PGA Tour veteran An Byeong-hun joins LIV Golf as captain of Korean team

An Byeong-hun has left the PGA Tour to captain a rebranded LIV Golf team featuring three other Korean-born players. LIV Golf announced Wednesday (U.S. local time) that An will join Korean Golf Club as its captain for the upcoming season. An, 34, will be joined by two other new faces in Song Young-han, a two-time winner in Japan, and Kim Min-kyu, who has won three tournaments on the Korea PGA (KPGA) Tour. The lone returnee for Korean Golf Club will be Danny Lee, a Korean-born Kiwi. Song and Kim each made a cameo in LIV Golf last year as a temporary injury replacement, while An had been on the PGA Tour since first earning his tour card for the 2016-2017 season. An replaces Korean American veteran Kevin Na as captain of the team, which had been called Iron Heads Golf Club until its rebranding Monday. Na left LIV Golf amid speculation of discontent after unfollowing both LIV Golf and his own team on social media. The son of Olympic table tennis medalists Ahn Jae-hyung and Jiao Zhimin, An holds the record as the youngest winner of the prestigious U.S. Amateur, having captured the title at 17 i