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S. Korea secures 2nd seed at LPGA int'l team competition

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has grabbed the second seed in an eight-country match play competition in women's golf set for May.The LPGA Tour unveiled the final standings of the eight countries that qualified for the 2023 I
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S. Korean Im Sung-jae trying to realize dream of winning Masters

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae grew up dreaming of winning the Masters and donning the iconic green jacket. With two top-10 finishes in three career appearances at Augusta National Golf Club, Im is hoping that
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Former professional golf player Park Se-ri inks business agreement with Yongin City for Golf R&D Center

SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean former professional golf player Park Se-ri, CEO of Baz International, is gearing up to establish a golf R&D center and a golf theme park in Yongin, Gyeonggi
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(LEAD) Ko Jin-young defends LPGA title in Singapore

(ATTN: ADDS details, photos, comments)SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Former world No. 1 Ko Jin-young defended her LPGA title in Singapore on Sunday, picking up her 14th career win and first in 12 months.Ko captured her second straight HSBC Women's Wo
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Ko Jin-young defends LPGA title in Singapore

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Former world No. 1 Ko Jin-young defended her LPGA title in Singapore on Sunday, picking up her 14th career win and first in 12 months.Ko captured her second straight HSBC Women's World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club&
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SNSD’s Yuri named new face of TaylorMade Golf Co.

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- American sports equipment manufacturing company TaylorMade Golf Company has named Kwon Yu-ri, better known by her mononym Yuri, from the South Korean girl group Girls’ Gener
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PGA Tour youngster Kim Joo-hyung looks forward to 'pretty special' event with Tiger Woods

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- Just three years ago, budding South Korean PGA Tour star Kim Joo-hyung attended the Genesis Invitational, held at Riviera Country Club near Los Angeles, as a fan, starstruck when he saw his idol, Tiger Woods, w
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(LEAD) Latest PGA Tour winner thanks golfer wife for unwavering support

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 9-12)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- For Kim Si-woo, the latest PGA Tour winner from South Korea, being married to a fellow professional golfer has its perks.Namely, she can walk 18 holes with him each round, cov
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Latest PGA Tour winner thanks golfer wife for unwavering support

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- For Kim Si-woo, the latest PGA Tour winner from South Korea, being married to a fellow professional golfer has its perks.Namely, she can walk 18 holes with him each round, covering well over 6 kilometers at PGA
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(2nd LD) S. Korean Kim Si-woo earns 4th career PGA Tour win in Hawaii

(ATTN: ADDS photos, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Kim Si-woo has collected his fourth career victory on the PGA Tour in Hawaii, rallying from a three-shot deficit to find the winner's circle.Kim shot an
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(LEAD) S. Korean Kim Si-woo earns 4th career PGA Tour win in Hawaii

(ATTN: ADDS details from para 5, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Kim Si-woo has collected his fourth career victory on the PGA Tour in Hawaii, rallying from a three-shot deficit to find the winner's circle.Kim shot an
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S. Korean Kim Si-woo earns 4th career PGA Tour win in Hawaii

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Kim Si-woo has collected his fourth career victory on the PGA Tour in Hawaii, rallying from a three-shot deficit to find the winner's circle.Kim shot an 18-under 262 to win the Sony Open in Haw
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LPGA rookie working on driving, short game ahead of debut

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- Looking ahead to a much-anticipated LPGA debut this year, South Korean golfer Ryu Hae-ran said Wednesday she will look to increase her distance off the tee and polish up her short game.Ryu earned her LPGA Tour card by winni
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After protracted slump, LPGA veteran Park Sung-hyun eyes 3 wins in 2023

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Trying to snap a slump that has stretched for three seasons, South Korean LPGA veteran Park Sung-hyun said Monday she has set her sights on winning multiple titles in 2023."I was playing so well toward the
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S. Korean golfer Lee Kyoung-hoon seeking more consistency on PGA Tour

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- With two PGA Tour titles under his belt over the past two seasons, South Korean golfer Lee Kyoung-hoon now wants to become a more consistent performer, someone who can stay on top of his game from start to finis
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World Class golfer Lydia Ko, marries Chung Joon son of VP Chung Tae-young

SEOUL December 31 (Yonhap) -- Top female golfer in the world, New Zealand Korean Lydia Ko got married to Chung Joon, a son of the vice president of Hyundai Card on December 30 at Myungdong Cathedral.
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European golf tour to hold tournament in S. Korea in April 2023

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 14 (Yonhap) -- The men's top European golf tour announced Wednesday it will host a tournament in South Korea in April 2023.The DP World Tour, formerly called the European Tour, said it will mark its return to South Korea
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S. Korean golfer pinching herself after earning LPGA Tour card

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- At the end of October, South Korean golfer Ryu Hae-ran declared that she would try to take her talent to the LPGA Tour, confident she could hang with the best that women's golf has to offer.Deep inside, tho
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(LEAD) S. Korean Ryu Hae-ran wins LPGA qualifying tournament

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Ryu Hae-ran has won the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, earning her membership on the world's top women's tour with a flourish.Ryu f
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S. Korean Ryu Hae-ran wins LPGA qualifying tournament

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Ryu Hae-ran has won the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, earning her membership on the world's top women's tour with a flourish.Ryu finished at the top of the LPGA Q-Series, an eight