Updated Dec.27,2006 08:54 KST

Yang to Focus on PGA Tour in 2007
Korean golfer Yang Yong-eun will focus on the PGA Tour next year. Yang, ranked 33rd in the world, has earned the rights to play in 12 PGA tournaments and 7 more on invitation next year. The golfer plans to compete in 25 tournaments next year, 17 of which will be on the PGA Tour. He starts his first PGA Tour season, playing the Nissan Open in California in February.

His win in the showpiece HSBC Champions Tournament back in November earned him a spot on the European Tour and bumped him into the top 40 of worldwide golf rankings.

Arirang News