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[GOLF LESSON]

A FORMER TOUR PLAYER JAMES

BACK PRO

James Back Pro
투어 선수 출신 제임스 백 프로 Teaching youth golf at Los
Serranos Golf Club
로스 세라노스 골프 클럽에서
청소년 골프지도

ames Back Pro began working in March as a Korean did not make it. He has participated in One Asia Tour in
Jteaching staff at Los Serranos Golf Club. 2015, PGA Tour Latin-America, and PGA Tour China for
Back originally loved swimming, then he started playing three years since 2017, and participated in major Asian
golf at an indoor golf driving range with his father when events such as the Korean Open, SK Open Championship,
he was in the third grade of elementary school in South Fiji Open.
Korea. In 2000, when Se-ri Park won the American Back, who has been playing as a tour player for 5 to 6
Women's Open in Korea, many teenagers, known as “Park years, has learned and seen a lot from his experience so
Se-ri Kids”, began to play golf. far, so he visioned it would be better to teach young kids.
He moved to Tulsa, Arizona in June 2003 when he was Based on his 20 years of golf experience, he has a dream
improving and competing in various competitions in to teach junior golfers game development and do it
South Korea. At that time, Back made his mind to go to competitively, but he is focusing more on the teaching
California after learning English and practicing his golf. side.
Then he moved to California the following summer. Later, Back worked as an assistant pro at Anaheim Hills
California is a place where many juniors are playing and Golf Club before moving to Los Serranos.
many competitions take place. In particular, Back, who has a lot of passion for dreamers
From then on, Back began competing in SCPGA junior who want to become youth golfers, teaches golf with the
events such as the TOYOTA Tour Cup and the American know-how and skills he experienced while attending
Youth Golf Association (AJGA), and won the first AJGA middle and high schools.
championship at Quad City, Iowa in 2005. And that year,
he participated in a junior event held at the Florida Bay 스세라노스 골프장에 한국인 티칭 스텝으로 James Back
Hill Golf Club where he passed the cut as the youngest 로프로가 3월부터 근무하기 시작했다.
junior. 한국에서 초등학교 3 학년 때 아버지를 따라 실내 골프연습장에
The experience of meeting Kyle Stanley and Ricky Fowler 서 골프를 시작한 백 프로는 원래 수영을 했었지만. 2000 년 한국
at this time was also a significant event. 은 박세리의 미국여자 오픈 우승으로 박세리 키츠라는 말을 만들
He also won two competitions in 2008 and 2009, including 어낼 정도로 많은 청소년들이 앞다투어 골프를 시작할때쯤 백 프
being in the top 50 in the Rolex Junior Rankings from 로도 골프에 몰입하게 되는 계기가 되었다.
2007. Then he also competed with Justin Thomas, Jordan 한국에서 각종 대회에 출전해 우승을 하며 기량이 좋아질때인
Spieth and Patrick Cantlay from 2007 to 2010. 2003 년 6 월, 미국 아리조나의 Tulsa로 이주했다. 이때 백프로
He achieved 2nd Team All American and 1st Team All 는 먼저 영어를 제대로 배우고 골프연습을 열심히 한후에 캘리포
American, and reached to the 4th in nationwide junior 니아로 꼭 가겠다는 다짐을 했고 다음해 여름 캘리포니아로 이
golf ranking. 사를 했다.
Back, who attended the University of San Francisco 캘리포니아는 많은 쥬니어들이 활동하고 대회가 많은곳이기 때
(NCAA Division1) with Full Ride in the fall of 2010, was 문이다.
a rookie of the year at the 2011 West Coast Conference, 이때 부터 백프로는 TOYOTA Tour Cup,미국청소년 골프협
and also played in the U.S. Amateur in 2011 and Western 회(AJGA)와 같은 SCPGA 주니어 이벤트에 출전하기 시작했고
Amateur in 2009 and 2010. 2005 년 아이오와 주 쿼드 시티에서 첫 AJGA 우승을 차지했다.
Back turned pro in 2012 and participated in the last 그리고 그해 플로리다 베이 힐 골프 클럽에서 개최된 주니어 이벤
Q-School of the PGA Tour in 2012, but unfortunately, he 트에 참가해 최연소로 컷을 통과했다.

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