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Daikyo World Championship
The Samsung World Championship was an annual golf tournament played between 1980 and 2009, for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was a limited field event, open by invitation only. The tournament was founded in 1980 by Mark McCormack, founder of the sports management firm IMG (business), IMG, originally with the world's top-12 LPGA players. The field was increased to 16 players in 1996 and to 20 in 1999. Electronics manufacturer Samsung became the title sponsor in 1995. Tournament names through the years: *1980: World Series of Women's Golf *1981: World Championship of Women's Golf *1982-1984: Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf *1985: Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf *1986-1989: Nestle World Championship *1990: Trophee Urban-World Championship *1991: Daikyo World Championship *1992: no tournament *1993-1994: World Championship of Women's Golf *1995-1999: Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf *2000-2009: Samsung World Championship 2009 parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ''Samsung'' brand, and is the largest South Korean (business conglomerate). Samsung has the eighth highest global brand value. Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into five business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group, and JoongAng Group. Notable Samsung industrial affiliates include Samsung Electronics (the world' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
