LPGA Tour Stars to Compete En Masse... "China Assembles Strongest Asian Games Team"

Yin Ruoning (World No. 5), Liu Yan, and Zhang Weiwei to Compete
Thailand’s Yubol, Taiwan’s Yani Tseng and Hsu Wei-ling Enter the Field
South Korea Sends Amateurs Park Seojin, Kim Gyubin, and Yang Yunseo

Star players active on the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour will be competing in large numbers at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

According to the organizing committee on September 15, China has included World No. 5 Yin Ruoning, as well as Liu Yan and Zhang Weiwei, on its roster. Yin Ruoning is one of the LPGA Tour’s top competitors, with a total of six career victories. She has been riding impressive momentum, most recently winning the FM Championship by two strokes over Kim Hyojoo at the end of August. This year, she has achieved one victory on the LPGA Tour and finished in the top 10 on seven occasions.

The world's No. 5 Inyuning will represent China at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya. Photo by AFP Yonhap News

Liu Yan's skills are also noteworthy. She joined the LPGA Tour in 2023 and has been delivering steady results, including a shared third-place finish at the Meijer LPGA Classic this June. Zhang Weiwei made history in 2019 by becoming the first player ever to record four wins in a single season on the China Ladies Professional Golf Association (CLPGA) Tour. On the LPGA Tour this season, she has played in 19 events and finished runner-up at the Blue Bay LPGA in March.

Thailand is fielding World No. 84 Arpichaya Yubol as its top player. She has finished as runner-up three times on the LPGA Tour this season. In particular, she narrowly missed out on a trophy at last month’s Portland Classic, finishing just one stroke behind World No. 2 Atthaya Thitikul, also from Thailand.

Taiwan’s team includes former World No. 1 Yani Tseng. Tseng has a total of 13 career victories on the LPGA Tour, including four majors. However, since May 2012, she has struggled with severe slumps, hip injuries, and putting yips. This season, she has played in 10 LPGA Tour events and made the cut in two tournaments. Hsu Wei-ling, winner of the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship in May 2021, is another Taiwanese player to watch.

South Korea’s team does not include professional players. Instead, three amateurs—Park Seo-jin (Seomun Girls’ High School), Kim Gyubin (Haksan Girls’ High School), and Yang Yun-seo (Incheon Yeobuseol Distance Learning High School)—will compete. Golf at the Asian Games will be held from September 30 to October 3 in a 72-hole stroke play format. There will be four gold medals at stake, covering both men's and women's individual and team events.

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