[Nagoya AG] Women's Golf Misses Medal Hunt... Contender Yang Yunseo Finishes Disappointing Fourth

For the first time in history, Korean women's golf failed to win a medal at the Asian Games. While three high school amateur players participated and fought hard, they narrowly missed out on medals in both the individual and team events. In the individual event, anticipated contender Yang Yunseo finished in fourth place, missing out on a medal, and in the team event, Korea tied for fourth with Singapore and Thailand.

On October 3, at the East Course (Par 70) of Kasugai Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, during the final fourth round of the competition, Yang Yunseo carded a 2-under-par 68 with five birdies and three bogeys. With a final total of 7-under-par 273, Yang Yunseo concluded the event in fourth place.

Yang Yunseo is smiling brightly after completing the 4th round of the women's golf event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held on the East Course of Kasugai Country Club in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 3rd. Yang Yunseo finished 4th in the individual competition. Yonhap News Agency

India's Pranavi Sharath Urs won the gold medal with a final total of 15-under-par 265. Yin Ruoning (China) and Shannon Xuan Yin Tan (Singapore), who both finished at 14-under-par 266, went into a playoff, with Yin taking silver and Tan claiming bronze.

Park Seojin, who competed alongside Yang Yunseo, recorded a 5-under-par 65 with eight birdies, one bogey, and one double bogey in the final round, finishing tied for 15th with a cumulative score of 3-over-par 283. Kim Gyubin shot an even-par 70 with four birdies and four bogeys, ending in 21st place with a total of 9-over-par 289.

In the team event, where the scores of the top two performers from each country are combined each round to determine the ranking, Korea posted a final aggregate of 7-under-par 553. They finished tied for fourth place with Singapore and Thailand, following China (22-under-par 538), India (14-under-par 546), and Taiwan (10-under-par 550).

This is the first time since women’s golf became an official medal event at the Asian Games during the 1990 Beijing Games that Korea has failed to win any medal, whether individual or team. It is the second time Korea has missed an individual medal, the first being at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, and the very first time failing to medal in the team event.

Until this event, Korean women's golf had secured a total of four gold medals in the individual category. In the team event, Korea had earned at least a silver medal in every competition from the 1990 Beijing Games to the 2022 Hangzhou Games.

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