Yoo Hyeon-jo, who won his first major championship in the year he debuted… Last year’s Asian Games individual silver and team silver
Greed to win – Although he received attention before his debut due to lack of physical strength, he performed poorly.
Let’s change our mindset at the Yongpyeong Open in June, the number of putts went from 30.75 to 29.75 for the win.
Participating in the Hite Jinro Championship today
When Yoo Hyun-jo (19), who debuted on the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour this year, won her first individual victory at the KB Financial Group Star Championship, a major tournament held in September, some commented that it was ’11 years since Jeon In-ji (30).’ It was the first time since Jeon In-ji that a rookie won his first individual championship at a major tournament. This is the 8th time in total.
Jeon In-ji won her first major tournament, the Korea Women’s Open, in 2013, the year she debuted, and two years later emerged as a special star by winning four gold medals (grand prize, most wins, highest prize money, and lowest number of strokes) on the KLPGA tour. Jeon In-ji entered the LPGA Tour in 2016 and was named Rookie of the Year, winning 4 times. Yoo Hyeon-jo, who was the only rookie of the year to win, is in first place with 1,785 points in the Rookie of the Year award points as of the 2nd, far ahead of second place Lee Dong-eun (20, 1,115 points). In the golf world, there is an assessment that Yoo Hyeon-jo is following in Jeon In-ji’s footsteps.
I recently met Hyunjo Yoo at the office of her agency (Next Creative) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Hyunjo Yoo said, “I had many thoughts that I wouldn’t be able to win because I couldn’t adapt to the tour at the beginning of the season, but I’m glad that I was able to win in time. I’m especially happy that I won for the first time since my debut in a major tournament that is difficult to win once.”
Yoo Hyeon-jo attracted attention even before his debut by winning a bronze medal in the individual event and a silver medal in the team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games held last year, but his performance at the beginning of the season did not meet expectations. Hyeonjo Yoo said, “After winning a medal at the Asian Games, I made my debut on the tour by competing smoothly from the regular member selection match to the seed ranking match, so I was confident.” He added, “So, I wanted to win the championship quickly, and it was my first time competing every week, so I had to build up my stamina.” “Because of this, my grades were not good,” he said.
Hyunjo Yoo changed her mindset after tying for 12th place at the McCall-Mona Yongpyeong Open held at the end of June. He said, “Rather than special training, I always repeated what my coach, professional Kwon Ki-taek, said, ‘Let’s focus on the process rather than the result.’” Hyeonjo Yoo said, “Especially in putts, as I was obsessed with the result of ‘I have to make it,’ I kept raising my head without realizing it and my success rate dropped, but after I changed my mindset to ‘Never raise my head and just adjust the distance,’ my putts started getting better.” “I did it,” he said.
In the 12 tournaments that Hyunjo Yoo participated in from this year’s domestic opening game to the McCall-Mona Yongpyeong Open, the average number of putts per round was 30.75, which is less than the tour average (30.33). However, after setting the mind, it decreased to 30.25 in the 10 competitions participated. In the KB Financial Star Championship, which he won for the first time, he recorded 29.75 putts, the fewest among the ‘Top 5’ players.
Hyeonjo Yoo repeatedly writes down his goals for the year in his training diary every day during the training period in January and February before the season. The goals that I had been persistently writing about, such as ‘becoming a national representative’ and ‘winning a medal in the Asian Games’, were achieved. Hyunjo Yoo said, “Ahead of this season, my goal was to ‘get my first win since my debut and become the rookie of the year.’ “We have achieved half of our goal so far,” he said. “Now, our goal is to add one more win and earn more than 700 million won in prize money.” As of the 2nd, Yoo Hyeon-jo’s season prize money is 487.82 million won. Hyunjo Yoo is aiming to win the Hite Jinro Championship, the last major tournament of the season, which opens on the 3rd at Blue Heron Golf Club (par 72) in Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do, among the six remaining tournaments this season. The prize money for winning this competition is 270 million won. If you win, you will achieve the goal you set again during the season. Yoo Hyeon-jo will begin the first round of the competition with Lee Jeong-min (32) and Noh Seung-hee (23) at 10:44 a.m. on the 3rd.
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2024-10-04 05:50:25