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Korean circuit boosts prize money to keep homegrown talent happy

The road to US LPGA Tour riches is one well traveled by South Korean golfers, but the domestic KLPGA circuit is looking to stem the annual exodus by boosting prize money and world ranking points on its increasingly lucrative schedule.

A host of major winners, not to mention Park In-bee's Rio Olympic triumph, have cemented Korea's status as the gold standard of women's golf, but there is no doubt the local tour loses a little sparkle when top players set off for the LPGA.