Topic: South Korea
Rory McIlroy put his Masters misery firmly behind him Thursday, firing a superb six-under 65 for a three-stroke lead in the first round of the 111st US Open at Congressional Country Club.The previous round of major golf for the then 21-year-old Ulsterman ...
Yang Yong-eun's shocking upset over Tiger Woods in the 2009 PGA Championship made him the first Asian to win a major title and elevated him to rock-star status in his native South Korea.Case in point is the reception he received when he ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Teenager Noh Seung-yul has become the first South Korean to be invited to play at the U.S. PGA Championship, local media reported on Tuesday.The 19-year-old was invited with Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Briton Simon Khan for the season's last ...
The world's top female golfers will converge on the Oakmont Country Club this week for the US Women's Open tournament.South Korea's Ji Eun-Hee captured her first major championship crown at last year's US Open which is the third major of the season.Ji ...
South Korea's Jin Jeong is 1st Asian player to win British amateur championship titleSouth Korea's Jin Jeong has become the first Asian player to win the British Amateur Championship in the competition's 125-year history.The 20-year-old Jeong, who plays for Australia's Waverley Golf ...
Taiwan golden girl Tseng Yani powered to a share of the lead with South Korea's Choi Na Yeon at the wind-swept USLPGA Hana Bank Kolon Championship on Saturday.Tseng, who burst onto the scene last year by becoming the first rookie to win ...
Yang's major victory over Woods could inspire hope across AsiaFor years, Asian countries could only boast about growth and potential in men's golf. It's not just Korea, but Japan, India, China, Thailand. And the PGA Tour recently joined other tours to turn ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - South Korea will host an official event on the U.S. Champions Tour schedule for the first time next year, the PGA Tour said on Wednesday.The 54-hole strokeplay event will offer $3 million prize money and be played at the ...
At 6:30 p.m. on a Friday, Park Sang Pil and three of his colleagues at South Korea's BCcard rush to play a round of golf together. With just the click of a mouse, they can choose from more than 50 courses, including ...
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South Korea US Koreas Clash
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