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Kim Hyo-joo earns 5th career LPGA win in Hawaii

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 Championship at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Be
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(LEAD) Im Sung-jae notches 2nd-career top-10 finish at Masters

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 5, 12, 14-18)AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae tied for eighth place at the Masters on Sunday, earning his second-career top-10 finish at the season's first major championship following an up-and-dow
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Im Sung-jae notches 2nd-career top-10 finish at Masters

AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Yonhap) -- Im Sung-jae tied for eighth place at the Masters on Sunday, earning his second-career top-10 finish at the season's first major championship following an up-and-down final round.Im shot a three-over 75 on Su
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Former Masters runner-up Im Sung-jae just hoping to make cut this time

AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Less than two years removed from a historic runner-up finish at the Masters, South Korean golfer Im Sung-jae is just hoping to make it to the weekend at the famed Augusta National Golf Club this time."This
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S. Korea's winless streak at LPGA majors reaches 6

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's LPGA major championship drought has now reached six tournaments.Jennifer Kupcho of the United States enjoyed a two-shot victory at the Chevron Championship, after shooting 14-under 274 at Miss
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(LEAD) World No. 1 Ko Jin-young seeking 3rd career LPGA major in California

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments throughout)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- Ko Jin-young, world No. 1 in women's golf from South Korea, will be California dreaming this week, as she chases her third career LPGA major title.Ko, the reigning
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World No. 1 Ko Jin-young seeking 3rd career LPGA major in California

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- Ko Jin-young, world No. 1 in women's golf from South Korea, will be California dreaming this week, as she chases her third career LPGA major title.Ko, the reigning LPGA Player of the Year and money leader,
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(LEAD) S. Korean rookie An Narin comes up shy of maiden LPGA win

(ATTN: ADDS final result, comments at bottom, photos)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean rookie An Narin will have to wait for at least another tournament for her maiden LPGA title, after just missing the playoff in her third start
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S. Korean rookie An Narin comes up shy of maiden LPGA win

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean rookie An Narin will have to wait for at least another tournament for her maiden LPGA title, after just missing the playoff in her third start of the season.An finished the JTBC Classic in third p
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(2nd LD) World No. 1 Ko Jin-young sets LPGA records in 13th career win

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout; RECASTS headline)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ko Jin-young collected her 13th career LPGA Tour victory in Singapore on Sunday, winning the HSBC Women's World Championship while setting a pa
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(LEAD) World No. 1 Ko Jin-young earns 13th career LPGA win in Singapore

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details from para 7)By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ko Jin-young collected her 13th career LPGA Tour victory in Singapore on Sunday, winning the HSBC Women's World Championship while setting a pair of scor
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World No. 1 Ko Jin-young earns 13th career LPGA win in Singapore

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ko Jin-young collected her 13th career LPGA Tour victory in Singapore on Sunday, winning the HSBC Women's World Championship while setting a pair of scoring records.Ko, world No. 1 in women'
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고진영, 신기록 2개에 시즌 첫 우승…HSBC 챔피언십 제패

(서울=연합뉴스) 권훈 기자 = 고진영(27)이 미국여자프로골프(LPGA)투어 역사를 새로 쓰며 시즌 첫 우승을 따냈다.고진영은 6일(한국시간) 싱가포르 센토사 골프클럽 탄종 코스(파72)에서 열린 LPGA투어 HSBC 위민스 월드 챔피언십(총상금 170만 달러) 최종 라운드에서 6언더파 66타를 쳐 4라운드 합계 17언더파 271타로 정상에 올랐다.전인지
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S. Korean teen Kim Joo-hyung to play at U.S. Open after winning Asian Tour money title

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean teen golf sensation Kim Joo-hyung will make his U.S. Open debut this summer, following an announcement by the tournament's organizers on Thursday.The United States Golf Association (USGA) relea
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World rankings to determine S. Korean golf teams at Asian Games

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- With professionals allowed in the Asian Games golf tournament for the first time this year, South Korea will use world ranking positions to pick its pros for the competition.The Korea Golf Association (KGA) sai
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With improved short game, S. Korean rookie 'excited' for LPGA debut

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Armed with an improved short game, former South Korean tour star Choi Hye-jin is all ready to take her talent to America.Choi, a three-time Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Tour Player of the Year, will make her LPGA debut t
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New LPGA season opens this week with S. Koreans looking for bounceback

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The 2022 LPGA Tour season will tee off this week in the Sunshine State, with South Korean players looking to bounce back from a relatively down year in 2021.The winners-only Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of
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LPGA star Kim Sei-young to pace herself in pursuit of No. 1 ranking in 2022

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Yonhap) -- Kim Sei-young had collected at least one LPGA victory in every season since bursting on to the scene in 2015, but that streak came to an end in 2021.Looking back on last season, Kim said Thursday she might have overexerted
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PGA Tour's Im Sung-jae looking to crack top 20 in world rankings in 2022

By Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- At No. 26, Im Sung-jae is the top South Korean in the men's world golf rankings. And the two-time PGA Tour winner wants to move even higher in the new year."I will try to take it step by step and stay
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LPGA Player of the Year Ko Jin-young hungry for more glory

LPGA-player LPGA Player of the Year Ko Jin-young hungry for more gloryBy Yoo Jee-hoSEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- After just four seasons on the LPGA Tour, South Korean star Ko Jin-young has already accom