The Korea Herald

LPGA stars to duel in charity skins game on Sunday

May 22, 2020

As names go in women's golf, it doesn't get much bigger than these two for South Korean fans: world No. 1 Ko Jin-young and No. 3 Park Sung-hyun. Ko and Park are scheduled to duel in a charity skins ...
Sophomore player wins 1st golf tournament held during pandemic in S. Korea

May 17, 2020

YANGJU -- Second-year domestic tour pro Park Hyun-kyung has won the first golf tournament held in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic. Park captured the 42nd Korea Ladies Professional Golf A...
S. Korean men's national golf championship canceled for 1st time due to coronavirus

May 15, 2020

South Korea's national golf championship has been canceled for the first time in its history due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Korea Golf Association (KGA) said Friday the 63rd Kolon Korea ...
LPGA stars from S. Korea to meet in match play

May 13, 2020

Two of the biggest names in women's golf will go head-to-head in a skins match in South Korea this month. World No. 1 Ko Jin-young and world No. 3 Park Sung-hyun will meet in the "Hyundai Card Super...
Golf to return in S. Korea with women's major championship this week

May 12, 2020

After more five months of inaction caused by the coronavirus pandemic, golf will finally return to South Korea this week. The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) will hold its first m...
Competition for Olympic spots on hold for S. Korean LPGA golfers

Mar 25, 2020

What promised to be a memorable duel for Olympic spots among South Korean LPGA stars has been put on hold with the announcement that the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games will be delayed to next year. The dec...
S. Korean Im Sung-jae rises to No. 1 in FedEx Cup points after finishing 3rd at Bay Hill

Mar 9, 2020

What sophomore slump? Im Sung-jae, the reigning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, climbed to the top of the FedEx Cup points standings following a third-place finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in ...
S. Korean Im Sung-jae captures 1st PGA Tour title

Mar 2, 2020

South Korea's Im Sung-jae can finally call himself a PGA Tour winner. Im won the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Sunday (local time), with a four-round total of six-under 274. He sh...
S. Korea's Park In-bee captures 20th career LPGA win in Australia

Feb 16, 2020

South Korean star Park In-bee picked up her 20th career LPGA victory in Australia on Sunday, resuming her pursuit of an Olympic spot and a chance to defend her gold medal. The LPGA Hall of Famer cap...
S. Korean Park In-bee loses LPGA season opener in playoff

Jan 20, 2020

South Korea's Park In-bee has lost the LPGA season opener in a three-way playoff, falling just shy of ending her two-year winless drought. The LPGA Hall of Famer was eliminated in the third playoff ...
Olympic champ Park grabs LPGA Tourney of Champions lead

Jan 19, 2020

MIAMI (AFP) -- Olympic champion Park In-bee of South Korea fired a four-under-par 67 to seize a two-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the season-opening LPGA Tournament of Champions. Park ...
S. Korean rookie upsets reigning US Open champ in Presidents Cup singles

Dec 15, 2019

South Korean rookie Im Sung-jae defeated the reigning US Open champion Gary Woodland in the singles match at the Presidents Cup on Sunday, though Im's effort wasn't enough to get his International Te...
Woods sets Presidents Cup record, Americans make their move

Dec 15, 2019

MELBOURNE (AP) -- Tiger Woods set the Presidents Cup record for most victories and set the tone for his US team Sunday at Royal Melbourne. Woods seized control around the turn against Abraham Ancer ...
2 S. Korean rookies victorious in Presidents Cup debuts

Dec 12, 2019

MELBOURNE -- Two South Korean rookies earned a victory apiece on the opening day of the Presidents Cup golf competition here on Thursday, as the International Team jumped out to a surprising 4-1 lead...
S. Korean An Byeong-hun determined to make most of new opportunity at Presidents Cup

Dec 10, 2019

MELBOURNE -- As a last-minute addition to the International Team at this week's Presidents Cup, South Korean golfer An Byeong-hun said Tuesday he is keen on capitalizing on his second chance. An was...