Jung Jun (27), son of Hyundai Card Vice Chairman Jeong Tae-young, signed a 100-year contract with Lydia Ko (25), a genius golfer from New Zealand.
According to the financial industry and sports world on the 27th, it was reported that the two decided to get married on December 30th this year at Myeongdong Cathedral.
After graduating from Claremont McKenna College in California, USA, Jung Joon has been working for Hyundai Motor Company in San Francisco, USA since this year.
Currently, Jung is in Seoul for private business, and Lydia is expected to return to Korea on the 28th.
The two are said to be getting married at the end of this year, taking into account Lydia Ko’s match schedule.
Hyundai Card explained, “It is not a part that can be confirmed because it is a private life.”
Vice Chairman Jeong Tae-young is the eldest son of the late Jeong Gyeong-jin, founder of Jongno Academy, and the second son-in-law of Chung Mong-koo, honorary chairman of Hyundai Motor Group.
Jung served as the vice president of Hyundai Card and then the president of Hyundai Card, Hyundai Capital, and Hyundai Commercial, and was promoted to vice president in 2015.
Lydia Ko, whose Korean name is Ko Bo-kyung, won the Canadian Open on the LPGA Tour in 2012 when she was an amateur, and is also the youngest LPGA Tour record holder to this day.
He turned pro in 2013 and has won 17 of his career on the LPGA Tour since then. Among them, he won the Evian Championship in 2015 and the ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship) in 2016.
Moreover, he became famous as a ‘sports hero’ in New Zealand, winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year.
Born in 1997 in Korea, immigrated to New Zealand with his family in 2003 and is fluent in Korean.
He entered Korea University’s psychology department in 2015 and is currently ranked 4th in the women’s golf world, and is supported by Hana Financial Group, a Korean company.
