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Post by HappyFan on Mar 11, 2022 18:39:35 GMT
Each year the KLPGA picks around ten of their golfers to feature in advertisements, photo shoots, etc. These are called the 'hongbo models', which loosely means Spokesmodels. It's usually a mix of top talents and popular but less successful ladies. Here is a clip from their site about this year's selections. https://www.instagram.com/p/CagSn2Zg13F Here is the KLPGA's online voting page. The winners will be announced 3/18. Who do you think will be chosen?My guesses (note that rookies are almost never chosen): Already in: Min Ji Park (who wasn't chosen last year!)(#1 player is automatically selected), Obviously: Hee Jeong Lim (last year's Most Popular winner) Hyun Kyung Park aka Rabbit Park aka Cutieful Ha Na Jang Pretty likely: So Mi Lee (well loved and top talent) Se Lin Hyun (shows up in a lot of golf programming) Hae Ran Ryu Ji Hyun Oh (not there last year, but had a comeback in 2021; before that was usually included) Longer shots: Jae Hee Kim (so photogenic and personable) Ga Eun Song (have to have the ROY) Likely snubs but 1 or 2 from here might make it: Ga Young Lee Da Yeon Lee (but she rarely made it in the past) Da Been Heo (has shown up a lot in SBS programming) Ju Young Park (I say she's snubbed but is the most likely to pull an upset in this list) Jin Seon Han (done it in the past) Ayean Cho (has been one the last two years but I think they'll pass her by this time)
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 11, 2022 19:03:03 GMT
So this is interesting: they've never before allowed rookies in, but the voting list includes Ina Yoon and Yewon Lee. I wonder if they will make it?
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 13, 2022 3:09:44 GMT
I know "Cutieful". Where did "Rabbit Park" come from?
Hyun Kyung is usually really comfortable in front of cameras when she can be herself. She is bubbly and funny and smiling and happy. She is a natural to do this sort of thing. Many other golfers are golfers and not quite so comfortable in front of the camera. Her personality is very attractive.
Is it my fault the winner of the first klpga event I ever watched just so happened to be Hyun Kyung?
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 13, 2022 4:21:20 GMT
Last year they had this video series where they interviewed all the winners from the previous season. Hyun Kyung told the interviewer her nickname was Rabbit -- not the Korean word for rabbit, the English word. The interviewer called her "Rabbit Park". It's why she has rabbit icons on her Instagram page.
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Post by klpgaenglish on Mar 17, 2022 8:16:32 GMT
Last year they had this video series where they interviewed all the winners from the previous season. Hyun Kyung told the interviewer her nickname was Rabbit -- not the Korean word for rabbit, the English word. The interviewer called her "Rabbit Park". It's why she has rabbit icons on her Instagram page. She generally starts tournaments like a turtle *^^* considering where she tends to be Saturday morning in the standings.
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Post by rlspore on Mar 21, 2022 5:56:21 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on Mar 21, 2022 6:26:59 GMT
They named 11 this year:
Jae Hee Kim Min Ji Park Hyun Kyung Park Ga Eun Song Jee Hyun Ahn Ga Young Lee So Mi Lee Hee Jeong Lim Ha Na Jang Ayean Cho Da Been Heo
I got most of them, but Ji Hyun Oh and Da Yeon Lee are kind of surprising snubs (Not so surprised they passed over Hae Ran Ryu and Se Lin Hyun, though).
Also, none of the rookies were chosen even though they were eligible.
Hwaiting!
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 28, 2022 16:11:23 GMT
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