Pitcher Yoon Seok-min Golf Challenge…If it succeeds, it’s a great achievement

On the 22nd, Yoon Seok-min (34), who retired last year after playing an ace in the professional baseball Kia Tigers and the national team, announced on the 22nd that he will challenge professional golf. I decided to challenge the second part tour next year and got a sponsor.

In the YouTube video of Seok-min Yoon, he hits 300 yards with a driver. He said, “Since I have been exercising since I was a child and knowing how to use my lower body and lower back, it seems like a long hit comes out.”

Stars who have excellent physical strength, motor skills, and eye-hand coordination are all hitting long hits when playing golf, and it is not difficult to score scores until the mid- to late 70s. There are many players who have challenged professional golf.

Home-run hitter Mark Maguire declared that he would become a professional golfer after retirement. I thought it would be competitive as I hit 50 yards further than the tour pro. Basketball emperor Michael Jordan, who was a golf fanatic, also wanted to become a professional golfer after retirement.

Swimming emperor Michael Phelps took lessons from Henk Heini, who taught Tiger Woods to become a professional golfer. “The best player of all time is Phelps,” said Hayney. Tennis’s Ivan Rendle said he would become a pro.

However, everyone was slow to develop. In Korea, short track Jeon Jeon, Rhythmic Gymnastics Shin Su-ji, and Judo Kim Min-soo challenged, but it didn’t work.

Yoon Seok-min is an advantage because he was a pitcher. Lee Kyung-cheol, a former ice hockey representative and a regular member of the KPGA, said, “Because baseball pitchers, football quarterbacks, and ice hockey players perform similar movements to golf swings, it is advantageous to change sports. A former basketball player puts a snap on his wrist, so he can hook or slice.”

There are also success stories. Bang Guk-cheon, who pitched in both sides of professional baseball, became a KPGA Tour pro. Kim Wi-jung, who played baseball until his second year in middle school, won two wins on the KPGA Tour.

Gukcheon Bang said, “The pitcher has an excellent mentality because he competes against the batter. In golf, you have to play with the ball, not hit it, and the pitcher has that hand feeling. “Golf is a game in the hole, and the pitcher is similar in that it is thrown at a point called golf mitt.”

In the LPGA Tour Diamond Resort, where sports stars and celebrities participate, half of the amateurs are baseball players and pitchers are overwhelming. Greg Maddox, Justin Verlander, Tom Glavin, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield and Eric Garnier participated. John Smoltz and Mark Mulder were the winners.

Last year’s LPGA Diamond Resort winner Ji Eun-hee said, “When I played together, most baseball players from the major leagues were long hitters, and I liked playing short with irons.” However, I thought it was not enough to compete with a female professional. Ji Eun-hee said, “Because there are cases where the window collapses in one hall.”

“Golf is more sensitive than baseball in terms of force control and sense of distance. The sense of short game such as chip shot is not easy to master with tolerable practice. Baseball is a team sport and golf is an individual sport. The pitcher can lean on his teammates to some extent, even in a single fight position. Golf is completely alone. Also, you have to do well. If you make a mistake, you may end up completely.”

Tony Lomo, former quarterback of the American football team Dallas Cowboys, is considered one of the most proficient golfers of a star player. It went to the second qualifying round of the US Open. “I know well that it is very difficult to play at the highest level of golf just because I did well in other sports,” said Lomo. “I just enjoy playing golf.”

Kim Wi-joong said, “Compared to players from other pitchers, Yun Suk-min has a clearer swing and a very good sense of rhythm, so there is a possibility of success.” If Yoon Seok-min, who has a lot of fans, becomes a tour pro, it will be of great help to the success of Korean men’s professional golf. However, if 34-year-old Yoon Seok-min succeeds as a professional golfer, the golf world sees that it will be a great achievement. This means that the possibility is not great.

Hojun Sung Golf Reporter
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