Golfer Se Ri Pak’s rise in the late 1990s inspired young women like Tiffany Joh, one of many Korean LPGA golfers who trace their interest in the sport to seeing Pak play on TV. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let’s hear evidence that an athlete changed the face of her sport. Golfer Se Ri Pak retired last […]
The LPGA Q-Series—or Q School, as it more commonly is called—is a right of passage for those on the front end of careers. But for those at career crossroads, it is pis aller, as LPGA veteran Karine Icher might call it in her native French. If pis aller sounds ominous, well, it is. It translates […]
Na Yeon Choi talks to the media after a practice round at LCC on Tuesday. The crude stereotype goes something like this: Se Ri Pak won the 1998 US. Women’s Open, and every father in Pak’s native South Korea immediately bought their daughter golf clubs and lessons and club memberships. A Korean invasion of the […]
