[아듀 2020] ‘Johnson’s World’,’Dichambo Long Hits’,’Kim Ah-rim Major Queen’

This year’s top 10 global golf news,’Corona 19′ direct hit, “There is no gallery”, Lim Sung-jae’first win’, Woods’PGA tour most wins’, was lost.

[아시아경제 김현준 골프전문기자, 노우래 기자] “Corona 19 Pandemic.”

The biggest issue in the global golf world this year is the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The U.S. Professional Golf Tour (PGA) tour was’shut down’ in March and was hit by a critical hit. Fortunately, it resumed in July, and Dustin Johnson (USA), the world’s No. 1 player, opened the’Johnson World’ with 4 wins. In Korea, Lim Seong-jae (22, CJ Logistics) rose to the ranks of the PGA Tour Champ at the Honda Classic, and Kim A-rim (25) broke up with a surprise victory at the US Women’s Open.

▲’Corona 19′ direct hit “There is no gallery” = The PGA tour was stopped shortly after the first round of’The 5th Major’ The Players with the spread of’Corona 19′ in the United States, but resumed from the Charles Schwab Challenge in June, and’Unspected Competition ‘Spread. Opening in July, the Olympic Games in August, and the Ryder Cup in the U.S. and Europe intercontinental golf competition in September were canceled. The European tour, as well as Korea and Japan, also suffered difficulties due to a sharp reduction in scale.

▲ Johnson’s “15 million dollar jackpot” = Johnson has been on the rise throughout the year, including 3 wins in 2020 season and 1 win in 2021 season. It is surprising that he won the’Winner-Runner-Winner’ in three’Play Offs (PO)’ competitions from August to September. He became the final champ of the PO and collected a bonus of $15 million (16.4 billion won). In the fall of last month, the Masters showed off its’number 1 power’ by winning the tournament’s lowest hit (20 under par 268 shots).

▲ Im Seong-jae “First Win, Next is Major” = Im Seong-jae won the first stroke in the Honda Classic, revealing the existence of a’sleep dragon’. It is only 50 games since he entered the PGA Tour last year. With the competition for major championships such as 22nd place in the US Open in September and runner-up in the Masters in November, next year is expected even more. Recently, he set up a house in the Sugar Loaf Golf Course in Duluth, near Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and began to conquer the PGA Tour.

▲ KLPGA Tour member Kim A-rim “A world star at once” = Kim A-rim made big news by winning the US Women’s Open on the LPGA Tour on the 15th. It is the third’non-member championship’ of Korean players and his fifth first appearance championship. We secured a’LPGA tour direct ticket’, and we will challenge the US stage immediately next year. He threw a stagnant entry ticket, saying, “The stage I’ve been dreaming of for a long time,” and “A good chance for my golf to develop.”

▲’Hulk’ Dishambo “Long hitting experiment is ongoing” = Bryson Dishambo’s’Bulk Up’ is another box office hit card. He increased his weight by 18kg to become 110kg, and took the lead in taking the lead in the PGA Tour 2019/2020 season (322.1 yards) and 2020/2021 season (337.8 yards). In fact, he is seeing the’long hit effect’ by harvesting a 6-stroke big win (6 under par 274) at the US Open. It is currently testing ’48-inch long shaft driver’.

▲ Woods “PGA Tour Most Wins Lost” =’The Return of Golf Emperor’ Tiger Woods (USA) only digested 10 tournaments in the aftermath of’Corona 19′. Sam Sneed won the Masters Championship in April of last year and reached the tie record for the most wins in the PGA Tour (82 wins in total) in the Jojo Championship in October. On the 21st, she participated in the event PNC Championship with her 11-year-old son, Charlie, and is devoted to the ‘2nd generation class’.

▲ Go Jin-young and Kim Se-young “Pop Queen and Player of the Year” = Go Jin-young (25) won the CME Group Tour Championship in the final match of the LPGA Tour 2020 season, winning the’Prime Queen 2 consecutively’, and Kim Se-young (27, Mirae Asset) won a major 2 He won the first’Player of the Year’ by taking a win. ‘K Power’ remains the same. Park Hee-young (33) jointly won 7 out of 18 such as ISPS Handa Big Open, Park In-bi (32, KB Financial Group) Australia Women’s Open, and Lee Mi-lim (30, NH Investment & Securities) ANA Inspiration.

▲ Kim Tae-hoon “Grand Prize, Advance to European Tour” = Kim Tae-hoon’s victory in the Genesis Championship in October, which boasts the largest prize money in Korea, was directly linked to the’Grand Prize’. This is the result of giving up the right to participate in The CJ Cup at the end of the season and’all-in’ on the Korean Tour. A bonus of 50 million won, genesis car, and next year’s European tour seed were poured into huge loot. “It is not easy to move between countries with Corona 19, so I will concentrate on the domestic stage first,” he cheered.

▲ Kim Hyo-joo “KLPGA Tour 5 Crowns Sweep” = LPGA Tour member Kim Hyo-joo (25, Lotte) has emerged as a’box-office icon’ in Korea instead of the United States. He won the Lotte Cantata Women’s Open in June in 3 years and 6 months after the Hyundai Motors China Women’s Open in December 2016, and was accompanied by the KB Financial Star Championship ‘8 strokes’ in October. Many wins (2 wins), prize money, lowest average number of bats, popularity award, best player trophy, etc.

▲ Golf industry “Corona 19 special” = In the golf industry, rather,’Corona 19′ is a shape that acts as a driving force for the boom. This is because while the golf population is rapidly increasing, overseas golf tours are impossible. Many golf courses, which were closed during the cold season as the number of visitors increased by 20%, are now open this winter. “The golf membership market will draw a steep rise graph, and at the same time, the golf equipment market will also continue to grow in size,” it predicted.

Golf reporter Kim Hyun-jun [email protected]
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