-Background, debuted as a professional at the age of 15 and won the youngest major competition at the age of 16... Pay attention to women's golf'Cinderella'-
After 3 wins in Korea, advance to the US...
7 years downhill to injury without winning the LPGA tour
-After retiring in 2014, transformed into a broadcaster of'Course Commentary and Lessons' -While
lessons, I opened my eyes to golf...
Returning to active duty after 7 years of retirement after a seed game-Returning
to the oldest part 1 tour at the age of 36
The Korean Women's Professional Golf KLPGA Tour wakes up from a long hibernation, and starts on the 8th (Thursday) 2021 season opening match, Lotte Rent-a-Car Women's Open, and begins the long run of 31 tournaments in 9 months.
Born in 1985, the oldest of the players with the right to participate in the KLPGA Tour this year is the background.
It wasn't just because Baeung-eun was the oldest in active duty, but because of his unique history, he was a hot topic from before the season.
Background Eun, who dreamed of seeing women's golf legend Pak Se-ri earning a triumph on the American stage, earned attention as the youngest professional debut in history at the age of 15 in 2000, and the following year, at the age of 16 in 2001, a major tournament. Writing the myth of the youngest win at the KLPGA Championship, I quickly emerged as Cinderella of Korean women's golf.
Having added one win in 2002, she reached her peak in 2005 at age 20.
In order to advance to the US, the LPGA 2nd tour and the domestic KLPGA tour were conducted at the same time.At that time, even though only participating in 7 KLPGA tours, he climbed to the top 10 6 times including 1 major, winning the prize money, and in the LPGA 2nd tour He won 2 wins and won the LPGA Tour.
Bae Eun-eun challenged the American LPGA Tour with a big dream of surpassing the Korean troika of'Park Se-ri-Kim Mi-Hyun-Park Ji-eun' and defeating the strongest Anna Sorenstam at the time and standing on the top of the world, but went downhill without winning once for 7 years. Gradually, it was forgotten among golf fans.
Background Eun, who returned to the domestic tour with only a wrist injury due to an empty stomach, played for two more years as an ordinary player without much performance, and eventually retired at the age of 29.
She recalled her feelings of despair at the time.
"It was really hard. I had depression symptoms, what should I do now? Should I do something at a gas station? I thought about it all the time. I was so proud. I was mentally exhausted and exhausted, so I didn't have 1 energy. I just put it all down and put it all down. I wanted to run away from golf."
Bae Eun-eun, who put the golf club out of her hand, received a utility bill notice one day while living independently from her parents, and suddenly'Hyunta (reality awareness time)' came.
"Where should I go to pay the utility bills? I didn't know. My parents always paid me... I was really shocked at that time. I was a'Golf Fool'. I was a golf idiot who didn't know how to do anything other than golf and didn't know how to do banking business. So I decided. "Whatever it is, I have to learn a lot. Let's learn things that are not golf." So, I went to a speech academy, studied for broadcasting, and did a vocal class and learned various things."
Eun-eun, who turned into a broadcaster by appearing in golf course commentary and lesson programs on a golf specialty broadcast, spent 6 years busy with field lessons and participation in events.
The average number of rounds per year exceeded 200, but I didn't get tired and enjoyed it because it was just playing golf without burdening my performance.
The income generated from broadcast appearances, field lessons, and event invitation fees was higher than when he was a player, so there was also an economic margin.
While golf to achieve results as a player was a'war', playing golf after retirement was the vitality of life and the reason for one's existence.
And when I was studying theory to teach others, I realized the principles of golf that I didn't know before, and I felt like playing golf every day as if I was'getting good'.
“As I taught others and applied it to my swing, I discovered a lot of unexpected things and was able to improve my own golf. The number of hole-in-ones (3) I wrote after retirement was 2 more than the number of hole-in-ones (3) recorded during my 14 years of player life. She's twice as many, and her 18-hole best score is better after retirement (9-under-par 63 shots) than when she was a player (7 under par 65 shots). I guess it’s because she hit it with
her
mind empty. Haha”
She compared golf to a “mirror”.
“Golf is like a mirror. The feeling of seeing me naked? When I face golf, everything about me is revealed. My habits, dispositions, strengths, and weaknesses come out. After retiring from active duty, I abandon my obsession with my grades and enjoy playing golf. I started seeing again. Golf became fun and fun, so I made up my mind. Let's go back to the tour.”
Bae Eun-eun stared at the KLPGA Tour seed game last year, called the'Race of Hell', and finished 31st in 2021 at once. I won the seed in the year.
It has been 20 years since 2000 that she started the KLPGA Tour seed game.
She is the first to return to active duty after retiring in the history of a KLPGA tour.
"It turns out that I'm the oldest part of the first tour? I feel like I'm a rookie again and I feel like I'm standing at the starting point of my golf life. I'm also curious. How will my changed golf appear on the tour..."
From her late teens to early mid-20s, she is most concerned about physical fitness management to survive the competition with her energetic juniors, but she has plans.
"Honestly, it's impossible to hit 31 competitions. Now that I'm not the old energy age, I'll run the season with experience and efficiency. I'll hit 3 weeks in a row, take a week off..."
After returning, the goal is more specific. is.
"I have to win because I picked this king's sword. I want to do more than 2 wins that are recognized for my real ability instead of 1 win that I can accidentally do fortunately. I set a more detailed goal, but my goal is to hit 3 under par in each round. That's what I want to do." I believe you will have a chance to win if you keep striking. I won my last championship at the age of 20 in 2005, and I was so young back then that I was just freaking out. Wouldn't it be… Then you have to dry me. Haha” When the
stress builds up, the background is reading, playing the piano, cooking, and'soul alcohol'.
"I like books a little. I'm spending my time splitting my time these days, but I wake up a little early in the morning or read a book instead of my cell phone for at least 20 minutes before bedtime. I learned the piano when I was a child, but sometimes I humming songs while playing my favorite songs." I sometimes think that cooking should reward me when I have a lot of stress or I have no real energy and I have 1% of my body energy left. When I buy ingredients from the market and eat them beautifully on a pretty plate, the world is happy. Hahaha. I'm scared of the alcohol I learned later. "
She compared golf to a'mirror', recalling one of the lines of poet Seo Jeong-ju's'Next to the chrysanthemum' and asked for support.
"'The
flower that looks like my sister in
front of the mirror when Inje came back
from the backside of a distant youth
who was
constricted by grip and
regret
.'
I think this is exactly what I'm talking about:
'
My golf in
front of the mirror when Inje came back
from the back of a distant youth
who was
twitched by
anxiety and (sexual) pressure
.'
"I turned a long way around and stood at the starting line in front of the mirror. Please watch and support me a lot."