Coronavirus Infectious Diseases-19 (Corona 19) officially announced that the US Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) tour, which was suspended in the aftermath of the 19th, will resume its season schedule with the LPGA Drive On Championship, which will open on the 31st of next month (July). . This is the third round competition, and considering the time difference, it is actually the opening of Saturday, August 1 in Korean time. The last tournament of the season was the ISPS Handa Australian Women's Open in mid-February, when Park In-Bee won, so the LPGA Tour will resume in 5 and a half months.

While the LPGA tour was suspended, Korean athletes active on the US stage participated in the domestic (KLPGA Tour) competition, especially at the Korean Women's Open, a major tournament that will open tomorrow (Thursday), including Ko Jin-young, the world's No. 1 player, and Se-Young Kim and Jung-eun Lee (Jung Eun Lee) 6), Hyo-Joo Kim, Yoo So-Yeon, Ji-Hee Ji, and Lee Mi-Rim are all participating LPGA members. I met Go Jin-young, who was ahead of the competition, and heard about the LPGA tour resumption.


"I don't know when to start participating in the LPGA tournament. I think it's a part that needs to be considered carefully. Even if you go back to the United States, you may need to contain yourself. I have to wait a little longer because I haven't done anything for it."

## Future Schedule of LPGA Tour (Based on Local Time)
LPGA Drive-On Championship (7/31~8/2. Toledo, Ohio, USA)
Marathon Classic (8/6~9. Sylvania, Ohio, USA)
Scottish Women's Open (8 13/16. North Berwick, Scotland
British Women's Open (8/20-23. Troon, Scotland)
Arkansas Championship (8/28-30. Rogers, Arizona, USA)
CP Women's Open (9/3-6, Vancouver, Canada)
ANA Inspiration (

September 10-13. Rancho Mirage, California, USA) LPGA Tour Looking at the upcoming schedule, from the end of July the first two tournaments will be held in the US mainland, and the next two will be held in the UK, and at the end of August the Arkansas Championship will be back in the US mainland. And the next week's tournament will be held in Canada. Just after the Marathon Classic, there will be a British tournament, but it is still unclear as to whether the tournament will be held as the British mandates two weeks of self-containment for immigrants.

"If I'm going to spend a lot of time like this, I need to take a break for two weeks, and go back and forth like this, I think I'd rather go out rather than go out. So I can do three or four contests in a row. If so, then I will try to think carefully again."


Ko Jin-young is sure to miss the championship once he came to the end of July. This is because KLPGA Tour Jeju Samdasoo Masters, the sponsor of Ko Jinyoung's sponsor, Samdasoo Jeju, is held for the same period. (Go Jinyoung participated in this tournament in 2018 and last year even after moving to the LPGA tour.) At the moment, in line with the major women's British Women's Open (8/20~23), she participated in the Scottish Women's Open, the previous week, or If the two tournaments are not held as scheduled, the time when the mainland United States competition will continue in earnest will be the time to return. This is the first LPGA Tour this season for Ko Jin-young, who did not participate in the January and February competitions this year.


Ko Jin-young will participate in the Korea Women's Open in 3 years since 2017 when she played on the KLPGA tour. It was organized in the same group as Choi Hye-jin and Bo-mi Choi. With the formation of the group decided by the fan vote, the same group confrontation among the signboard stars of the Korea-Japan tour is attracting attention. In the first round on the first day, we will be teeing off at 1:31 PM as the last group.


"I also had winter training with my older sister Bomi last year, and (Choi) Hyejin and I had played together at an event last year, so it wasn't surprising or unfamiliar when the group was released. It was amazing that I joined the last group. There are so many good players, and I was honored to be in the last group. It's a tournament held by many people who helped and tried in difficult times with Corona 19, so I would like to do my best to show the fans a good look."