Golf in South Korea

South Korea, one of the major tourist places of Asia, has numerous ways in which tourists and locals can be engaged. From shopping to entertainment, and sport and recreation, South Korea enjoys a range of activities in which people can easily participate. South Korea prides itself in the great number of parks, sports clubs and wide range of recreational facilities that it offers to the local people and the visitors. Right from global sports like football, baseball, tennis, to muscle sports like wrestling and boxing, from winter sports like skating and skiing, to elite sports like golf and horse riding, and various martial arts forms, South Korea, is a haven for sports-lovers. One of the most popular sports here is Golf in South Korea.

Golf in South Korea is very popular, and unlike other countries in the world, the membership to golf clubs in South Korea is extremely cheap, with the consequence that golf is more accepted, and well-liked. Golf in South Korea is especially a forte of the women of the land, with over 30 Korean women playing on the world's leading women's tour, the LPGA tour in the United States. The best-known Korean woman golfer is Pak Se-ri.

Golf in South Korea is a competitive sport, and a number of golf Tournaments are held in South Korea #

The KOLON-Hana Bank Championship staged by SEMA Sports is a women's golf tournament on the LPGA of Korea Tour, which is co-sanctioned by the US LPGA Tour.

The Korea Open is an Asian Tour men's professional golf tournament played in South Korea.

The Maekyung Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament that takes place in South Korea.

The SK Telecom Open Golf Tournament is another annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the Korean cell phone company SK Telecom. The tournament was inaugurated in June 1997 as "SK Telecom Classic".