Yang Yoon-seo ranked 4th, Park Seo-jin and Kim Gyu-bin tied for 15th and 21st... India's Urs wins Asian Games women's golf gold medal

Seojin Park tied for 15th, Gyubin Kim tied for 21st... Gold medal goes to India's Urs

(Kasugai [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = Expected star Yang Yoon-seo (Incheon Girls' High School Affiliated High School) ranked 4th in the women's golf individual event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Yang Yoon-seo hit 2 under par 68 with 5 birdies and 3 bogeys in the final 4 rounds of the tournament held on the 3rd at Kasugai Country Club East Course (par 70) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

He finished in 4th place with a final total of 7 under par 273 strokes.

Park Seo-jin (Seomoon Girls' High School), who also participated, recorded 5 under par 65 strokes with 8 birdies, 1 bogey, and 1 double bogey that day, and was tied for 15th place with a final total of 3 over par 283 strokes.

Kim Gyu-bin (Haksan Girls' High School) shot even par 70 with 4 birdies and 4 bogeys, and ranked 21st with a final total of 9 over par and 289 strokes.

In the team event, in which Korea competes with the combined score of two players with good performance in each round, Korea ranked tied for 4th place with Singapore and Thailand, with a total score of 7 under par 553 strokes in the four rounds, following China (22 under par 538 strokes), India (14 under par 546 strokes), and Taiwan (10 under par 550 strokes).

The individual gold medal was won by Pranabi Sharat Urs (India, 15 under par, 265 strokes), the silver medal was won by Yin Luoning (China) after an overtime match, and the bronze medal was won by Shannon Xuan Yin Tan (Singapore, 14 under par, 1,266 strokes).

On this day, with Park Seo-jin and Kim Kyu-bin having finished their match, Korea fell behind by two strokes against Taiwan, which ranked 3rd in the team event, with Yang Yun-seo remaining at 17 and 18. If they tied on both holes, they could aim for a bronze medal in the team event.

However, Yang Yoon-seo unfortunately failed to catch up as she made a par at the 17th hole (par 4) and a bogey at the 18th hole (par 4).

The Korean women's golf team won a gold medal in the team event at the 2010 Guangzhou Games, and silver medals at the 2014 Incheon Games, the 2018 Jakarta and Palembang Games, and the 2022 Hangzhou Games, but lost medals at this tournament.

In the individual competition, Park Gyeol won a gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Games, and although he failed to win a medal at the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games, Yoo Hyeon-jo won a bronze medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Games.