Обсуждение участника:“LIV Mickelson wants to compete with PGA McIlroy”
Ham Jeong-woo's ambitions after receiving the KPGA Korean Tour Genesis Grand Prize Following his challenge at the LIV Golf Promotion, the PGA Tour Qualifying School also came knocking. “I am confident in playing the demanding PGA course, and I want to pass and secure a place on any tour.”
Ham Jeong-woo, winner of this year's Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour grand prize, is staring at the camera with a confident expression. Ham Jeong-woo will participate in the LIV Golf Promotion held in the United Arab Emirates starting on the 8th and then move to the United States to take the PGA Tour Qualifying School starting on the 15th.
“I want to compete with Phil Mickelson (USA) at LIV Golf and Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) at the PGA Tour.”
The voice of Ham Jeong-woo (29), who received the Genesis Grand Prize at this year's Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour, was full of excitement. Ham Jeong-woo left for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where the LIV Golf Promotion was held on the 3rd. After this tournament, which will be held on the 8th to 10th, he will immediately go to the United States and challenge the PGA Tour Qualifying (Q) School. When we met at the Haesolia Golf Driving Range in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province last week, he said, “I won the grand prize in Korea, so now I want to compete against strong foreign players.” He added, “I will do my best to be able to play on the overseas stage of my dreams.”
The Genesis Grand Prize was crucial in allowing him to take on a new challenge at the age of just before turning 30. Along with the grand prize, Ham Jeong-woo received 100 million won in prize money, direct qualification to the final round of the PGA Tour Q School, and a one-year seed for the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour). DP World Tour seeds are not guaranteed the right to participate in major competitions. This is why he is knocking on the overseas stage while using his grand prize money of 100 million won for expenses.
LIV Golf Promotion will hold four rounds over three days and give the top three players qualification to participate in next year's LIV League. Ham Jeong-woo said, “Mickelson, who has a good short game, is the flagship player of LIV Golf,” and added, “I also heard that the short game is good in Korea. “I really want to play with Mickelson once,” he said.
In the final round of the PGA Tour Q School, which will be held in the United States for four days from the 15th to the 18th, you must place in the top 5 to receive the right to participate in the PGA Tour next season. Ham Jeong-woo said, “While playing rounds with Lim Seong-jae, who has become a top player on the PGA Tour, I realized once again, ‘The PGA Tour is at a different level.’ “I want to,” he said.
The PGA Tour has difficult course settings. Ham Jeong-woo performed well on a difficult course. Ham Jeong-woo won the Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Choi Kyung-ju Invitational in October. Choi Gyeong-ju, the host of this tournament and the eldest brother of Korean players playing on the PGA Tour, said, “The course difficulty is comparable to that of the PGA Tour.” Ham Jeong-woo, who also took the top spot in the same competition two years ago, said, “My play is not aggressive or flashy, but I am confident that I can play patiently on a difficult course.”
Ham Jeong-woo “Family is my strength” Ham Jeong-woo (left), his wife Kang Ye-rin, and daughter So-yul. Ham Jeong-woo and Kang Ye-rin are the first couple on the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) and Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) tours. A family photo left by Hahm Ham after he won the KPGA Korean Tour Hyundai Marine & Fire Choi Kyung-ju Invitational in October.
Ham Hamm-woo married Kang Ye-rin (29), a fellow national team member and member of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf (KLPGA) Tour, in March last year. And they had a daughter, Soyul, early this year. It was his family that helped him get up from his slump in the first half of this year. Running, which he started at the recommendation of his wife, was decisive. He said he did not like running because he usually sweats a lot. “I started running at the recommendation of his wife during the summer break in July and August. He couldn't have done it if he had done it alone. But her wife said, ‘If you stop here, you’ll be eliminated from the preliminaries,’ so she ran next to her for about 5km.”
His mental strength also improved. He said, “In the past, if the shot at the end of the game was shaky, I would hit it as it was. So he used to collapse in the second half,” he said. “But now, I play with the thought, ‘Let’s save at least one stroke on the remaining holes.’ “He thought about his daughter a lot,” he said. Ham Jeong-woo said, “The disadvantage is that I am not particularly good at anything. But there's nothing he can't do. That's the advantage. “I believe in myself and I want to pass and secure a spot in any tour,” he said. 카지노사이트존