World No . 1 in women ' s golf commits to S . Korean majorBy Yoo Jee - ho SEOUL , June 9 ( Yonhap ) -- Ko Jin - young , world No . 1 in women ' s golf , will play in a South Korean major championship next week . The organizers of the 34 th Kia Motors Korea Women ' s Open Golf Championship announced Tuesday that Ko has committed to the second major tournament of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association ( KLPGA ) season . It will run from June 18 - 21 at Bears Best Cheongna Golf Club in Incheon , 40 kilometers west of Seoul . In this photo , provided by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association on June 4 , 2020 , Ko Jin - young of South Korea tees off at the second hole during the first round of the Lotte Cantata Ladies Open at Lotte Sky Hill Jeju Country Club in Seogwipo , Jeju Island . ( PHOTO NOT FOR SALE ) ( Yonhap ) With the U . S . LPGA Tour grounded during the coronavirus pandemic , Ko made her 2020 debut last week at a KLPGA event , Lotte Cantata Ladies Open . Ko will sit out this week ' s S - Oil Championship and then return to action at the Korea Women ' s Open . Ko was the 2019 LPGA Player of the Year on the strength of her four titles , which included two majors . She also picked up the money title and the scoring title . Joining Ko in the star - studded field will be Lee Jeong - eun , world No . 10 and the reigning LPGA Rookie of the Year . It will be her fifth consecutive KLPGA appearance . The sixth - ranked Kim Sei - young and No . 13 Kim Hyo - joo will also take the field , as will former world No . 1 Ryu So - yeon , currently ranked 18 th . Of eight South Koreans inside the top 20 in the world rankings , five will be at Bears Best Cheongna . KLPGA members in the field include Park Hyun - kyung , who won the first major of the season at the KLPGA Championship last month , and Choi Hye - jin , the 2019 KLPGA Player of the Year , and Lee So - young , who ' s leading the tour in money and Player of the Year points this year . The organizing committee will let fans vote on three pairings for the first two rounds . In this photo , provided by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association on June 4 , 2020 , Lee Jeong - eun of South Korea tees off at the 10 th hole during the first round of the Lotte Cantata Ladies Open at Lotte Sky Hill Jeju Country Club in Seogwipo , Jeju Island . ( PHOTO NOT FOR SALE ) ( Yonhap ) jeeho @ yna . co . kr ( END )