Pak returns to LPGA Tour as tournament host

Se-ri Pak in Incheon, South Korea, biding farewell to the tour in 2016. Now she returns with her own event. — Reuters

SOUTH Korean World Golf Hall of Famer Se-ri Pak is set to return to the LPGA in 2024 as tournament host of the March 21 to 24 event at Palos Verdes Golf Club in suburban Los Angeles.

Pak, who retired from the LPGA Tour in 2016 after a distinguished career that transformed the women’s game, said it was an honour to become host of the newly-renamed Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship.