I stumbled over a couple of BML covers I hadn't seen before...good luck to anyone trying to collect ALL Bo Mee publications, you'll need it.
Ever wonder what's inside these magazines? There's a blogger who also scans the inside of them...they go all out for women's golf...for instance, they dive in on the top players' wedges:
Sun Ju Ahn (top left)
JY Shin (top, 2nd from right)
Here's a nice collection:
They often report the weekly tournaments in B&W...the Golf 5 playoff last month.
They have a great Japanese bookstore in the International District here in Seattle (that's the name for Chinatown, since it's mostly Vietnamese these days). Anyway, they have a huge rack of magazines there, and I sometimes leaf through the golf mags. They probably have half a dozen of them there, and the women are always featured prominently, on covers and inside.
I wish they had a Korean bookstore like that, but all the Korean bookstores in town focus on Christian stuff rather than pop culture...
On the left side are the monthly blog groupings...then you can narrow down on a particular day by clicking a date on the calendar. I've checked several dates in Nov. 2014 looking for anything on Mi Hyang's Mizuno win, but found nothing so far.
A lot of cool stuff is here if you can ignore this person's obsession with his weight and food!
Yes, another BML cover, but the inside of the mag dove into her life with baby and junior golf pix:
I think the 2005 middle pic shows (L-R) Sky Kim, BML, and Queen Bee. The bottom left 2007 pic is harder to make out...I'm guessing Big Mama Ahn is 2nd from left
I located an online version of the magazine that was referenced above. You can flip through it and see the multiple page article about Bo Mee Lee and the cover.
This is the first edition post-Japan Women's Open. There is some stuff about In Gee, including a swing sequence (I think that's her, but I can't read Japanese, so forgive me if I'm mistaken!)
To get to the Bo Mee articles, go to the above link, and click on the left arrow that appears when you hover over the swing photo (I couldn't figure out how to directly link to it alas). Two clicks will get you to the article, then keep clicking to see the rest. The cover is about 10 or 11 clicks on the right arrow from the swing sequence.
Here's another cool page from a Japanese golf magazine featuring some of the Korean lady stars. They do get some attention in these mags beyond just Bo Mee (although she's there, too):
Le Coq Sportif has an instagram page showcasing its golfwear. Lots of pix of Ha Neul Kim and Bo Mee Lee modeing some of this stuff, both in tournaments and elsewhere. Check it out!
It's odd that Le Coq Golf/Korea has two fantastic models playing outside of Korea. As for inside the country, well, Min Sun Kim 5 doesn't have a "wow" factor. I'm sure they'd love to have Shin Ae Ahn back, but I don't see that happening. As long as she's playing well, TMAG will never let her go.
Speaking of Sharon, she was guest of honor last weekend at Haeundae Beach Golf & Resort (her sponsor) in Busan, which will be the locale of the 2015 ADT CAPS Championship in November.
Hitting driver at #18 at Haeundae Beach...I hope she has "local knowledge" to fall back on next month...her swing looks dynamite these days.
She recently declared her TM 9.5 Aeroburner as her favorite club, but she might switch to the M1 (below) in the near future.
