When Park In-bee, now 38, reached 20 career LPGA Tour victories in 2020, NBC Sports used the above analogy to describe the difficulty of choosing between her and Pak Se-ri, now 48, as the “greatest Korean female golfer of all time.” The U.S. sports outlet went a step further, saying it was “like comparing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to determine the greatest statesman in American history.” The point was that although the two golfers led Korean women’s golf in different eras, it is difficult to give a definitive answer to the question of which one was better. If Pak was the “pioneer” who took Korea, then considered a “golf wasteland,” to the top of the world through her success on the LPGA Tour, Park was the “complete champion” who achieved nearly everything possible for a professional golfer. Even during the 2026 LPGA season, when Korean players such as Kim Hyo-joo, 31, and Ryu Hae-ran, 25, have stood out, the names of Pak and Park inevitably surface whenever Korean golfers reach significant milestones. Neither is easily surpassed. So, between the two lege