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Tue, August 20, 2019 | 07:42

Park Sung-hyun wins 2nd LPGA title

LPGA 2승 박성현 "오늘 완벽한 경기…에비앙도 우승 욕심"

Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun shot a final-round 64 to win the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, Sunday, the fifth straight victory for Korean golfers at LPGA events. The world No. 4, who had her first LPGA Tour win at the U.S. Women’s Open last month, won her second tour event after carding a seven-under 64 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, edging out fellow Korean Lee Mi-rim by...

Baek Byung-yeul | 2017-08-28 17:47

Park Sung-hyun captures 2nd LPGA victory

LPGA 2승 박성현 "오늘 완벽한 경기…에비앙도 우승 욕심"

South Korean rookie sensation Park Sung-hyun has rallied for her second career LPGA victory in Canada. Park, world No. 4, overcame a four-shot deficit to win the Canadian Pacific Women's Open in Ottawa on Sunday (local time). She fired a bogey-free final round of seven-under 64 at the par-71 Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to finish at 13-under 271, beating fellow South Korean Lee ...

Park Si-soo | 2017-08-28 11:01

Perform knife-hand strike to hit longer

Your key to power and distance will differ from others. Your build and swing style also will be different. But here is a blanket method of hitting longer, more accurate tee shots. Picture that you are carrying out a knife-hand strike in taekwondo or a karate chop with your left hand. You use the muscle at the side of your left hand between the base of your little finger and w...

Kim Jeong-kyoo | 2017-08-23 17:03

Chaebol reduce investments in golfers

Female golfers were no exception during the nation-shocking scandal last year involving former President Park Geun-hye and her close friend Choi Soon-sil. Korean conglomerates have begun to reduce their investment in golfers, since their chairmen faced questioning by judicial authorities over allegations of bribing Park and Choi. The heads of the three largest sponsors of gol...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-18 15:49

SMEs emerge as new sponsors of female golfers

When Yang Hee-young went two years without a sponsor after winning the 2013 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, the company that gave her a helping hand was not a conglomerate or a finance company. At the 2015 Evian Championship, on her cap was the logo of PNS, a medium-sized window and door maker not familiar to most people. Yang and PNS signed a sponsorship deal at the event v...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-17 15:26

Why finance companies bet on golfers

Half of the Korean female golfers who have won LPGA Tour tournaments this year, are sponsored by finance companies. Six players have been sponsored by five finance companies ─ KB Financial Group, KEB Hana Bank, NH Investment & Securities, BC Card and Mirae Asset. KB supports two winners ─ Olympic gold medalist Park In-bee, who won the HSBC Women’s Champions, and Lee Mi-hyang,...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-16 17:11

Address your ball properly to increase distance

To increase your power and distance, you need to address your ball properly. Once you’ve gripped your club and precisely aimed it at your target, you need to focus on your posture. To increase your power and distance, you first need to keep your back or spine straight. To rotate your torso effectively, you need to keep your chin up, back straight, bottom stuck out and legs sl...

Kim Jeong-kyoo | 2017-08-16 13:56

Female golfers promote Korean firms

Hanwha’s logo was written on the cap of Kim In-kyung when the female golfer raised her trophy for the cameras at the Ricoh Women’s British Open last week. When Haru Nomura won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout in May, the Korean-Japanese female golfer was also wearing her cap and orange jacket decorated with Hanwha’s logos. Korea’s eighth-largest conglomerate was not t...

Park Jae-hyuk | 2017-08-14 14:16

Yielding extra yards off the tee

To lower your score, you have to drive your ball in the fairway. More important, you need to hit your tee shots farther to make easier approach shots with shorter clubs. With short irons, you will have more chances to hit your ball close to the pin. Just like strength-sapped seniors, players lacking distance are desperate to increase power. There are diverse different ways th...

Kim Jeong-kyoo | 2017-08-09 18:22

Kim In-kyung gets major redemption at Women's British Open

Korean golfer Kim In-kyung claimed her first career major championship win at the Ricoh Women’s British Open, Sunday. At Kingsbarns Links in Scotland, Kim had a two-stroke victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England after carding a one-under 71 in the final round. Her overall score for four rounds was an 18-under 270, one stroke shy of Karen Stupples’ tournament record in 2004...

Baek Byung-yeul | 2017-08-07 17:31

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