Hole-in-one at the BMW Championship in the final round of the LPGA
“That one shot covered all the downsides of the last five years”
“I want to write a book” Keep your distance from the possibility of appearing in variety shows
Choi Na-yeon reveals her thoughts on retirement at a press conference held at a restaurant in Seosomun-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul on the 25th.[사진=최태원기자]
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[아시아경제 최태원 기자] “For the last 5 years, my golf has always been negative, but that ‘one shot’ put it all together”
Na-yeon Choi (35), who is about to retire after 9 wins on the LPGA Tour, revealed her feelings about retirement, saying that her career as a player is ‘100 points’.
At a retirement press conference at a restaurant in Seosomun-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 25th, Choi Na-yeon said, “No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I will about it. to be able to finish it like this (with congratulations), but it seems Heaven helped.” I want to give 100 points because the end was good.”
The ‘one shot’ she mentioned at the meeting was a hole-in-one recorded on the 12th hole (par 3) of the 3rd round of the BMW Women’s Championship, the final match on the LPGA tour. The final score was tied at 47, but this shot alone made up for the sluggishness of the past five years.
With this hole-in-one, Nayeon Choi not only presented a great greeting to his fans, but also received a BMW car worth 150 million won as a bonus.
During a press conference on the same day, Nayeon Choi also revealed a blueprint for her second life after retirement.
She said, “I want to write a book first because I might not remember the LPGA tour that I dedicated my youth to when I get older,” she enthused.
Unlike his writing pursuits, he carefully drew the line when it came to golf entertainment appearances.
“I want to continue to take golf seriously,” he said. It seems that I really want to share my experience, and I want to solve it for fun,” he said.
As much as he went through a long fall, he showed an interest in studying sports psychology and a will to challenge coaches.
Choi Na-yeon said, “I got a lot of help from Dr. Jo Su-kyung (who is famous for his sports mind coach), and it seems that Dr. Cho also wants to raise disciples. Couldn’t he be the best coach in the world?” he said.
“My standards are high,” he said. For others, even if it was a shot that went well on the fairway, I was stressed because it wasn’t 100% accurate.”
Nayeon Choi will end her career as an athlete with the SK Shielders and SK Telecom Championships on the Korean Women’s Professional Golf Tour (KLPGA), which will be held from the 11th of next month.
Nayeon Choi, who entered the professional stage after winning the ADT Caps Invitational in November 2004 as an amateur as a freshman in high school, began playing on the LPGA Tour from 2008, from the 2009 Samsung World Championship to the Walmart Championship NW Arkansas. in June 2015. she won the In 2010, she was ranked first in prize money and average at-bats on the LPGA Tour.
By Choi Tae-win, staff reporter skking@asiae.co.kr
