Going for two wins at the Doosan E&C We've Championship, the KLPGA Tour's domestic season opener on Thursday
"I have been working hard for 10 years to be able to play on the KLPGA Tour, and I will continue to do so."
Park, 28, vowed to go into the Doosan E&C We've Championship (KRW 1.2 billion in prize money, KRW 216 million for the winner), the opening event of the 2024 season on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, with a renewed determination. She missed the cut at the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women's Open on Oct. 10 and tied for 13th at the Blue Canyon Ladies Championship on Oct. 17. After a bitter taste of disappointment, Park is eager to win her second title at a tournament organized by Doosan E&C, the company that believes in her and sponsors her.
She is in her 10th year on the KLPGA Tour. Korean women's golf is full of promising talent, but few rookies have emerged in the spotlight like Park, who won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and was ranked No. 1 in the 2015 KLPGA Tour seeding event that year. It wasn't quite what the world expected, but as she says, she fought hard. Four years after her debut and in her 106th tournament, she burst into tears after coming from eight shots down to win the SK networks Seoul Economic Ladies Classic. In 2021, she was ranked 69th on the money list and had to play the "seeding from hell" for the first time in her career, but she survived. He rebounded to No. 45 on the money list in 2022 and No. 26 on the money list in 2023.
Park worked intensely with coach Ahn Sung-hyun in the U.S. during his winter training, except for "just time to eat." He changed his grip. 안전놀이터 추천 He switched from a wicked grip to a strong grip to create more consistency in his swing. He analyzed that his frequent mistakes of pulling to the left were caused by leaving the club slightly open. The idea was to control the swing by holding the axis of the swing and reducing unnecessary body movement. It was an adventure to change the structure of her swing that she had been practicing for a long time. "Most of the rookies coming into the KLPGA Tour are long and precise, so you can't survive if you don't change," Park said.
Coach Ahn Sung-hyun said, "Park is a very hardworking player with a big heart, despite her seemingly soft appearance," and added, "She has the confidence that she can win this year."
Doosan E&C's We've Golf Team, of which Park is a member, has chosen five essentials (Have, Live, Love, Save, and Solve) to promote the excellence of We've and its five meanings. They connect their personality and charm with the essentials. Yoo Hyun Joo chose "Have," a space that she wants to have, Lee Hyun Joo chose "Live," a space that brings her joy, Park Geun Beom chose "Love," a space that brings her love and happiness, Kim Min Sol chose "Save," and Lim Hee Jung chose "Solve," a space that solves problems in her life.
Park said, "I've been loved by many people over the past 10 years, and I want to repay that love through my hard work and dedication to golf."