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Post by philknj on Nov 20, 2017 15:19:49 GMT
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Post by legitimategolf on Nov 20, 2017 15:45:13 GMT
If she can manage ok off the course, she will do well I think. Her showing at the Hanabank served notice that she is an elite player.
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 20, 2017 18:06:44 GMT
She did pretty well at CME, too! Excellent decision, and welcome to the tour, Jin Young!
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Post by HappyFan on Nov 20, 2017 18:10:07 GMT
English article:
South Korean golfer Ko Jin-young, the 2016 Korea LPGA Player of the Year, will take her talent to the LPGA Tour next year, her agency, Galaxia SM, said Monday.
The 22-year-old earned her eligibility by winning the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship on home soil last month.
"I've been dreaming of reaching the LPGA Tour ever since I started playing golf," Ko said in a statement. "I've decided to take on this challenge to realize an even bigger dream. I'll try my best to win a tournament and earn the Rookie of the Year award."
The LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship is the only LPGA event held in South Korea each year, and Ko was the fifth KLPGA player to win the tournament, which was first held in 2002 under a different corporate sponsor.
The four players before Ko -- Ahn Si-hyun, Lee Jee-young, Hong Jin-joo and Baek Kyu-jung -- all jumped to the LPGA Tour but had limited success. Ahn did win the 2004 Rookie of the Year but, like the three others, didn't win a tournament in her US career.
Ko said she is looking forward to learning from the best in the world.
"I will have a physically draining schedule, but I'll try to be grateful for small things along the way," she said. "Early in the season, I'll focus on getting adjusted to the new tour as quickly as I can."
Ko had to inform the LPGA of her decision by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday, a week before the start of the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. That would have been 7 a.m. Tuesday in Seoul.
Ko, who joined the KLPGA Tour in 2014, has nine career wins on the domestic tour. She beat out Park Sung-hyun, the co-LPGA Player of the Year in 2017, for the top KLPGA player award in 2016. This year, Ko won twice to rank fourth on the money list and third in the Player of the Year points standings.
Ko played at the LPGA Tour's season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, on Sunday (local time), and finished in a five-way tie for 16th. (Yonhap)
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Post by mr3putt on Nov 20, 2017 18:14:05 GMT
If Dumbo doesn't STEAL Lampshade away from REAL Ko....then it again demonstrates another situation of classic poor Korean execution. Has everyone noticed the YANK racism...not one word from lpga.com or gc.com that REAL Ko is joining the LPGA in 2018. It's HILARIOUS that all the YANK media has given Lexi a pass on YIPPING a 2 foot putt....yet they all SLAUGHTERED Inky for the past 5 years for gag/choking at the 2012 KNC....yet IK's putt lipped out and Lexi's putt barely touched the hole.....did you guys also notice the recoil from Lexi putting stroke too. Lexi will never get the nerves out of her hands...we have seen it time and time again.....it shows up in her chipping too at times. We need some new nicknames: FAKE Ko = POSER REAL Ko = PLAYA?  |
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Post by mr3putt on Nov 20, 2017 18:19:46 GMT
English article: South Korean golfer Ko Jin-young, the 2016 Korea LPGA Player of the Year, will take her talent to the LPGA Tour next year, her agency, Galaxia SM, said Monday. "I've been dreaming of reaching the LPGA Tour ever since I started playing golf," Ko said in a statement. "I've decided to take on this challenge to realize an even bigger dream. I'll try my best to win a tournament and earn the Rookie of the Year award."REAL Ko will have her hands full trying to beat Muni for the 2018 Rookie of the Year title.....you heard it here first. |
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Post by mr3putt on Nov 20, 2017 18:21:33 GMT
Now that Jin Young is joining the LPGA tour...will Hite pull her endorsement like the "OTHER" Korean?.....just askin.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Nov 21, 2017 0:12:53 GMT
Really glad that Jin Young decided to join the LPGA.
Looking forward to following her if she makes her LPGA debut in the US at the Founders Tournament.
I will try not to jinx her like I did at the ANA.
Now I have four must follow, So Yeon, In Gee, Jessica and Jin Young.
I will do twenty seven or thirty six to follow other players also.
Jin Young may have to get a new main sponsor.
Because I don't think Hite sponsor any LPGA players.
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