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It’s been said that golf was introduced to Korea in 1897 when a number of British people working with Korea’s Maritime Affairs and Tourism Organisation constructed a rudimentary 6-hole layout beside the Korean Customs Office.

Of course, with most Koreans regarding golf as a privilege enjoyed by important company executives and high-ranking military or government officials who conducted crucial business and matters of state in their private country clubs, the game remained a largely foreign sport to the local population right through both World Wars and the Korean War, right up until the 1980s.

A big turning point for Korean golf came in 1998 when Se-Ri Pak won both the LPGA Championship and US Open – the first of five Major Championship titles she would claim during her career – in her rookie season in the United States. Almost overnight, she became a national sporting hero, inspiring a whole new generation of young female golfers, aptly called Seri-Kids, who now dominate women’s golf.

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