From the 16 LPGA Tour events played so far this year, only four have been won by Americans, so why are the US players struggling to win?
I don’t pretend to know the answer, but I think the signs of a change were clear to see several years ago when players such as Pak Se-Ri came to America and showed thousands of young girls back home that through dedication and hard work fortune and success was possible.
South Koreans have won over 200 LPGA tournaments since trailblazers showed them that it could be done, and Pak was instrumental in changing the look of women’s golf by winning 25 titles.
Now retired, she kickstarted a golf revolution in South Korea when she won the 1998 US Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run.
She left the game with US$12,583,713 in earnings, 123 top-10 finishes and 25 victories.
She was the first South Korean to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame,…
