Korea Women's Golf 'Legend' Park Se-ri is the next year's Tokyo Olympic women's national team coach. Park, who had won the gold medal of Park In-bi at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is preparing to write another 'Gold Myth' in Tokyo. On Monday (27th), I met director Park Se-ri, who attended the OK Financial Group's 'Overcome Corona 19' dental mask donation of 1 million pieces, and heard about the Tokyo Olympics.
"As the Tokyo Olympics is postponed for one year to the next year, I think there may be another reversal in the competition for our players' Olympic tickets. Until the Olympics was confirmed, the ranking of Korean players ranked 1st and 2nd was somewhat outlined, 3 , I thought the 4th place would be a little variable, but as the year was extended, a new composition was created. Unexpected players could hit and climb. "

At the Tokyo Olympics Women's Golf, where 60 players compete and rank as individual matches, Korea is sure to have the largest number of 4 players. The athletes were originally scheduled to be covered by the world rankings as of the end of June, but as the Olympics was postponed for one year, this 'deadline' was also changed to the end of June next year. 

     <Women (30 above Korea players) Golf World Rankings>

1st gojinyoung 
No. 3 Park Sung-hyun 
6th Kim Sei-young 
10th yijeongeun June
11th inbee park 
13th Hyo Joo Kim 
18th Ryu So-yeon
20th heomijeong
22 above yanghuiyoung 
24th imhuijeong 
26th Shin Ji-ae 
27th Choi Hye-jin 
30th 

The world rankings above are on March 16th, and since the women's golf tour around the world has been suspended due to the corona 19, there has been no change in the rankings since then. Until this time, when looking at the Olympic ticket competition, Jin Jin-young, the world's No. 1, was certain, Park Seong-hyun, the third place, and Se-young Kim, the sixth place, and Lee Jeong-eun (10), Park In-bi (11), and Kim Hyo-ju (13). It was an aspect of competition, but as the time of one year increased, so-called 'new edition' could be produced.
"I think the Olympic ticket competition will be more fun. If there wasn't a corona this year, it would have been a predictable one, but in a year or so, it could change a lot or become a new one. My goal is Tokyo." Since it is an Olympic gold medal, I also want to compete hard and achieve my goals in Tokyo. " This is the story of Kim Se-young, a 'mage of red pants' who is aiming for the second consecutive Olympics. Se-Young Kim is currently ranked 6th in the world ranking and the third-highest among Korean players.
On the other hand, for athletes whose Olympic tickets only seemed far, a new opportunity was opened with 'one year delay'. "There are always thoughts I want to go out to the Olympics, but honestly, it was a difficult situation this year, and when I heard that the Olympics were postponed to next year, I thought I wanted to work harder to create a chance." This is the story of Choi Hye-jin, who won the overall title of the KLPGA Tour last season. Hyejin Choi is 27th in the world ranking and 12th among Korean players. The Olympics are expected to be a great motivation for Choi Hye-jin, who is planning to participate in the LPGA Tour tournament as she is active on the KLPGA tour this season.

"Opportunity is open to all players. The important thing is that no matter who comes up, there is a belief that a player with such skills will come up and that they will do well even in the Olympics. I just want to be able to go to the Olympics as a condition. " Fortunately, the situation in Corona 19 in Korea has improved so much that the KLPGA Tour is scheduled to resume with the KLPGA Championship on May 14th. However, the LPGA tour in the US was scheduled to resume in mid-June, and the schedule for resumption was delayed again in mid-July, and the opening of the JLPGA tour in Japan seems to be difficult to open in mid-June. Like Park Se-ri's wishes, I hope that the Corona19 situation will calm down as soon as possible and that our players will show off their great skills. The new Olympic Games ticket competition will be another interesting spectating point.

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