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So Yeon Ryu was one of three Korean girls
representing South Korea in golf at the Asian Games in 2006.
The Games take place every four years, like the Olympics.
Virtually every sport imaginable is played at these games,
including sports like golf that are not part of the Olympic
games. Countries from all over Asia field teams.
In 2002, the Japanese junior sensation Ai
Miyazato won the individual gold in the women's golf event.
In 2006, South Korea dominated. Ryu won both the individual
gold and helped her team to win the team gold as well. Ryu
not only won, she dominated. She shot 66-66-64-67 for a 29
under par total and a nine shot victory.
In 2007, Ryu powered the Korean squad to a
mind boggling 20 stroke victory in the Queen Sirikit Cup,
a women's amateur team stroke play golf event featuring 13
teams from Pacific Rim countries. Ryu also won individual
honors with a 12 under par total for the week, six shots ahead
of her teammate Hye Yong Choi and 12 shots ahead of the third
place woman. It was Korea's 10th win in 30 stagings of the
event.
So Yeon also played in the 2007 US Women's
Amateur, but though she was 4th in the stroke play section,
she was eliminated in the first round of match play.
It look as though Ryu may have turned pro
in late 2007/early 2008. In February of 2008, she played in
a professional event on the minor league Cactus Tour and won
by six shots. More details as they become available!
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