All 3 Korean men finish in top 10 after opening round of Asian Games golf

All three Korean men placed inside the top 10 after the opening round of the men's golf tournament at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 on Wednesday.

LIV Golf player Mun Do-yeob shot a bogey-free round of four-under-par 66 to tie for third place at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Kasugai, just northeast of the main host city, Nagoya, Japan. 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-par, good for a tie for seventh. Kim Seong-hyeon, a former PGA Tour member, is tied for ninth at two-under-par.

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-par 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 Presidents Cup in the United States over the weekend, had five birdies but a couple of bogeys.

Kim Seong-hyeon, who is trying to get back to the PGA Tour, recorded three birdies, one eagle and three bogeys.

The four-round golf competition will wrap up Saturday.

Yonhap