{"id":2110,"date":"2017-05-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.34.14.113\/en\/2017\/05\/23\/dong-a-ilbo-chairman-kim-young-chan-named-among-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-golf-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:15:32","slug":"dong-a-ilbo-chairman-kim-young-chan-named-among-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-golf-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/dong-a-ilbo-chairman-kim-young-chan-named-among-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-golf-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"[Dong-A Ilbo] Chairman Kim Young-chan Named Among the World&#8217;s 10 Most Innovative Golf Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f-780x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1723\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/img_001_b7e950339110a87f.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Kim Young-chan, Chairman of GOLFZON Newdin Group<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dong-A Ilbo reported that Kim Young-chan, founder of GOLFZON and Chairman of GOLFZON Newdin Group, was the only Asian to be named among the world&#8217;s 10 most innovative golf figures and entrepreneurs selected by the summer issue of the U.S. golf industry magazine &#8216;Golf Inc.&#8217; He was highly recognized for developing a screen golf system that combines golf and IT, leading a new golf culture both at home and abroad. The report noted that he satisfied all three selection criteria: preparing for changes in the golf industry, presenting ideas that appeal to potential golfers, and devising products and technologies that enhance golfing convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dong-A Ilbo reported that Chairman Kim, who has led the popularization of screen golf since founding the company in 2000, has earned international recognition through this selection as a global leader driving innovation in the golf industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dong-A Ilbo reported that Kim Young-chan, founder of GOLFZON and Chairman of GOLFZON Newdin Group, was the only Asian to be named among the world&#8217;s 10 most innovative golf figures and entrepreneurs selected by the summer issue of the U.S. golf industry magazine &#8216;Golf Inc.&#8217; He was highly recognized for developing a screen golf system that combines golf and IT, leading a new golf culture both at home and abroad. The report noted that he satisfied all three selection criteria: preparing for changes in the golf industry, presenting ideas that appeal to potential golfers, and devising products and technologies that enhance golfing convenience. The Dong-A Ilbo reported that Chairman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"family":[15],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-center","category-media-coverage","family-golfzon-korea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4961,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions\/4961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.golfzon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}