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[LPGA TOUR]

8 YEARS OF TOUGH BATTLES,

LPGA MIN-SEO KWAK PRO

A PLAYER WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF FAILURE

AND HARDSHIP

산전수전 겪은 LPGA 8년차 곽민서 프로

실패와 고난을 두려워하지 않는 선수

Keep your head up, Min-Seo Kwak! been the same even with roller coasters that put her on
Many Top KLPGA players join the LPGA. the LPGA and Symetra Tours.
Passion for golf, her belief and confidence that she can do
heir dream is to join the LPGA and their efforts to be it keeps her going.
Tin that stage are really tearful. Speaking of the whole process from turning pro in 2008
Most of the Korean players, who have been trained and to earning an LPGA full seed, she is a player who has a
raised in the US or abroad, have relatively less popularity long story.
in the U.S as well as the enthusiastic cheers from fans in
their home countries. Her career at the Symetra (developmental) tour, which
As a professional player, the love of fans and the support started in 2009, was never easy.
of sponsors are the nutrients for growth, but Korean She spent three years (2011) at the developmental tour,
American players get less attention in both places. and in 2012 and 2013, she got an LPGA conditional seed to
acquire full seed, but again lost the seed and went back to
After turning pro, a 8-year LPGA professional has always the developmental tour.

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