South Korean An Byeong-hun has lost a PGA Tour event in a sudden-death playoff, coming up just shy of his first win on the US circuit.An fell to Bryson DeChambeau on the second playoff hole at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, on Sunday (local time). An, the 2015 European Tour Rookie of the Year, was chasing his first PGA victory.An had also lost in a playoff at the 2016 Zurich Classic.An, DeChambeau and Kyle Stanley ended regulation tied at 15-under 273. Wh

South Korean Kim In-kyung has fallen short in a bid for her eighth career LPGA win.Kim finished one stroke behind the champion Minjee Lee at the LPGA Volvik Championship at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Sunday (local time). After a final round of five-under 67, Kim ended at 15-under, while Lee carded a 68 to take the title at 16-under.Kim began the day tied for second place with three other golfers at 10-under, two behind Lee. After making the turn at 11-under, Kim reeled

Fresh off her first win on home soil, South Korean golfer Park In-bee remained at No. 1 in the women's world rankings released Tuesday.Park has been sitting at the top since April 23, after starting the year at No. 13. She won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour in March, and last weekend, she captured the Doosan Match Play Championship for her first victory on the Korea LPGA Tour.Park has 7.87 rankings points, 0.88 point ahead of No. 2 Feng Shanshan. South Korean golfer Park In-bee h

South Korea's Chun In-gee has lost her chance to end a 20-month LPGA title drought in a playoff.Chun came up short at the weather-shortened Kingsmill Championship in a three-way playoff with Ariya Jutanugarn and Nasa Hataoka on River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sunday (local time). Chun was the first to be eliminated from the sudden-death play with a par on the first playoff hole, where Jutanugarn and Hataoka both birdied. Chun dropped to 0-3 in her career in LPGA pl

South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun climbed a spot in the world rankings Tuesday following her latest LPGA victory.Park traded places with countrywoman Ryu So-yeon to reach No. 4 in the latest rankings. Park won for the first time this season at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic in Texas last Sunday.Park shot an 11-under 131 at the weather-shortened, 36-hole tournament. Prior to the win, Park had been in the top 10 just once in seven tournaments while missing two cuts, after playing on

South Korean Park Sung-hyun has won a weather-shortened LPGA tournament for her first win of the 2018 season.Park captured the 36-hole Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, on Sunday (local time). Torrential downpours caused the tournament to be reduced to two rounds, and Park, the 2017 Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, fired an 11-under 131 over those 36 holes to take home $195,000, one stroke better than Lindy Duncan of the United

South Korean LPGA star Park In-bee has officially reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the women's world rankings.Park jumped two spots to No. 1 in the latest rankings announced Monday (US Eastern Standard Time). Park previously spent 92 weeks as world No. 1 during three different stretches between 2013 and 2015, and last held that spot Oct. 19, 2015. She was ranked 13th on Jan. 1 this year.Park's climb back to the top had been projected by the LPGA Tour immediately after her runner-up finish at the Huge

´South Korean LPGA star Park In-bee will reclaim the No. 1 ranking in women's golf following a runner-up finish at her latest event, the LPGA Tour said.Park finished tied for second at the Hugel-JTBC LA Open at Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles on Sunday (local time), but it will be good enough to lift the world No. 3 past current Nos. 1 and 2, Feng Shanshan and Lexi Thompson, to the top of the new rankings when they're announced Monday.Park In-bee of South Korea watches her tee shot on the f

South Korean LPGA star Park In-bee has inched closer to the No. 1 ranking in women's golf.Park remained in third place in the latest women's world rankings announced Tuesday, trailing Feng Shanshan and Lexi Thompson.But Park now sits just 0.38 point behind Feng. The South Korean improved from 6.33 points to 6.67 points, while Feng went up from 6.89 points to 7.05 points. Park In-bee of South Korea reacts to her birdie at the fourth hole during the final round of the Lotte Championship on the LPG

South Korean Kim Si-woo has let a PGA Tour win slip through his grasp in South Carolina, blowing a lead late before losing in a playoff.Kim lost to Satoshi Kodaira of Japan on the third playoff hole at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Sunday (local time). After squandering a two-stroke lead late in the final round, Kim missed his birdie attempt at the third playoff hole, where Kodaira made a birdie.The two players were tied at 12-under 272 after regu

South Korean golfer Park In-bee has lost an LPGA major in a sudden-death playoff.Park fell to Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden on the eighth playoff hole at Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Monday (local time). The sudden-death showdown was contested over two days because Park and Lindberg remained deadlocked after four playoff holes on Sunday and play was suspended due to darkness.Lindberg clinched her first professional victory by draining

South Korean golfer Park In-bee will have to play an extra day of playoff for a chance to win the first LPGA major of the season.Park and Pernilla Lindberg remained tied after four playoff holes at the ANA Inspiration at Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sunday (local time), before play was suspended due to darkness.The sudden-death competition will resume at 8 a.m. Monday local time, or midnight Monday in South Korea.Park is in pursuit

South Korean LPGA golfer Park In-bee has accomplished virtually everything a golfer can in a career: seven majors among her 19 LPGA wins, an Olympic gold medal and a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame.And what's left for the 29-year-old? Just to enjoy the game of golf."I should be really ready to enjoy tournament golf. But that's something that I haven't been able to do, and that's what I'm trying to do," Park told a press conference before the start of the ANA Inspiration, the season's first major,

South Korean golfer Ji Eun-hee has picked up her fourth career LPGA victory in California, powered by an ace on the back nine.Ji won the Kia Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, with a four-round total of 16-under 272 on Sunday (local time). Her final round of five-under 67 included a hole-in-one on the 14th hole, as Ji beat two Americans, Cristie Kerr and Lizette Salas, by two strokes.This was Ji's first win since October last year. The world No. 38 had gone more than eight year

South Korean LPGA star Park In-bee has cracked the top 10 in the women's world rankings following her latest victory.Park jumped 10 spots to reach No. 9 in the rankings released Tuesday. She won the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in Phoenix over the weekend, for her first LPGA win in 12 months.Park, former world No. 1, cut her 2017 season short in September with a back injury while she was No. 10 in the world, and dropped out of the top 10 by the end of October. In this Associated Press photo, Park I