Lee Si-woo's special lesson <53> Greedy Park Hyun-kyung's goal this year
Lee Si-woo's special lesson <53> Greedy Park Hyun-kyung's goal this year
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Coach Lee Si-woo said, "Just because you want to play well or win the championship doesn't improve your golf skills. Looking at your golf data, you can set specific goals and deepen your eye for golf in the process of making up for your shortcomings." Park Hyun-kyung (25), a popular star of the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour nicknamed "Cutifle," clung to three goals during the last winter training in Vietnam.
The first step is to increase the accuracy of short putts around 1 meter. Lee had three wins last year but missed many short putts. Lee Si-woo explained that he would have won more if he had not repeated such mistakes. "If you miss a 1-meter distance and even shorter putt, you get annoyed a lot and get influenced by games and mind control a lot," Park said. "It is an urgent task to boost overall performance, so we have increased the amount of practice."
The second goal is to increase the accuracy of wedge shots within 100 meters. To win the title, one should create more chances for birdies that can be crucial when such a long distance is left. There is also a clear competitor. "If (the late) Jin-young and (Park) Ji-young catch the wedge, they hit it as accurately as if they will make it into the hole. I want to take such a wedge shot as well." And she aims to increase the driving distance by even one more yard. Thanks to her gritty teeth and increased driving distance by 10 yards during last year's winter training, Park has garnered three wins, the most since her debut as a pro golfer. "Driver shots are the first step toward achieving a good result because short clubs with high accuracy can be selected from the second shot even with a slight difference in tee shot distance," Park said.
Park had three wins (Doosan Match Play, BC Card, Hankyung Ladies Cup, McCall, and Mona Yongpyong Open) at the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) last year, ranking second in prize money and fourth in average at-bats (70.32 pars). It was her best performance since her debut.
"I want to win the grand prize with more than three wins," said Park Hyun-kyung, who is in her seventh year since debuting this year. In particular, the grand prize that she missed last year after fierce competition is a goal that she really wants to achieve since her debut as a professional player because she needs to perform consistently throughout the year.
The championship that I want to win is also very specific. "I'm not saying that I want to win, but I want to repay you for trusting me and sponsoring me by winning the Medi Hill event, which is my sponsor. Second, I want to win the Korea Women's Open, the most prestigious major competition. A player would want to win all of these competitions. And I want to repay you a little bit of gratitude by winning the Korea Land Trust Competition, which has supported me from the beginning to the end of my career until I achieved seven wins in five years as well as my first win."
Park Hyun-kyung is a player with strong will and tenacity. After winning her third KLPGA Championship in 2021, she finished second nine times, but won the 2023 SK Networks and Seoul Economic Ladies Classic by breaking off the terrible "quasi-winning chain." Coach Lee said, "After winning my fourth championship after overcoming a difficult process, I feel like I have the time to look ahead, waiting for the right time without dwelling on past mistakes," and added, "I think this positive change of mindset beyond technological growth is the driving force behind making better golfers." 스포츠토토