The Korean Women's Professional Golf (KLPGA), which was suspended due to Corona 19, will be resumed on Thursday (14th) as a major tournament KLPGA Championship. Players who play on the American Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) tour, such as Park Sung-hyun, Kim Se-young, Lee Jeong-eun, and Kim Hyo-ju, also participate in the tournament.

"The LPGA tour was stopped in the aftermath of the Corona 19, so I was very keen to play as a golfer, but fortunately the KLPGA tour was resumed and after a long time this opportunity was given to me, so I was able to greet domestic fans." It is only 2 years and 9 months since Kim Se-young participated in the KLPGA Tour tournament in August 2017 after the Borgner MBN Women's Open. (Kim Se-young participated in the BMW Ladies Championship held in Busan in October of last year, and this was the LPGA Tour where KLPGA Tour participated as a regional partner.) 'This is the best ever' 3 billion won prize money in this tournament It is 220 million won, and the prize money goes to all 150 players, but Kim Se-young donates the entire prize money to overcome the Corona 19. The better you get, the bigger your donation will be.

"There are still a lot of people who are struggling due to the corona crisis, and there are a lot of people who are suffering from medical staff, so I decided to donate all the prize money with the intention of sending a little power to it. So it is a special and meaningful competition for me, I think I'll have more strength to achieve my grades. "

Se-young Kim won the last year's LPGA Tour last year, winning the highest prize of 1.5 million dollars (1.8 billion won) in the CME Group Tour Championship last year, winning three. Starting with three wins in the first year of his debut in 2015, Kim Se-young, who recorded two wins in 2016 and one win in 2017 and 2018, added three wins in 2019 and climbed to the top 10 of the LPGA Tour career. Among Korean players, Park Se-ri (25 wins), Park In-bi (21 wins), and Shin Ji-ae (11 wins) were the fourth in history to achieve 10 wins. Both of the tournaments that took place in January this year also entered the 'Top 10' (7th joint-5th solo), and the season started smoothly, but the tour stopped due to the Corona 19 incident, and the good flow ended. "I felt good, and I practiced a lot, but because the tournament was canceled and disappeared, I lost a lot, and it was very difficult to know what to do. But, even if I didn't know when the tour would resume, I thought that I should always be ready. "

So nowadays, Kim Se-young is faithfully practicing not only shot practice but also fitness training in Korea. When the LPGA tour resumes in July, the second half of the march is inevitably struggling to strengthen. "When I was a child, I just had so much energy that I didn't think that even if I participated in 30 competitions a year, I didn't feel that I was lacking in physical strength, but as the sun went on, I felt that it was getting a little harder. I think that from the 1st round to the last round, you need to have enough stamina to keep your performance consistent, so that you can come out as consistently as you want. "

I asked Kim Se-young about his goals for the season. "Originally, the goal in 2020 was to win 5 games, including the Tokyo Olympic gold medal and major tournaments. But the Olympics was postponed to next year, and the LPGA tour became the same." However, we did not lower our targets. "If the LPGA tour starts only in July and continues through December without any problems, you should try to achieve the goal that you originally set as much as possible." "You've won 3 in the last year. Always aiming for a better grade than last year is a big motivation for me, so this year's goal is 5 wins. If possible, this year's goal is to reach the top of the world rankings.

The representative nickname for modifying Kim Se-young is 'The Wizard of Red Pants'. It is a nickname that was created by wearing a pair of red pants on the last day of the tournament and directing a lot of dramatic matches, such as winning an exciting match. When I met with Se-young Kim at the end of last year, I asked him why he was wearing such red pants. "When I started my career as a professional player, I thought that I had to make a trademark of my own. So I chose red pants. Red pants have always had a dramatic moment in my career so far. I think it has become. " The reason I chose red was Tiger Woods, the 'Golf Emperor'. "Because Tiger Woods always wears a red t-shirt and wins. Then I wear red pants." I remember saying that there were over 100 red pants that I wore so I said, "I really don't like red."

"I told you that there are 100 red pants, and since it was known, the people around me asked so much that there are only 20 left now. I have to practice and develop more to show a better look with the red pants this year. I think I would like a lot of support. " Let's look forward to Se-Young Kim's 'Red Pants Magic' this year.

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