This post is for the benefit of the ex-Van City correspondent, whose memory is turning into Cream of Wheat.
The Rocket goes back a long ways with Mizuno irons:
Hee Young Park of South Korea and her caddy Kylie Pratt look over the break on the second green during the conclusion of the delayed third round of the Women's U.S. Open golf tournament at the Broadmoor Golf Club on Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 07: Hee Young Park of South Korea tees off on the 3rd hole during the LPGA Hana Bank Championship at the Sky 72 Ocean Course on October 7, 2011 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Stanley Chou/Getty Images)
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However, she had a brief roll in the hayloft with Yonex in 2017 ... my observations from Tuesday practice at the 2017 Shoprite/Acer:
Park now has a Yonex bag, but I couldn’t see her irons...today’s oversized headcovers make it hard to see anything inside a bag. I did get a glimpse of Fourteen wedges, the RM22 model (I think), along with Adams hybrids. She hit a TM driver at #1, but she also used a Callaway at #2.
I remember that Yonex bag being almost all white with yellow and blue trim ... I THINK this might be it (below) ... see that tiny bit of yellow trim? I don't recall Mizzy bags every having yellow. I can't find a pic of this bag anywhere else, including naver.com.
ANN ARBOR, MI - MAY 26: Hee Young Park, of South Korea, confers with her caddie while waiting to hit on the 7th tee during the second round of the LPGA Volvik Championship on May 26, 2017 at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)
She also had a fling with Srixon in 2017, which I don't remember at all ... one of the 'Z' models (below).
KAPOLEI, HI - APRIL 12: Hee Young Park of Republic of Korea plays a tee shot on the eighth hole during the first round of the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented By Hershey at Ko Olina Golf Club on April 12, 2017 in Kapolei, Hawaii. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Talk about a missed opportunity in 2009... I should have poked my head into her bag, heck, I followed her for four or five holes. This is an ELORD driver (below) and she also played ELORD irons early in her pro career. That brand had some buzz on the KLPGA 15-20 years ago ... since then, I think it either vanished or morphed into an Asian Poser collection under different names.
Hee Young Park, of South Korea, tees off on the 15th hole during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament, Friday, July 10, 2009, at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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In my research, I stumbled over the article above, which reports on The Rocket and The Mini-Rocket playing together at the 2012 RACV Australia Ladies Masters, along with their relationship, most interesting.
This pic isn't phony, that's what I saw at the Seaview in 2015.
