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Chella Choi, of South Korea, hits out of a bunker on the 17th hole during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Sung Hyun Park, of South Korea, listens to caddie David Jones on the 18th green during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chella Choi, of South Korea, hits her tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chella Choi, of South Korea, reacts to a fan on the 18th hole during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chella Choi, of South Korea, right, and her caddie Ji Yeon Choi, react to a fan on the 18th hole during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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So Yeon Ryu, of South Korea, right, listens to her caddie Tom Watson before teeing off in the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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So Yeon Ryu, of South Korea, left, give her caddie Tom Watson the green bib signifying her No. 1 world ranking during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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So Yeon Ryu, of South Korea, watches her tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, with his wife Kim Jung-sook, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller, center, place their hands over their hard during the playing of national anthems for South Korea and the United States during a ceremony at the "Chosin Few Battle Monument," at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Triangle, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu, of South Korea, pitches during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, left, of South Korea, points to his foot as a trainer, center, and his interpreter stand over him after he was struck by a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Andrelton Simmons during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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So Yeon Ryu of South Korea hands her driver back to caddie Tom Watson during a practice round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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So Yeon Ryu of South Korea hits out of a bunker as coach Cameron McCormick watches during a practice round of the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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So Yeon Ryu of South Korea hits a tee shot during a practice round for the 2017 Women's PGA Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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North Korean taekwondo demonstration team members and other officials arrive at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 23, 2017. The team has arrived in South Korea for its first performances in the rival country in 10 years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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North Korean taekwondo demonstration team members and other officials arrive at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 23, 2017. The team has arrived in South Korea for its first performances in the rival country in 10 years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Si Woo Kim, of South Korea, hits from a bunker on the ninth hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Friday, June 16, 2017, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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FILE - This Jan. 17, 2015, file photo sows South Korea's soccer coach Uli Stielike ahead of an AFC Asia Cup soccer match between Australia and South Korea in Brisbane, Australia. Stielike was fired as South Korea's head coach after poor results in World Cup qualifying. South Korea's football association made the announcement Thursday, June 15, 2017, two days after a 3-2 loss in Qatar. It was South Korea's third defeat in the last five qualification games and left hopes of progressing to a ninth successive World Cup uncertain. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

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Illustration on challenges to South Korea's economic prosperity by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, talks with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 12, 2017. South Korea's new liberal president Moon has proposed on Monday that the rival Koreas and other Northeast Asian countries co-host the 2030 World Cup. (Bae Jae-man/Yonhap via AP)