All posts tagged "golf"

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    Park Inbee leads the way at Lorena Ochoa Invitational

    By Brian Han When Park Inbee drained a 15-footer on the 18th for a birdie and the outright lead, she barely smiled. No fist pump, no wave, just a deliberately slow walk to the hole letting the...

    • Posted November 12, 2015
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    An Byeong-hun trails Sergio Garcia by 1 at BMW Masters

    By Brian Han Whenever BMW hosts a professional golf tournament, something in An Byeong-hun’s game starts to light up. Maybe he’s looking to get his hands on a new luxury car, or maybe it’s just coincidence. The...

    • Posted November 12, 2015
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    Bae Sang-moon to begin 2-year military service next week

    By Brian Han South Korean professional golfer Bae Sang-moon will begin his mandatory two-year military service beginning next week. The two-time PGA Tour winner fittingly ended his pre-duty career in South Korea for the Presidents Cup where...

    • Posted November 10, 2015
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  • Kevin Na of the United States plays out of a bunker (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
    Koreans get lost in star-studded shuffle at WGC golf tourney

    By Brian Han Scotland’s Russel Knox proved he had loads of talent last season on the PGA Tour with three top-10s, but now we know he can win among the best. Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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  • Sun-ju Ahn of South Korea smiles with a trophy after winning the Toto Japan Classic, her first LPGA Tour victory, in Shima, central Japan. Ahn won the 20th Japan LPGA title, beating fellow South Korean player Ji-Hee Lee and American Angela Stanford with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. (Naoya Osato/Kyodo News via AP)
    S. Korea’s Ahn Sun-ju wins first LPGA event at Japan Classic

    By Brian Han With so many talented youngsters blazing towards their first win on the PGA and LPGA Tours, it can be refreshing to see a winner who’s taken a longer path to the same destination. 28-year-old...

    • Posted November 9, 2015
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    Lee leads Koreans at WGC in star-studded field

    By Brian Han No, it’s not Korean New Zealander Danny Lee who’s leading the Korean golfers at the World Golf Championship in Shanghai after the first round. It’s Canada’s Richard T. Lee. The 25-year-old put together a...

    • Posted November 5, 2015
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  • From left to right, Tennis players Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, hold drum sticks for photo during the HSBC Champions golf tournament photocall in Shanghai, China Thursday Nov.3, 2015. (AP Photo)
    Even after breakout year, Spieth says not quite beginning of an era

    SHANGHAI (AP) — Jordan Spieth wore a black tunic with red trim around the collar to take part in a Chinese drum ceremony late Tuesday afternoon just as the Shanghai skyline began to glow with lights behind...

    • Posted November 3, 2015
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