“Smiles lead to results” British winner, Shibuno, returns home on August 6 at 17:31

Hinako Shibuno, the first Japanese player to win the first major women ’s golf tournament at the British Women ’s Open in 42 years, had a press conference in Tokyo today. “I thought it was,” he said.

20-year-old Shibuno won the British Women's Open and won the major overseas tournament for the first time in 42 years since Hisako Higuchi as a Japanese player.

Shibuno returned home this afternoon and held a press conference at Haneda Airport, saying, “I'm really happy. I do n’t really feel that I ’ve done anything great yet, but I think it ’s going to come.”

About the play "I hit the double bogey from the beginning, but it was the result of the attack, so I was not angry. The last one was nervous and I was trying hard while eating sweets," the moment I decided to win “I was so surprised that I couldn't cry. I was about to cry and touched my face but no tears.”

Mr. Shibuno is also known overseas under the nickname “Smile Cinderella.” “I was glad to be named that way. Golf is a competition that you can see with a gallery. I thought that smiles were common in the world. I thought that if you did it with a smile and made efforts, it would lead to a result. "

By winning the British Women's Open, Shibuno moved up from the 46th place to the 14th place in the world ranking on the 5th. The Tokyo Olympics made progress toward the Tokyo Olympics in order to qualify if they were in the top 15 in the “Olympic Golf Rankings” calculated based on world rankings as of June next year.

Willing to participate in the Olympic Games

When Shibuno asked if he felt he wanted to participate in the Olympics, he immediately answered “I got it.” “After seeing Japan taking a soft medal in softball at the Beijing Olympics, I wanted to go to the Olympics because I thought the inside was going to be fine, "and said," I want to play for fun and get a gold medal after all. " It was advocating.

“We have never forgotten the heavy rain disaster”

Also, the local Okayama prefecture suffered great damage due to the heavy rain in western Japan in July last year. “I passed the protest at the same time as the heavy rain disaster, but the local people said that they would do their best. I was wondering if I couldn't help anything in the affected areas, and I've never forgotten the day of the heavy rain disaster. I thought I had to get results. "