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Park Sung-hyun returns to top of women's world golf rankings

Aug 21, 2018

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...
Park Sung-hyun wins 3rd LPGA tourney of year to retake No. 1 ranking

Aug 20, 2018

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...
Park has share of clubhouse lead at rain-hit Indy golf

Aug 18, 2018

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...
Tiger wakes up echoes with best major final round

Aug 13, 2018

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...
Ryu So-yeon moves to No. 2 in women's golf rankings after British Open

Aug 7, 2018

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...
2 Koreans come up short of 1st win on PGA Tour

Jul 30, 2018

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...
[Newsmaker] Kim Sei-young shatters LPGA scoring records, wins by 9 shots

Jul 9, 2018

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...
Host S. Korea seeded No. 1 in LPGA int'l competition

Jul 3, 2018

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...
Stoic golfer says she 'couldn't help' herself in rare show of emotion

Jul 2, 2018

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...
S. Korean Park Sung-hyun captures 2nd career LPGA major

Jul 2, 2018

Korea's Park Sung-hyun has captured her second career LPGA major title in a playoff, punctuating an impressive final-round comeback that featured an outstanding recovery shot late in regulation play....
Korean Ryu So-yeon claims 6th career LPGA win

Jun 18, 2018

South Korea's Ryu So-yeon has claimed her sixth career LPGA title and her first of the season. Ryu won the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give by two strokes over Caroline Masson at Blythefield Coun...
Korean Kim Hyo-joo's rally falls short at LPGA major

Jun 4, 2018

South Korean Kim Hyo-joo has come up short in what could have been a historic rally to win the oldest major on the LPGA Tour. Kim lost to Ariya Jutanugarn in a playoff at the US Women's Open at Shoa...
Korean An Byeong-hun loses in PGA playoff

Jun 4, 2018

South Korean An Byeong-hun has lost a PGA Tour event in a sudden-death playoff, coming up just shy of his first win on the US circuit. An fell to Bryson DeChambeau on the second playoff hole at the ...
Korean Kim In-kyung falls short in bid for 8th LPGA win

May 28, 2018

South Korean Kim In-kyung has fallen short in a bid for her eighth career LPGA win. Kim finished one stroke behind the champion Minjee Lee at the LPGA Volvik Championship at Travis Pointe Country Cl...
Park In-bee stays at No. 1 in women's golf rankings after Korean tour win

May 22, 2018

Fresh off her first win on home soil, South Korean golfer Park In-bee remained at No. 1 in the women's world rankings released Tuesday. Park has been sitting at the top since April 23, after startin...