S. Korea misses out on medals in women's golf individual, team events
KASUGAI, Japan — South Korea missed the podium in both the individual and team events in women's golf at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. Yang Yun-seo was the top performing South Korean, as she finished alone in fourth place at seven-under 273, seven strokes behind the bronze medalist, Shannon Xuan Yin Tan of Singapore, at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Kasugai, just northeast of…
On Saturday, South Korea failed to secure any medals in women's golf at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The top South Korean performer, Yang Yun-seo, finished in fourth place with a score of seven-under 273, trailing the bronze medalist, Shannon Xuan Yin Tan of Singapore, by seven strokes at the Kasugai Country Club East Course in Kasugai, Japan. The 18-year-old Yang shot a two-under 68 in the final round, including five birdies and three bogeys.
Park Seo-jin of South Korea tied for 15th place at three-over 283, while Kim Gyu-been ended up in 21st place at nine-over 289. The team rankings saw South Korea tied for fourth place at seven-under, three strokes behind Chinese Taipei. This marked the first time South Korea had missed out on at least one medal in women's golf since the event was introduced to the Asian Games in 1990.
India's Pranavi Sharath Urs edged out Yin Ruoning, a six-time LPGA winner from China, to claim the gold medal with a score of 15-under. Yin and Tan completed their 72 holes of competition.
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