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Min-Seo Kwak is the only Korean player to win a direct   performance went down again.
           ticket to the LPGA Tour in the Symetra Tour in 2015. Min-  She was cut in 4 consecutive events, and she continued
           Seo  Kwak  was  ranked  2nd  in  the  Symetra  prize  money   to struggle back and forth. But in 2020, she secured the
           rankings, earning a full seed after six years, and winning   LPGA seed again.
           five awards.                                         When  things  started  to  look  optimistic,  Covid-19
           In addition to winning two Symetra Tour competitions,   pandemic broke out and the competitions were canceled.
           she won the first half Player of the Year, Potawatomi Cup,   Now the new year has come and the new season awaits.
           and Heather Wilbur Spirit Awards. She became the first   She hopes to start over with the mindset of a rookie.
           Korean player to win the Wilbur Spirit Award. This award   She is playing without a sponsor and did not manage to
           was  even  more  valuable  because  it  was  selected  by  the   graduate college because of competing at tournaments.
           votes of the players.                                Even if you follow the minimum principle of your own,
                                                                even if your grades are a little insufficient,
           After finishing fourth at the Swinging Skirts Classic held   She has one principle that keeps her fundamentals, which
           near San Francisco in April 2015 with a regular seed, her   is the right path that is sometimes a little insufficient and


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