South Korean Women's Golf Fails to Win a Medal at Asian Games for the First Time

South Korean women's golf has failed to win a medal at the Asian Games for the first time in history.

In the final round of the women's golf individual event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the East Course (par 70) of the Kasugai Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, today (October 3), Yang Yun-seo (Incheon Girls' High School Affiliated CS High School), Park Seo-jin (Seomun Girls' High School), and Kim Gyu-bin (Haksan Girls' High School) finished in fourth, tied for 15th, and 21st place, respectively.

In the team event, where countries compete based on the combined scores of their top two performing players in each round, South Korea recorded a 4-round total of 7-under 553, tying for fourth place alongside Singapore and Thailand, behind China (22-under 538), India (14-under 546), and Chinese Taipei (10-under 550).

This marks the first time that South Korean women's golf has failed to secure a medal at the Asian Games.

Women's golf was adopted as an official event at the 1990 Beijing Games, and South Korea had won a medal in every single edition up to the 2023 Hangzhou Games.

Missing out on a medal in the individual event is the second time in history following the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, while failing to medal in the team event is a first.

Promising prospect Yang Yun-seo shot 2-under 68 in the final fourth round with five birdies and three bogeys, finishing in fourth place with a final total of 7-under 273.

Park Seo-jin marked 5-under 65 on this day with eight birdies, one bogey, and one double bogey, bringing her final total to 3-over 283.

Kim Gyu-bin shot even-par 70 with four birdies and four bogeys, completing the tournament with a final total of 9-over 289.

The individual gold medal was claimed by Pranavi Sharath Urs (India, 15-under 265), the silver medal went to Yin Ruoning (China) after a playoff, and the bronze medal was won by Shannon Tan (Singapore, both at 14-under 1266).

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