SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tickets for the first PGA Tour event to be played in South Korea went on sale Tuesday. Organizers of the CJ Cup@Nine Bridges said they’ve also opened the official website of the tournament at www.thecjcup.com. Tickets can be purchased online at CJ Mall (www.cjmall.com), with some early-bird discounts available. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Ryu So-yeon rose to the No. 1 ranking in women’s golf Monday on the strength of her latest LPGA victory. Ryu is the third South Korean to sit atop the women’s world rankings, following Shin Ji-yai in 2010 and Park In-bee in 2013. Ryu won the Walmart [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a report released yesterday, the golf industry in South Korea is worth an estimated 11.4 trillion won, with the market for so called ‘screen golf’ services alone thought to exceed 1 trillion won, accounting for 10 percent of the total. The report from the Yuwon Golf Foundation [...]
JEJU, South Korea, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The southern resort island of Jeju will host South Korea’s first PGA Tour event this fall, officials said Wednesday. The Jeju provincial government said it will sign an agreement with the PGA Tour and CJ Group, the title sponsor of the tournament named the CJ Cup@Nine Bridges, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Golf is considered as a “luxury sport” in Korea, as fees at most courses are beyond the means of the average Korean. And for this reason, it is also closely associated with political and business socializing. But this may no longer be so with Korea’s new anti-graft law changing [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Pak Se-ri made her last 18th hole putt Thursday afternoon at Incheon’s Sky72 Golf & Resort, marking the end of an illustrious twenty-year professional career. The 39-year-old golfer already played her final U.S. event at the U.S. Women’s Open in July, but decided to make one last appearance at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean golfer Inbee Park became the first woman to win the Olympic gold medal since 1900 in the women’s individual tournament. She is now the only female golfer with an Olympic gold medal, on top of a career Grand Slam (winner of four major championships in the same [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Golf is an expensive sport to learn in Korea, and although the sport has become more affordable and accessible to ordinary individuals with a rising number of indoor screen golf ranges, the common perception is still that golf is a luxury sport. This is also why it’s a ‘reception [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of Song Joong-ki, one of Korea’s top actors, went ballistic when Hite Jinro – a major Korean distiller – held a charity golf event in which a billboard of the actor’s real-life image was installed in the middle of the fairway. Hite Jinro held a fundraiser golf competition [...]
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — After a successful inaugural year, the Hyundai Invitational golf tournament series will return in 2015, connecting golfers with the Hyundai brand, the 2015 Genesis premium sedan and flagship 2015 Equus. Fifty of the best charity golf tournaments around the country will add a Hyundai sponsorship that includes [...]