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“I feel like I'm up two steps more than I thought. If I work
a little harder, I think I can go up one more step. I don't
know how many steps are left to reach the goal, but it's
a great feeling just to keep growing one step at a time.”
She had to come a long way unlike other players, but her
obsession and love for golf is great.

Her mother, Young-Hee Kwon, gave her strength in such
a difficult and tough environment.
She said, “My mother always gives me strength. 'You can
do it, just wait for your moment to come,’ that’s how she
guided me.”
Now, her mother hesitates to go to her daughter’s
competition.
Watching her daughter's game, she doesn't want to show
her anxiety.
At the same time, she said “It's hard, but seeing my
daughter's joy just cures everything.” She cares about
Min-Seo Kwak so deeply.

Min-Seo Kwak, who is 5.6 feet long, has an average driver
shot distance of 245 yards. While she feels confident with
the driver, her putting needs improvement.
She said the pressure of losing the seed was following her
like a shadow, but now she is going to be a new Min-Seo
Kwak with confidence and strength.
I hope Min-Seo Kwak, who is now entering the season of
2021, improves as a golfer, wins a tournament, and gets
overwhelming support from her fans.

힘내라 곽민서 프로
한국여자프로골프선수로 활동하던 선수들이 대부분 미국 LPGA 에
합류한다.

들의 꿈은 보다 크고 넓은 꿈에 무대 LPGA에 합류하는 것
slow. 이으로 그 노력은 정말눈물겹다.
She doesn’ have a full-time caddie or a coach, but she 대부분 미국이나 외국에서 훈련하고 자란 한국(계)선수들은 고
never gives up in this tough environment. 국의 팬들로 부터의 뜨거운 환호도 미국에서의 관심도 상대적
으로 작다.
Min-Seo Kwak came to the U.S in 2008. She left to play 프로 선수란 팬들의 관심과 사랑 그리고 스폰서의 지원이 성장을
golf in Orlando before the second semester as a senior of 위한 자양분이 되는 것 이지만 양쪽 어느곳에서도 관심이 적다.
Seoul Seomun Girls' High School. .
She attended a golf academy in Orlando for three LPGA 8년차 곽민서 프로는 프로로 전향한 이후 1부와 2부를 넘
months, but it was not like what she thought, she started 나드는 롤러코스터를 타고 다니면서도 늘 그 모습 그대로 이다.
self-studying alone from that point on. She studied her 골프에 대한 열정과 자신에 대한 믿음 그리고 언젠가 할수 있다
swing and developed technique by watching the Internet 는 자신감이 그를 지탱하게 한다..
and reading golf books. It took a long time to find her 2008년 프로로 전향해서 LPGA 풀시드를 받기까지의 모든 과정
way alone without help. 을 이야기하자면 밤을 세워도 모자라는 선수다.

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