Yoon Na-na, 'Conquering the Domestic Stage,' will make her LPGA debut...Founders Cup opens on July 7
Yoon Na-na, 'Conquering the Domestic Stage,' will make her LPGA debut...Founders Cup opens on July 7
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Yoon Na-na, who has conquered the domestic stage, will finally make her LPGA Tour debut.
Yoon Na-na will participate in the LPGA Tour Founders Cup (total prize money of 2 million dollars) to be held at the Bradenton Country Club (par 71) in Bradenton, Florida for four days from the 7th (Korea time).
Yoon In-na, who received a lot of attention for making her debut in the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour in 2022, was suspended for three years by the Korea Golf Association (KGA) and the Korea Women's Professional Golf Association for hosting the game even though she knew that she made a bad ball play (wrong ball play) at the Korean Women's Open in June that year.
Since then, the disciplinary action has been reduced to one and a half years, but she returned to the court in April last year and quickly improved her sense of play, becoming the strongest player in the KLPGA. With one win and four runner-ups in the 2024 season, Yoon won the KLPGA Tour Grand Prize, the top prize money award and the lowest par prize, winning three gold medals.
After the season ended, Yoon was aiming for the U.S. In the final round of the LPGA Tour qualifying series held in December last year, she ranked eighth and secured a berth for the LPGA Tour, which is given up to the top 25.
The U.S. is also keeping an eye on Yoon. Last month, the U.S. media Golf Week selected Yoon as one of six rookies to pay attention to this year.
Yoon's first goal in the LPGA tour is to win the Rookie of the Year award. "If you want to play on the world stage, you have to make efforts to acquire better skills. If you thoroughly prepare, you can make strides toward the Rookie of the Year title," Yoon said in a press conference in December last year. "Rather than aiming for the championship title, I will do my best in every competition. Then the Rookie of the Year title will come to me." 토토사이트
In order to achieve the goal, the Japanese team must have superiority in competition with Japanese players. Miyu Yamashita, Rio Takeda, Akie Iwai, and Chisato Iwai of Japan are mentioned as potential nominees for Rookie of the Year along with Yoon In-na.
Taketa showed off her skills at the season-opening LPGA Tour Hilton Grand Venations Tournament of Champions, ranking eighth.
A large number of top rankers are on the roster for the upcoming event. World No. 1 Nelly Korda (U.S.), No. 2 Lydia Ko (New Zealand), No. 6 Hannah Green (Australia), No. 8 Ayaka Furue (Japan), No. 9 Charlie Hull (England), and No. 10 Celine Boutier (France) will participate in the event.
With Kim A-rim, the LPGA Tour's opening winner, and Yoo Hae-ran, the world's seventh-ranked player, absent, Korean players such as Ko Jin-young, Kim Hyo-joo, Lee So-mi and Lee Mi-hyang are also challenging to win.
Ko Jin-young showed signs of revival by tying for fourth in the opening game.