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S. Korean players to take another crack at snapping LPGA major-less skid this week

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean players' bid to snap a long winless skid at LPGA major championships will resume this week in Maryland, where the KPMG Women's PGA Championship will tee off Thursday.The Congressional Count
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Sales of golf industry to increase 18 percent regardless of Covid-19

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) – Golf industry increased their size in average of 18 percent regardless of the pandemic, said BC card on Tuesday after analyzing the sales data collected for 3 years starting
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Teenage golfer finishes as top S. Korean at U.S. Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) -- Teenager Kim Joo-hyung has ended his first U.S. Open as the highest-ranked South Korean player.Kim finished alone in 23rd place at the 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Sunday
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S. Korean golfer Im Sung-jae sees patience as virtue at U.S. Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Though he has never played at the course that will host the U.S. Open this week, South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae knows the typically punishing setup for the American national championship all too well, highligh
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S. Korea's lone LPGA tournament to switch venues every year

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's only LPGA Tour event will be held at different courses each year starting this fall, the tournament organizers said Thursday, in a nod to major championships.BMW Korea said the third edition of
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S. Korea's LPGA major winless skid reaches 7 at U.S. Women's Open

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean players' winless streak at LPGA major tournaments has reached seven.Tour rookie Choi Hye-jin was the top South Korean player at the U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Sou
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S. Korean stars looking to end LPGA major drought at oldest championship

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean LPGA stars will seek to end the country's major championship drought this week at the oldest of the five big tournaments.Twenty-two players from South Korea will compete in the U.S. Women's
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Victorious LPGA veteran 'excited' to return to historic major tournament

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- As a former champion, South Korean LPGA veteran Ji Eun-hee would have liked nothing better than to return to the U.S. Women's Open, set to tee off Thursday in South Carolina.She had played at every one of th
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(LEAD) Ji Eun-hee captures 6th LPGA win in match-play tournament

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details in para 8)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean veteran Ji Eun-hee has collected her sixth career LPGA victory at a match-play tournament in Las Vegas.Ji defeated Ayaka Furue of Japan 3&2 in the final of the
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Ji Eun-hee captures 6th LPGA win in match-play tournament

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean veteran Ji Eun-hee has collected her sixth career LPGA victory at a match-play tournament in Las Vegas.Ji defeated Ayaka Furue of Japan 3&2 in the final of the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play at Shadow
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S. Koreans out of contention at PGA Championship as Lee Kyoung-hoon ties for 41st

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Lee Kyoung-hoon tied for 41st place at the second major tournament of the men's golf season, finishing as the top player from the country.Lee shot a final round of two-over 72 at the PGA Ch
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Fresh off win, Lee Kyoung-hoon looks to ride momentum into PGA Championship

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean PGA Tour golfer Lee Kyoung-hoon has never made the cut at any of the four major tournaments in men's golf. Fresh off his second career victory on the U.S. circuit, Lee thinks he can make some no
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Family affair: Lee Kyoung-hoon celebrates 2nd career PGA Tour win in front of baby daughter, parents

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- On May 16, 2021, South Korean golfer Lee Kyoung-hoon picked up his first career PGA Tour title at AT&T Byron Nelson in Texas, with his pregnant wife, Yu Joo-yeon, watching.Almost exactly one year later, on Sunda
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(LEAD) S. Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon defends PGA Tour title in Texas

(LEAD) S Korean-PGA Tour (LEAD) S. Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon defends PGA Tour title in Texas(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photos; FIXES placement in para 5)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South
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S. Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon defends PGA Tour title in Texas

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon has successfully defended a PGA Tour title in Texas, holding off former world No. 1 Jordan Spieth for his second career victory.Lee shot a bogey-free round of nine-under 63 in the fi
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PGA Tour player Im Sung-jae forced out of domestic event due to COVID-19

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean PGA Tour player Im Sung-jae tested positive for the novel coronavirus Thursday, forcing himself out of a domestic competition and putting his status for next week's PGA Championship in doubt.Im
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PGA Tour winners Im Sung-jae, Kim Si-woo to play at Asian Games in Sept.

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean PGA Tour winners Im Sung-jae and Kim Si-woo will represent the country at this year's Asian Games in China.The Korea Golf Association (KGA) on Wednesday finalized the four-deep men's team
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K.J. Choi named assistant captain at Presidents Cup

SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean PGA Tour veteran Choi Kyoung-ju has been named an assistant captain for the International Team at the 2022 Presidents Cup.Choi, better known internationally as K.J. Choi, will be one of four assistants for cap
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(LEAD) Kim Hyo-joo earns 5th career LPGA win in Hawaii

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hyo-joo has captured her fifth career LPGA victory in Hawaii, holding on for a two-shot victory with a solid, if unspectacular, final round.Kim won the Lotte Champio