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Golfers: Jae An

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Golfers: Jae An
Jae An plays during the second round of the New Zealand Open at Paraparaumu in 2002. Then 13 years old, he was the youngest person ever to qualify for a national championship. Since 2002 he has achieved international success, along with other young Korean-New Zealand golfers.

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Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, Koreans – Community and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46760/golfers-jae-an (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, published 30 October 2015, updated 1 August 2024.