SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The BMW Ladies Championship, the lone LPGA Tour event in South Korea, will be played on the same course on the northwestern outskirts of Seoul for the second straight year this fall, the tournament’s organizers announced Tuesday. BMW Korea said the 72-hole tournament will be back at Seowon Hills [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean golf legend Pak Se-ri will team up with a global investment firm to host a newly named tournament on the LPGA Tour, officials have announced. The LPGA Tour announced Tuesday (U.S. time) that Pak and the Silicon Valley-based investment company Fir Hills will stage the Fir Hills [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — By capturing the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Florida on Sunday at age 34, South Korea’s Amy Yang became the oldest winner on the LPGA Tour this year — not that Yang had paid much mind to it. “I didn’t even think about it,” Yang said with a [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The LPGA has released a documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of a groundbreaking major championship victory by South Korean legend Pak Se-ri. Titled “The Shot,” the documentary premiered on LPGA’s YouTube channel and LPGA.com at 8 p.m. Wednesday (U.S. Eastern time). It explores how Pak’s win at the 1998 [...]
WONJU, South Korea, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, will become the Official Cybersecurity Partner of the BMW Ladies Championship, taking place at the Oak Valley Country Club in the Republic of Korea. The partnership with the BMW Ladies Championship will represent Fortinet’s first sponsorship [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LPGA rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun got a hero’s welcome Monday as she returned home following a historic season. Park became only the second LPGA rookie ever to win the money title, the Rookie of the Year and the Player of the Year honors in one season, joining Nancy Lopez from 1978. Park clinched the points race for the top rookie award in October, with five tournaments remaining in the season, thanks [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The UL International Crown, a fledgling women’s match play competition put together by the LPGA Tour, is here to stay as it provides a “unique” opportunity for fans and players alike, the tour’s top official said Monday. LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan said the International Crown, which was first [...]
YANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In pursuit of multiple individual awards, LPGA Tour’s rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun said Thursday she’s most eager to grab the scoring title at the season’s end. Park, who turned 24 the same day she made the comment, is making her first Korea LPGA (KLPGA) Tour appearance in a year this week at the OK Savings Bank Se Ri Pak [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Now that she has enjoyed the sweet taste of an LPGA major victory, South Korean rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun wants more of the same. Park returned home for the first time on Tuesday since winning the U.S. Women’s Open on July 16 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to her first LPGA major title at the U.S. Women’s Open, South Korean Park Sung-hyun is a virtual lock to win the tour’s top rookie honors this year. Park shot an 11-under 277 to win the oldest women’s major championship by two strokes on Sunday (local time) in [...]