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Why are South Korea's women so good at golf? from freeamfva's blog

It was altogether fitting that the first Olympic champion in women's golf for over 100 years hailed from the Republic of Korea.To get more news about 欧美一级特黄特色大片免费, you can visit our official website.

The country has dominated the women's game for the past decade with seven-time major winner Inbee Park taking gold at Rio 2016.

What is perhaps most striking is the sheer depth of talent in Korea with no fewer than 17 women winning a total of 34 majors starting with Pak Se-ri's victory in the 1998 LPGA Championship.

With more than a handful of the world's top 20 players, and a seemingly endless supply of title contenders, there is no sign that Korean women will relinquish their grip on golf's big prizes any time soon.Aged just 20 and the winner of six tournaments on the Korean LPGA Tour, Pak Se-ri moved to the United States to join the LPGA Tour in 1998.

She made an immediate impact, taking victory in the LPGA Championship before becoming the youngest ever US Women's Open champion.

Pak was tied with American amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn at Blackwolf Run in Wisconsin after 72 holes, and the pair could not be separated after 18 holes on the Monday.

Watched by millions on television in Korea, the Daejeon native birdied the second hole in second sudden death to claim her second consecutive major and spark a golfing revolution in her homeland.Inbee Park was one of the "Se-ri Kids" - as the next generation of Korean women golfers came to be known - watching Pak beat the best in the world, and practising for hours to try to emulate her hero.

Another was Jiyai Shin who had a record-breaking nine victories from 18 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007 while still a teenager.

In 2008, 19-year-old Park took Pak's record as the youngest US Women's Open winner before Shin claimed the British Women's Open on her way to becoming Asia's first world no.1 golfer.

With her bubbly personality, Shin also endeared herself to her fellow professionals and became the second great Korean golfing role model.

Park and Ryo So-yeon are among those who have carried the torch since with Park Sung-hyun and Ko Jin-young also reaching number one in the world and winning multiple majors.

In 2019, there were 21 Korean players on the LPGA Tour with the likes of New Zealand's Lydia Ko, Australian Minjee Lee, and American major winners Michelle Wie and Danielle Kang all born to Korean parents.


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