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Post by SoYeonFan on May 5, 2024 17:39:54 GMT
I also hope that Yewon isn't too badly shaken. I recall a few years ago when Six had the Japan Women's Open all but locked up and folded in the final few holes. She really didn't take it well, posting sad all-text Instagram entries bemoaning her sadness. Yewon should feel proud that she hung on so long Sunday despite playing her worst golf of the week by far. She should learn from it and prepare for world domination to come. I wouldn't worry too much about Yewon Lee letting it get to her. She seems to handle setbacks really well. Her demeanor is so well rounded it seems. |
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Post by HappyFan on May 5, 2024 17:40:54 GMT
ANWA IS A JOKE! I definitely understand your perspective, but I want to frame this in a different way. ANWA doesn't need Koreans and Koreans don't need ANWA. So I think ANWA is a spectacle designed to encourage little American girls to take up golf. They push this angle over and over during their broadcasts. Golfers signing autographs for little girls. ANWA is the highest rated strength of field amateur event there is even without the Koreans participation. I can like ANWA for what it is and accept the fact the Koreans don't need it and don't need to care about it. What galls me is that the American media repeatedly act like this very new event is the be all and end all of women's amateur golf, mainly because they can't stop kissing the butt of Augusta National. Like those guys have ever given a toss about women's golf. Strongest field or no, they are not putting the top Koreans in the field, so I have to chuckle at the puffery about it. |
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Post by HappyFan on May 5, 2024 18:15:36 GMT
Hyosong Lee(a) is NOT Baby Shinster ... she is Baby Ronni ... just pulverized the 18th hole (520 yards) ... had 235 remaining and smoked a 3W to 3 meters.  Some trivia from an article:
She is the eighth amateur to win on the Japan Tour, following Ayaka Furue who won the Fujitsu Ladies in 2019. Her win at the age of 15 years and 176 days also made her the youngest person to win, surpassing Minami Katsu's 15 years and 293 days. She made a comeback on the final day, and her 7 strokes was her highest record in an official match. She also broke the record for the youngest winner of the tournament, which was set by Hinako Shibuno in 2019 at the same East Course, at 20 years and 178 days old. To make this a little clearer (translate software is always dicey), what this means is that her seven shot comeback in the final round was the biggest comeback in history at a Japanese Major. |
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Post by HappyFan on May 5, 2024 18:49:45 GMT
Highlights:
Interview
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Post by aptrojan on May 5, 2024 21:02:35 GMT
Does she have a hat sponsor yet? I see already endorsing WAAC for clothes. She should join the Hite family, only the best of the best!
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Post by HappyFan on May 5, 2024 22:05:46 GMT
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Post by HappyFan on May 5, 2024 22:09:22 GMT
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Post by philknj on May 6, 2024 11:21:39 GMT
Winner's WITB:
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Composite VENTUS TR BLACK (length 45 inches, weight 50g, hardness S)
Grip: Golf Pride MCC PLUS4
Fairway Wood: Titleist TSR3 Fairway Metal (No. 3 15 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD UB (weight 50g, hardness S)
Utility: Titleist TSR2 Utility Metal (No. 4 21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical TENSEI Blue HY (weight 70g, hardness R)
Titleist U505 Utility Iron <2023>
Shaft: Nippon Shaft NS Pro 850GH (Hardness S)
Iron: Titleist T200 <2023> (No. 5), Titleist T150 <2023> (No. 6 to PW)
Shaft: Shaft: Nippon Shaft NS Pro 850GH (hardness S)
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (48, 52, 58 degrees)
Shaft: Nippon Shaft NS Pro Modus 3 Wedge 105 (hardness S)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Super Select Newport 2+
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
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Post by klpgaenglish on May 6, 2024 11:54:02 GMT
Does she have a hat sponsor yet? I see already endorsing WAAC for clothes. She should join the Hite family, only the best of the best! Yes. I believe she is sponsored by Lotte currently. |
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Post by aptrojan on May 6, 2024 14:19:34 GMT
Does she have a hat sponsor yet? I see already endorsing WAAC for clothes. She should join the Hite family, only the best of the best! Yes. I believe she is sponsored by Lotte currently. That would have been my next guess. Good choice. Thanks! |
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Post by HappyFan on May 6, 2024 17:52:36 GMT
I hope they invite her to play at the Lotte in Hawaii this year!
[CORRECTION]: In the video I posted in the May Photos thread, she says that she has just signed a sponsorship deal with Hana Bank (play the subtitles or watch the logo that flashes across her face):
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Post by aptrojan on May 7, 2024 5:42:46 GMT
I hope they invite her to play at the Lotte in Hawaii this year! [CORRECTION]: In the video I posted in the May Photos thread, she says that she has just signed a sponsorship deal with Hana Bank (play the subtitles or watch the logo that flashes across her face): Hana Bank has high end LPGA talent but languishing in the KLPGA arms race. Perhaps this will signal a change..or maybe Hyosong will go the Inbee route in her pro career (she is her idol after all) 🤔. Next stop - Vegas ? |
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Post by HappyFan on May 7, 2024 6:19:19 GMT
She's in an interesting bind right now. She's still three years away from being able to join any of the major pro leagues, all of which have an 18 year old age minimum. On the other hand, she is one of the few people her age who has won a big tournament on a major pro tour. She doesn't look like she comes from an impoverished family like Six or In Gee did, so they don't need her to turn pro for the money. But can she stay motivated playing amateur golf for three more years?
Will be interesting to see what she does. she could always turn pro and just pick and choose events to play, but that doesn't seem like a great option either. Would be more lucrative, though.
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Post by HappyFan on May 7, 2024 14:52:54 GMT
They have another video of Hyo Song on the JLPGA Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6mrzcjvWZ0 I read somewhere that only 12 total players reached that green in two all week. Just going for it was a bold move. To actually cash in an eagle there was amazing. |
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Post by SoYeonFan on May 8, 2024 0:01:46 GMT
It was a no brainer for Hyo Song Lee to go for the green in two.
She wasn't going to lose any money if she made let's say a bogey.
She was going to win low Amateur and she will probably win a lot of Torphys baring an injury.
So going for it was a win, win situation..
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