Yang Yoon-seo (Incheon Women's High School) and Kim Gyu-bin (Haksan High School) made a solid start on the first day of the women's golf competition at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
On September 30, at the Tokai Country Club's East Course (par 70) in Aichi Prefecture, both players recorded a score of 2-under 68, placing them in a tie for 7th.
Starting on the 10th hole (par 4), Yang Yoon-seo began her round with consecutive birdies on the 12th hole (par 3) and the 13th hole (par 5). Although she stumbled with a double bogey on the 1st hole (par 4) during the back nine, she regained her momentum with birdies on the 3rd hole (par 4) and the 8th hole (par 5).
Kim Gyu-bin, also starting on the 10th hole, finished the front nine at 1-over par. However, she showcased her strength on the back nine, scoring consecutive birdies on the 4th hole (par 3) and the 5th hole (par 4), and adding another birdie on the 8th hole (par 5) to finish with four birdies and two bogeys.
Park Seo-jin (Seomun Women's High School), who also competed, made four birdies but had three bogeys and one double bogey, finishing with a score of 1-over 71, placing her in a tie for 18th.
The individual leader after the first day is Shannon Shuan In Tan from Singapore, who scored 7-under 63 with nine birdies.
World No. 6 Lin Ruoning (China), Arpichaya Yubol (Thailand), Hsu Wei-ling (Taiwan), and Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan (Philippines) are tied for 3rd at 3-under 67.
In the team event, where the scores of the top two players from each country are combined, Korea recorded a total of 4-under 136, tying for 2nd place with China, Taiwan, and Thailand. They trail Singapore, which leads with a score of 8-under 132.
The Korean women's golf team, composed of three promising amateurs ranked by the Korea Golf Association (KGA) — Park Seo-jin (1st), Kim Gyu-bin (2nd), and Yang Yoon-seo (3rd) — is aiming for its first team gold medal at the Asian Games since 2010.
Korea's women's golf team has won silver medals in the team event at the last three Asian Games, from the 2014 Incheon Games to the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
A total of 43 players are competing in this event, which spans four days of 72-hole stroke play to determine the medalists in both individual and team categories. The second round will take place on October 1 at the same venue.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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