Korean envoy lauds Ghana Golf

Combining sports with ambassadorial duties is no mean task; but that cannot be said for H.E. Lyeo Woon-Ki, the Korean Ambassador to Ghana.

To him, his love for sports, particularly golf and football, makes him more effective in his duties at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

Characteristically, the nature of his job has sent him to countless countries where he has played key roles in the game of golf including Ireland, the home of golf.

And although Ghana ranks lowest among all the countries he has worked in as an envoy, his association with the sport in his close to a year’s stay in the country shows that given the needed push, golf will take Ghana to places.

He revealed in an interview at his Cantonment office that so far it is the refurbished Achimota Golf Club that meets international standards, calling on government and corporate Ghana to pull the other clubs along the same line.

The Korean Ambassador featured prominently in the MOBA-SANTA annual golf competition at the Achimota Club a few weeks ago.

“Golf has a huge potential to sell Ghana to the outside world, but it is still under-developed except for the Achimota Club. Achimota is catching up and I hope government and the public sector will help raise the other clubs to an appreciable or international standard,” said H.E. Woon-Ki.

The Korean Envoy, who has a huge hall decorated with the many medals and trophies he has lifted in major and minor golf competitions, is also a key midfielder of the Foreign Mission Football team, back home (Korea).

He is married to Yeonhee Chang Lyeo with whom he has two children, namely Joon-Ku Lyeo, a top security expert at the Emory University Business School, Atlanta, USA and Lydia Kyungon of the Iwha Women’s University Pharmacy School.