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Park and Pak share legacy in South Korean women's golf (The Associated Press)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Se Ri Pak could hear the burst of noise from 500 yards away and it wasn't hard to figure out what was causing the commotion.

Pak could hear it from the back of the 18th green at Olympic Golf Course. She was the team leader for South Korea at the Olympics, the player who inspired a nation that has become the most formidable in women's golf. Park with a gold medal around her neck only affirmed that.

Long ago, in another big moment for women's golf in South Korea, their roles were reversed.