PALM DESERT, Calif. -- A month ago, another young Korean woman golfer took a giant step when Jeong Jang won the Women's British Open and qualified for the Samsung World Championship, which will be played Oct. 10-16, at the Canyons Course at Bighorn Golf Club.

Jang, 25, the daughter of a retired Korean policeman, followed the same path as U.S. Women's Open champion Birdie Kim, using her first career title to win a major championship and secure a berth in the Samsung World Championship.

"I feel just great," Jang, who lives in Orlando, Fla., said after completing her wire-to-wire win. "It's fantastic. I didn't know that golf could be this much fun."

Jang, who celebrated her victory by returning to Korea to visit family, is now sixth on the LPGA money list with a career-high $744,161. She ranked 12th on the LPGA money list with $680,080 last year, when she tied for sixth at the Samsung World Championship. She is the eighth first-time winner on the LPGA Tour this year. She is the fourth player from South Korea to win a major. She was the third wire-to-wire winner this year, and the fourth to win with four rounds in the 60s.

The Samsung World Championship features an elite 20-player field. Annika Sorenstam has qualified in four categories: defending champion, winning the first two majors of 2005 -- the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the McDonald's LPGA Championship -- and leading the 2004 Official ADT Money List. In addition to Kim and Jang, others who have qualified for the Championship are 2004 Vare Trophy winner Grace Park and 15-year-old amateur sensation Michelle Wie, who has accepted a Championship Selection Committee invitation.

Additional entries will be awarded the leading player from the Ladies European Tour (LET), and to the leading money winners from this year's LPGA Tour money list.

The Samsung World Championship, a 72-hole stroke play event, has been contested on five continents in 24 years. The field returns to the Canyons Course at BIGHORN Golf Club for a shot at the $212,500 first prize out of a purse of $850,000.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the Samsung World Championship office toll free at 1-888-345-LPGA (5742).

For the second consecutive year, the Family YMCA of the Desert and United Way of the Desert have been selected as the charity beneficiaries for the Samsung World Championship. For more information, please contact the Family YMCA of the Desert at 760-341-9622 or visit its website at http://www.desertymca.org. If you would like additional information about United Way, please call (760) 323-2731.

About Samsung
Samsung is a world leader in electronics, finance, and trade and services. Headquartered in Korea, Samsung operates 337 offices and facilities in 58 different countries. The company employs approximately 201,000 people worldwide, with 2003 net sales of US $101.7 billion.

Samsung believes that sports play a unique role in unifying people regardless of age, race, or gender. Samsung is a passionate supporter and active corporate sponsor of amateur and professional sporting events, training programs, teams and individual athletes in Korea and around the world.

The company extended its commitment to sports by becoming a worldwide Olympic Partner of the International Olympic Committee in 1997. Samsung's official Olympic Games partnership will continue with the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

For more information, please visit the website: www.samsung.com.

About Bighorn Golf Club

Bighorn Golf Club, a private club, has two spectacular golf courses. The Canyons Course, designed by Tom Fazio, will provide a challenge for the world's best lady golfers. The par-72, 7,083 yard Tom Fazio layout, is set among rock-studded canyons, copper foothills, meandering streams, majestic waterfalls, and rich desert flora. The back nine is located in the upper elevations, with many holes nestled along a natural desert wash and into the existing canyons of the Santa Rosa Mountains. The course was opened in December 1998 and hosted the Battle at Bighorn in 2000-2001-2002.

BIGHORN is also home to the Arthur Hills-designed Mountains Course, a par-72, 6,871-yard breath-taking course winding through the foothills and valleys of the Santa Rosa Mountains providing panoramic vistas of Palm Desert and the entire Coachella Valley. The Mountains Course has been home to The Skins Game from 1992-1995 and also host to the 1998 World Senior Match Play Challenge.

For a private tour, contact BIGHORN Properties at 800-551-5578.

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