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Post by HappyFan on Jun 25, 2024 16:55:50 GMT
I hate to be a source of gossip, especially when I'm filtering it through my limited Korean, but there is a developing story over in Korea that I thought I'd mention. Please understand that I'm just repeating what they are saying, I'm not making any judgement about the truth of all this. A former KPGA golfer, now 31, has been working as a coach for a few years. He is married with a young child, but this week his wife has come out and accused him of having an affair with one of his students, a KLPGA player. There was a TV show on JTBC Golf yesterday talking about it. Korean fans did some calculating and determined that the KLPGA golfer in question must be Jeongmin Moon. Here is a blog with some salacious details.There are blurry photos of lovers clinching in what looks like Singapore (which makes sense, as there was a KLPGA event there a few months ago) but could just be some bogus re-enactment for all I know. The wife has apparently also come into possession of photos and videos of the two in compromising positions. Yikes! Anyways, Jeongmin has removed all but 7 photos from her Instagram, all of which are related to sponsors, and has removed the ability for fans to comment. To be honest, I'm surprised this sort of thing doesn't happen more often. Young, often attractive women and men in a position to mentor them, you are going to get situations arising. I just hope this doesn't end up being a career killer for Ms. Moon, I really like her and think she shows promise. But I can sense the vultures circling her already. What a shame (meanwhile, the guy will probably walk off scot-free). |
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 25, 2024 17:27:27 GMT
I found the video:
Some more interesting back story. You might recall that JTBC was aced out of getting the rights for the KLPGA tour by SBS despite offering more money. They were peeved about it and complained publicly. I've noticed that this particular JTBC show seems to like doing hit pieces on the KLPGA (wonder why?). They had one earlier about Ina, and another about the scandals with the KLPGA tour and the apartments/bribes some of their leadership were getting.
Not saying that what they are saying is untrue, but it is relevant that they have a bone to pick with the KLPGA right now.
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Post by klpgaenglish on Jun 26, 2024 3:39:29 GMT
What an absolute disaster!!
The JTBC is pissed off at SBS and the KLPGA. They will absolutely broadcast any and all dirt they find and exaggerate too.
The story seems really bad and true.
I understand there will be consequences and there should be, but I dislike the media and public being involved. This has nothing to do with golf.
Everyone remember Tiger Woods mess? No one cares. They shouldn't care about Jeongmin's private life either.
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 26, 2024 4:33:24 GMT
Yeah, it should be between the three people directly involved and no one else. The league absolutely should not be involved, let alone JTBC. But based on some of the comments on the videos, the fans aren't likely to let this one rest. It's going to be a tough time for her going forward.
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Post by klpgaenglish on Jun 26, 2024 5:58:59 GMT
Yeah, it should be between the three people directly involved and no one else. The league absolutely should not be involved, let alone JTBC. But based on some of the comments on the videos, the fans aren't likely to let this one rest. It's going to be a tough time for her going forward. She will likely be suspended or something. Some violation of golf and KLPGA reputation. How is this worse than what Ina did?? Absolutely horrendous. |
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Post by jumpcut on Jun 26, 2024 13:00:29 GMT
Didn't a similar scandal happen with Gyeol Park a couple years ago? She seems to have survived it with little or no repercussions. |
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Post by klpgaenglish on Jun 26, 2024 14:00:15 GMT
Those weren't true.
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Post by aptrojan on Jun 26, 2024 15:07:31 GMT
Why would a player be suspended for what goes on in their private life? It's not like she broke a law. Oh but this is the dictatorship of the KLPGA we are talking about here 🤡
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 26, 2024 15:17:05 GMT
I don't see why she should be suspended at all. This has nothing to do with the KLPGA. She didn't even break a law, although she might end up dealing with non-criminal litigation.
But given this is the KLPGA, I'm sure they'll awkwardly insert themselves into this situation to the detriment of all.
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 26, 2024 15:25:23 GMT
Didn't a similar scandal happen with Gyeol Park a couple years ago? She seems to have survived it with little or no repercussions. As mentioned, that was a rumor about someone who looked vaguely like Gyeol that they blew up into a "scandal". As far as I know, nobody ever proved it was true. Moon's situation is different. The wife has nude photos of Moon that Moon sent to the husband and apparently a video (they show a tiny bit of it, heavily blurred, in the news story). The husband confessed and apologized to the wife, and apparently Moon also apologized to her. The wife is still angry and is proceeding with legal action. Regardless, this definitely happened. This is all based on my limited Korean and Google-translated stories. By the way, I'm not sure that Moon has been publicly identified as the culprit. To cover their butts, the TV show never identifies the coach or the athlete, although the hints they give and the obvious use of blurred Moon swinging a club make it clear who it is to anyone who knows the KLPGA (they also hinted that she was born in 2002 and played in the previous week's event). |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 26, 2024 18:02:02 GMT
Why would a player be suspended for what goes on in their private life? It's not like she broke a law. Oh but this is the dictatorship of the KLPGA we are talking about here 🤡 The KLPGA is not a Dictatorship, it is run like a Professional Tour should be ran. They set up their courses for Pro golfers not Junior College Golfers. |
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Post by philknj on Jun 29, 2024 11:19:13 GMT
The wife has nude photos of Moon that Moon sent to the husband and apparently a video (they show a tiny bit of it, heavily blurred, in the news story).
Yikes, they NEVER went that far in the K-Dramas I watched! Moon is not playing McColl this week and is not in the field for the Lotte Open next week. You can probably find her now bowing her apologies in front of her ancestors' graves.
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Post by klpgaenglish on Jun 30, 2024 1:40:06 GMT
Take this with a grain of salt. This is pure heresy. There is no proof of any of this. Anonymous (only google knows) comments on YT amount the rankest of rumors.
I have only one question. What would cause a college age girl to send nude photos to a married man ten years older than her in Korean society? Force? Bribery? Willingly?
There is a comment on YT suggesting she came from a broken home. Her mother supposedly worked in a bar. It also suggests she had issues with men since middle school. The post also suggested she has another man besides this one.
I have NO information to prove any of this, but it might be the case some of it is true. Why else would a woman her age do this? Is someone threatening her to do this? I doubt it.
We are all the product of our environment and pressures put on us. She wouldn't be the first victim of home, acquaintances, and society to act this nieve and foolish. There are a multitude of cases world wide.
There are consequences to our actions. She's going to feel the full brunt of those consequences.
I guess I feel a bit sorry for her.
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Post by SoYeonFan on Jun 30, 2024 14:53:11 GMT
Please let it go, if any of this is true let her work it out herself.
It was okay to mention it because it was golf related.
But the last time I checked this is not a gossip column.
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Post by HappyFan on Jun 30, 2024 16:29:39 GMT
JTBC decided to cover this on a national TV program, so it's more than just a rumor and it might have real world consequences for her career and her life. But yeah, take anything said in a video comment section as pure hearsay.
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