South Korean Women Golfers Hitting The Spotlight At HSBC Women's Champions 2013

The HSBC Women's Champions 2013 will be played at Singapore Sentosa Golf Club from 28 February to 3 March 2013. Among the list of golfers include big names like Michelle Wie, Yani Tseng, Ai Miyazato and In-Kying Kim. Like all major LPGA tournaments, we can see a large number of Korean golfers participating. That leads me to wonder what actually make the Korean ladies such a dominating force in the LPGA and whether there is a possibility that our own Singaporean golfers will one day dominate the fairways like the Koreans.

For the South Koreans, they have worked hard on this for decades. In Korea the golfing community is a small tight nit group. The South Koreans love playing golf for recreation. However for those who take the sport to a higher level, golf is treated the same way work or schoolwork is. They take it very seriously. The strong work ethic and moral foundation makes the South Koreans extremely competitive which is why South Korean golfers have excelled in the sport. Due to limited resources and opportunity in South Korea, children are taught early on to excel in whatever they decide to pursue. Recently fifteen-year-old Lydia Ko won the CN Canadian Women’s Open. This was a feat not accomplished by an amateur since 1969. So, it is pretty interesting yet understandable why the the women of South Korea are taking over the women's golf circuit in the United States. They are as good as you would think they are.

Also the South Koreans push their children to excess, something the rest of the world may frown upon. In one instance a young lady was not allowed to marry until she won four tournaments. In another case a young South Korean golfer was forced to sleep in a cemetery if she played a bad round. In South Korea this is acceptable, it's expected and a way of life. In South Korea it is taught that you get what you sew. Work hard and the results will come. This sense of entitlement may very much be why South Korean women golfers now make up thirty of the top fifty women golfers in the United States.

 

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In recent news on the South Korean golfing front, Lydia Ko says she anticipates she will turn pro in the next couple years. She says she will focus on her mental game as well as her putting. She is just one of the new and upcoming wave of young golfers sweeping across the US golf circuit. Born in South Korea the fifteen year old recently placed third in the Australian Open. She is one of the upcoming South Korean youngsters to watch in the coming years. A great link to see the theory behind the success of these young women golfers be sure to check out this link! http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2012/01/korean-golfers

Comparing the environment in South Korea and ours, will we be able to produce world class players ?