"National team" Kim Min-soo, who is aiming for the national title in the lead, said, "I will show you aggressive play."
"National team" Kim Min-soo, who is aiming for the national title in the lead, said, "I will show you aggressive play."
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On the leaderboard of Kolon's 67th Korea Open (total prize money of 1.4 billion won) that is full of professionals of the Korea Professional Golfers Association (KPGA) and Asian Tour, a player with a clear letter "A" has been named. He is Kim Min-soo (second year of Howon Broadcasting and Telecommunications High School), a 17-year-old amateur player. Top rankers such as "defending champion" Kim Min-kyu are also struggling to stay at the bottom of the list, but Kim is confidently taking the lead with her signature bold play and aims to win her third amateur championship of the championship.
At the second round of the competition held at Rabiebel CC Dunes Course (par 71) in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on Sunday, Kim combined four birdies and five bogeys to post a one-over 72. Kim, who posted 2-under 140 overall on both days, tied for sixth place by a five-par difference to Yoo Song-gyu, the lone lead. Depending on her performance in the remaining rounds, she is capable of winning the title as many times as possible.
After the game, Kim Min-soo said, "I lost a lot of strokes because my tee shot and short putt didn't go as well as I thought at the beginning, but I think I recovered my touch in the second half and blocked it well."
Kim Min-soo, born in 2008, is the No. 1 Korean national team in the Korea Golf Association (KGA) rankings. Kim Min-soo, who started golf in the fifth grade of elementary school and has shown outstanding skills since his youth, is raising his stock price as a next-generation prospect in men's golf, winning the 70th Korean Amateur Golf Championship in 2024. 온라인카지노
"It's a tee shot without hesitation. Next is putt. I always have confidence to cover good days as well as bad days," Kim said of his strengths.
When asked about his role model, he said, "I don't have one," adding, "In previous interviews, I called him Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland). Come to think of it later, I dreamed of playing in the PGA Tour, but I thought that he is an opponent that any player should beat. So, I haven't thought about who I should resemble since then."
Kim Min-soo, who is currently playing for the national team, aims to participate in the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games. After that, the plan is to decide on the career path such as going to college and converting to a professional based on the results of the Asian Games.
Kim Min-soo, who turned the halfway point in the lead, is dreaming of winning the Korean Open, the national title tournament, as an amateur. If Kim wins, he will set his third milestone after Kim Dae-seop, who won two titles as an amateur. Kim Dae-seop won the title in 1998 when he was a second grader in high school, and again in 2001 when he participated as a college student three years later. "As long as I am an amateur, I have nothing to lose, so I think I will have to play aggressively," Kim said. "I am trying to play boldly by showing myself to the galleries."