[ASIAN GAMES] 3 men, 2 women for S. Korea in top 10 after opening round in golf
NAGOYA, Japan — All three Korean men placed inside the top 10 after the opening round of the men's golf tournament at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, while two teenagers wedged themselves among the top 10 in the women's competition. In the men's first round, LIV Golf player Mun Do-yeob shot a bogey-free round of four-under 66 to tie for third place at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Kasugai, just northeast of the main host city Nagoya. He sits one stroke behind two co-leaders, Wang Wei-hsuan of Chinese Taipei and Kazuki Higa of Japan. Kim Joo-hyung, better known as Tom Kim on the PGA Tour, is at three-under, good for a tie for seventh. Kim Seong-hyeon, a former PGA Tour member, is tied for ninth at two-under. Korea is tied for second place in the team competition, where the two lowest scores out of each team's three players count toward the team total. At seven-under thanks to Mun and Kim Joo-hyung, Korea is two strokes behind Japan. Mun had one birdie on the front nine but picked up three more on the back nine. Kim Joo-hyung, who traveled right after competing at the Pre