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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...

Golf | 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...

Golf | 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,...

Golf | 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...

Golf | 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...

Golf | 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...

Golf | 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...

Golf | 2017-08-07 17:31

Korean golfers seek continued dominance at Women's British Open

The Ricoh Women’s British Open will feature the world’s top golfers at Kingsbarns Links in Scotland, starting Thursday. Twenty Koreans will compete in one of the major championships in women’s golf, aiming to continue their dominance in the sport. Korean golfers have had 11 wins in 21 LPGA Tour tournaments this season. And they have won the past three major events -- Park Sun...

Golf | 2017-08-02 18:15

Achieving full, balanced finish to send your ball perfectly

Once you’ve hit your ball, you need to make sure you swing into a full, balanced finish. If you quit swinging your club immediately after hitting, your clubface will not close enough. If your clubface stays open when your ball leaves your club, you will fail to send your ball accurately toward your target. Your ball will travel straight to your right or curve from left to rig...

Golf | 2017-08-02 17:21

Lee Mi-hyang wins Ladies Scottish Open

Korean golfer Lee Mi-hyang scored a one-stroke win over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in Scotland, Sunday, for her second career LPGA Tour victory. At the Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, the 24-year-old claimed the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open title after carding a six-under 66 on the final day for a four-round total of a six-under 282. She was only one stroke ahea...

Golf | 2017-07-31 16:54

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