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World No. 1 Ko Jin-young relying on yoga to regroup during injury-plagued LPGA season

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- In an attempt to bounce back mentally and physically from her nagging wrist injury, Ko Jin-young, world No. 1 in women's golf, took up yoga.Unable to hit as many shots in practice as she wanted due to the t
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World No. 1 Ko Jin-young to make LPGA return from injury on home soil

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- Ko Jin-young, the world No. 1 in women's golf from South Korea, will mark her LPGA comeback from an injury layoff on home soil next week.Organizers of the BMW Ladies Championship announced Thursday that Ko
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LPGA's team competition to return next year under S. Korean sponsorship

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- The LPGA has announced the return of an international match play competition for 2023 under South Korean corporate sponsorship.In a statement from San Francisco on Tuesday (local time), the LPGA said the Intern
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(3rd LD) S. Korean Kim Joo-hyung captures 2nd career PGA Tour win in Las Vegas

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest ranking position in para 7)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean youngster Kim Joo-hyung has found the winner's circle on the PGA Tour for the second time.Kim held off Patrick Cantlay and Matthew NeSmith,
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(2nd LD) S. Korean Kim Joo-hyung captures 2nd career PGA Tour win in Las Vegas

(ATTN: ADDS 2 photos, comments in para 11)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean youngster Kim Joo-hyung has found the winner's circle on the PGA Tour for the second time.Kim held off Patrick Cantlay and Matthew NeSmith, both of the
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S. Korean Kim Joo-hyung not letting early PGA success get to his head

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- His birth certificate may say he is 20 years old, but Kim Joo-hyung, now a two-time winner on the PGA Tour following a bogey-free victory in Las Vegas on Sunday, feels like he is "a 5-year-old at Disneyla
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(LEAD) S. Korean Kim Joo-hyung captures 2nd career PGA Tour win in Las Vegas

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean youngster Kim Joo-hyung has found the winner's circle on the PGA Tour for the second time.Kim held off Patrick Cantlay and Matthew NeSmith, both of the Un
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S. Korean Kim Joo-hyung captures 2nd career PGA Tour win in Las Vegas

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean youngster Kim Joo-hyung has found the winner's circle on the PGA Tour for the second time.Kim held off Patrick Cantlay and Matthew NeSmith, both of the United States, by three strokes at 24-und
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8 LPGA players, 2 amateurs receive special invitations to S. Korea tournament

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Eight LPGA players, including a retiring veteran and a pair of former world No. 1s, have received special invitations to play at the only LPGA tournament held in South Korea later this month, the event's org
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S. Korean Im Sung-jae looking to defend title in PGA Tour season debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae will do something this week that he has never done before in his PGA Tour career: start a new season as a defending champion.The third event of the 2022-2023 season, Shriners Chil
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9-time LPGA winner Choi Na-yeon announces retirement

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Choi Na-yeon, who counts nine LPGA titles among her 15 career wins, announced her retirement Wednesday at age 34."After a long deliberation, I have made a difficult decision," Cho
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After major championship cameo, LPGA great Sorenstam to cut down on schedule

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam took fans of women's golf on a trip down memory lane in June this year, when she played at the U.S. Women's Open for her first LPGA major appearance since 2008. The tourn
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S. Korean LPGA legend Pak Se-ri wants to keep blazing trail in retirement

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- During her Hall of Fame golf career that spanned nearly two decades, Pak Se-ri blazed a trail for many that followed her, winning LPGA major championships and inspiring a whole generation of youngsters to pi
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S. Korean golfer inspired by mere sight of LPGA legends

By Yoo Jee-hoINCHEON, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Park Min-ji, having dominated the domestic tour in recent years, hadn't given much thought about taking her talent to America -- until Monday.It all changed when she found herself in
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S. Korean Kim Si-woo overcomes fear to take down major champion at Presidents Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean golfer Kim Si-woo saw his name drawn against that of the American star Justin Thomas for the singles at the Presidents Cup on Saturday in North Carolina, he was intimidated at first.After all
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S. Korean effort not enough as Internationals fall to U.S. at Presidents Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A final day surge by South Korean golfers proved too little, too late at the Presidents Cup, as the International Team fell to the United States at the biennial match play golf competition for the ninth consec
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S. Korean rookie sparks Internationals' charge at Presidents Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean rookie Kim Joo-hyung helped lead a late push by the International Team on the penultimate day of the Presidents Cup, putting pressure on the United States as the match play golf competition heads
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Im Sung-jae earns half point as Internationals go winless at Presidents Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae was the only South Korean golfer to avoid defeat for the International Team on Day 2 of the Presidents Cup, with the United States taking a stranglehold on the match play event.Im and Sebastian Mun
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(LEAD) Kim Si-woo earns lone point for Internationals as U.S. builds early lead at Presidents Cup

(ATTN: ADDS comments, more info in paras 7-10, 17, 19-22)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Only one of four South Korean golfers grabbed a point for the International Team on the first day of the Presidents Cup, as the United States jumped out
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Kim Si-woo earns lone point for Internationals as U.S. builds early lead at Presidents Cup

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Only one of four South Korean golfers grabbed a point for the International Team on the first day of the Presidents Cup, as the United States jumped out to an early lead at the match play competition on home s