"First in Asian Games history": Korean women's golf fails to win a medal... High school amateur Yang Yun-seo finishes 4th in disappointing result [Aichi-Nagoya AG]

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This is a first in the 36th-year history of the Asian Games. Korean women's golf failed to win a single medal, ending with "no medals."

Yang Yun-seo (18, Incheon Girls' High School Affiliated Broadcasting and Correspondence High School) shot 5 birdies and 2 bogeys for a 3-under-par 67 in the final fourth round of the women's golf competition at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held on the 3rd at Kasugai Country Club (par 70) in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Yang Yun-seo, who finished with a total score of 8-under-par 268, ended the tournament in solo fourth place and unfortunately failed to reach the podium.

Pranaavi Sharad Urs (India), who recorded a final total of 15-under-par 265, claimed the individual gold medal. Xian Xin Tan (Singapore) and Lin Ruoning (China), both with scores of 14-under-par, tied for second place, obscuring the color of their medals.

Park Seo-jin (Seomun Girls' High School), who competed alongside her, fought back by reducing her score by 5 strokes in the fourth round, but finished tied for 15th with a final total of 3-over-par 283. Kim Gyu-bin (Haksan Girls' High School) finished 21st with a final total of 9-over-par 289.

The poor performance in the individual event led to a crushing defeat in the team event. In the team competition, where the scores of the top two players on each team are summed per round to determine rankings, Korea finished with a total score of 8-under-par 548, falling short by 2 strokes to third-place Taiwan (10-under-par) and tying for fourth place with Singapore and Thailand. China claimed the team gold medal with a final total of 22-under-par 534, while India took silver with a score of 14-under-par.

This is the first time in history that Korean women's golf has failed to stand on the podium in an Asian Games team event. Since women's golf was first introduced as an official event at the 1990 Beijing Games, Korea has won a team medal at every tournament without fail, having claimed the gold medal four times in total. After finishing with consecutive team silver medals in the last three tournaments, Korea entered this competition aiming to reclaim the top spot for the first time in 16 years, but suffered the humiliation of failing to win any medal at all.

In the individual event as well, Korea failed to win a medal for the second time in history, following the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games. As a result, Korean women's golf returned home without winning a single medal in either the individual or team events. Having maintained its dignity by winning a team silver medal and Yoo Hyeon-jo's individual bronze medal at the previous 2022 Hangzhou Games, Korea was completely overwhelmed this time by the fierce surge of rapidly growing India, China, and Southeast Asia.

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