The LPGA 2023 season just ended Korean players’ disappointing report cards

Ko Jin-young's 2 wins and Yang Hee-young's 5 wins together, including the final match win

Kim Hyo-joo unfortunately missed out on the Bear Trophy Yoo Hae-ran, Rookie of the Year, is a harvest

Jinyoung Ko

The 2023 season of the LPGA Tour ended on the 20th (Korean time) with Yang Hee-young winning the CME Group Tour Championship.

Since Se-ri Pak's entry into the LPGA tour, Korean women's golf, which prided itself on being the best in the world with the emergence of new star players every year, has been unable to regain the glory of winning more than 10 games every year before the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic for several years.

Heeyoung Yang

Korean women's players recorded a total of five wins this year thanks to Yang Hee-young's win in the final match of the season.Jinyoung Ko saved her face as a strong player by winning the HSBC World Championship and the Founders Cup, earning her two wins alone.

Yoo Hae-ran won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and Kim Hyo-joo won the Ascendant LPGA, adding one win each, but compared to the past when they combined for 15 wins in 2019, they fell far short of fans' expectations.

Korean female golf players did not have a chance to demonstrate their skills as tournaments were not held normally in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept across the world since 2020.

The competition was held normally in 2022 and 2023, but it failed to show the strong 'Korean power' that it had before.

The injury of Ko Jin-young, who led Korean women's golf at the forefront, had a significant impact.

Jin-young Ko fell from No. 1 in the world rankings in the second half of 2022 due to a wrist injury, and did not play in the opening game of this year's season.

He seemed to be on track with two wins in the first half of the year, but later suffered a neck injury, and he withdrew from the Tour Championship, the final match of the season, due to a knee injury.

It can be said that they performed well just by getting their second win of the season under these adverse conditions.

Inbee Park, who was at the forefront of Korean golf before Ko Jin-young, did not compete this season due to pregnancy and childbirth. 19가이드03