including veteran Choi Kyoung-ju, organizers here said Thursday. CJ Group announced that Choi, who has won eight times on the PGA Tour, will compete at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges, which will be played from Oct. 19-22 at the Club at Nine Bridges on Jeju Island. The 47-year-old, better known as K.J. Choi, will be joined by two-time PGA Tour winner Bae Sang-moon, who was recently discharged from his military service, and A
Sept. 14, 2017
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PGA Tour golfer Bae curious about post-military performance
INCHEON -- Two-time PGA Tour winner Bae Sang-moon said Wednesday he is curious about how he will perform after a two-year hiatus from golf. Bae was discharged last month after completing his 21-month mandatory military service. The 31-year-old will make his return to competitive golf at the Shinhan Donghae Open on the Korean Tour, which starts Thursday. “It would be a lie to say that my military service has had no impact on my golf,” Bae said during a press conference at Bear’s Best Cheongna Go
Sept. 13, 2017
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Hyundai to cease sponsorship of Chinese golf event
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will not sponsor a Chinese golf event this year, officials in Seoul said Tuesday, amid an escalating diplomatic row over the deployment of an advanced US missile defense system in South Korea.An official with Hyundai said that the automaker's Chinese unit Beijing Hyundai Motor Co. -- a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and BAIC Motor Corp. established in 2002 -- will not be the title sponsor for the Chinese Ladies Open on the China LPGA Tour. The bigges
Sept. 12, 2017
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LPGA rookie sensation rises to No. 2 in world rankings
South Korean LPGA rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun rose to No. 2 in the latest women's world rankings announced Tuesday.Park moved up a spot to achieve a career high in ranking positions for the second straight week. She'd also gone up one spot to No. 3 the previous week.Park's rise gave South Korea the top two female golfers in the world, with Ryu So-yeon entrenched as the No. 1 for the 10th consecutive week.Park has won twice in her rookie season, most recently at the Canadian Pacific Women's O
Sept. 5, 2017
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LPGA rookie sensation reaches career-high in world rankings
Fresh off her second career LPGA victory, rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun has achieved a new career-high in the world rankings.The 23-year-old South Korean rose a spot to No. 3 in the latest world rankings announced Tuesday. She won the most recent LPGA event, Canadian Pacific Women's Open, last Sunday in Ottawa for her second win of the season.Park also leads the LPGA money list with a little over $1.87 million, and is a virtual lock to win the Rookie of the Year points race. She has earned 1,2
Aug. 29, 2017
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[Newsmaker] LPGA rookie rides ‘perfect’ round to 2nd title
LPGA rookie phenom Park Sung-hyun has said she rode a “perfect” round to her second career victory in Canada. Park shot a bogey-free round of seven-under 64 to win the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Sunday in Ottawa. At 13-under overall, Park defeated fellow South Korean Lee Mi-rim by two strokes. The victory came a little over a month after Park’s monumental victory at the US Women‘s Open, the oldest major championship in women’s golf. Thanks to those two victories, Park now leads the money l
Aug. 28, 2017
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Teen golf phenom eyes top rookie award on home tour
South Korean teen golf sensation Choi Hye-jin said Monday she'd like to win the top rookie award on the home tour next year.Once a hot-shot amateur, Choi turned professional last Thursday, a day after her 18th birthday. On Aug. 20, she won her last event as an amateur, the Bogner MBN Ladies Open on the Korea LPGA Tour. The victory made Choi the first amateur to win twice in one KLPGA season since 1999, and it came about a month after Choi made international headlines by finishing in second place
Aug. 28, 2017
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Hot-shot amateur golfer turns pro, signs lucrative endorsement deal
South Korean teen golfer Choi Hye-jin signed a lucrative endorsement deal Monday, just days after turning professional.Choi, runner-up at the US Women's Open last month, signed a two-year deal with Lotte Group. While exact financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Choi reportedly signed for the biggest contract ever handed to a rookie by a Korean conglomerate.One Lotte official said Choi will receive about 600 million won ($535,800) per year. The official said there were other companies wh
Aug. 28, 2017
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LPGA rookie phenom rides 'perfect' round to 2nd title
LPGA rookie phenom Park Sung-hyun has said she rode a "perfect" round to her second career victory in Canada.Park shot a bogey-free round of seven-under 64 to win the Canadian Pacific Women's Open on Sunday (local time) in Ottawa. At 13-under overall, Park defeated fellow South Korean Lee Mi-rim by two strokes.The victory came a little over a month after Park's monumental victory at the US Women's Open, the oldest major championship in women's golf. Thanks to those two victories, Park now leads
Aug. 28, 2017
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Korean rookie rallies for 2nd career LPGA win
South Korean rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun has rallied for her second career LPGA victory in Canada.Park, world No. 4, overcame a four-shot deficit to win the Canadian Pacific Women's Open in Ottawa on Sunday (local time). She fired a bogey-free final round of seven-under 64 at the par-71 Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to finish at 13-under 271, beating fellow South Korean Lee Mi-rim by two strokes. Park took home a winner's check of $337,500 to overtake South Korean Ryu So-yeon for first place on
Aug. 28, 2017
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Pak Se-ri says hosting junior tournament 'valuable experience'
Retired South Korean golf legend Pak Se-ri said Thursday hosting a US junior tournament has given her a valuable experience. The inaugural Se Ri Pak Junior Championship was staged at Butte Creek Country Club in Chico, California, from Monday to Thursday.Although the 39-year-old hosted a couple of South Korean events, the Se Ri Cup Junior Championship and Se Ri Pak Invitational on the Korea LPGA Tour -- this was her first tournament with the American Junior Golf Association. Pak Se-ri (Yonhap)"A
Aug. 25, 2017
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Pak Se-ri hoping to see own US junior tournament grow
CHICO, California -- Retired South Korean golf legend Pak Se-ri is hosting a US junior tournament for the first time this week in California, and it's an event she'd like to see grow both in size and prestige."This is just the beginning, and I'll take it slowly from here," Pak said in an interview Monday at Butte Creek Country Club in Chico, the site of the inaugural Se Ri Pak Junior Championship.This is Pak's first tournament with the American Junior Golf Association, but the World Golf Hall of
Aug. 22, 2017
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Hot-shot amateur achieves new career high in women's golf rankings
Hot-shot amateur Choi Hye-jin has achieved a new career high in the women's world golf rankings, just days before turning professional.Choi moved up three spots to No. 22 in the latest rankings released Tuesday. Choi, who turns 18 on Wednesday, won the Bogner MBN Ladies Open on the Korea LPGA Tour on Sunday, becoming the first amateur in 18 years to win twice in South Korea in one season. In this photo provided by the Korea LPGA Tour, Choi Hye-jin celebrates her victory at the Bogner MBN Ladies
Aug. 22, 2017
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K.J. Choi to retain PGA Tour status on special exemption
South Korean veteran Choi Kyoung-ju will retain his PGA Tour status for next season thanks to a special exemption category, his agency said Monday.Choi, better known on the tour as K.J. Choi, ranked 177th on the 2016-2017 season FedEx Cup points standings after last weekend's Wyndham Championship and failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs open to the top 125.Those ranked inside the top 125 earn full-time status for the following season, while those ranked from 126th to 150th have condition
Aug. 21, 2017