adminEven though the wrist pain still lingers, he regained his confidence as he found the feeling of his swing. Ko Jin-young will follow her momentum and aim for another splendid achievement at the JM Eagle LA Championship, a new event on the LPGA Tour.
Ko Jin-young will compete in the LPGA Tour JM Eagle LA Championship, which opens on the 28th (Korean time) at Wilshire Country Club (par 71) in Los Angeles, California, USA. He struggled in the second half due to a wrist injury last year, but is showing signs of recovery this season. He finished in the top 10 or four of the season’s five events, including winning the HSBC Women’s World Championship last month. At the Chevron Championship, a major LPGA tour event that ended on the 24th, she showed her back and tied for ninth place. Ko Jin-young, who is knocking on the top while steadily reaching the top, challenges to win the most of the season in this competition.크크크벳
At the official press conference of the tournament on the 27th, Ko Jin-young said, “This course (Wilshire Country Club) has been played for a long time, and it is not unfamiliar because the sponsor has changed. I think it’s a place where I need a little time to do it,” he said. “Always doing my best in each competition is an important goal I set. Grades are important, but I believe that results vary depending on how much I focus on myself, so I focus on myself. And playing as stress-free as possible is the most important goal in the long run.”
Wilshire Country Club is where the Los Angeles Open was held in the past. Ko Jin-young finished runner-up at the Hugel JTBC LA Open held at Wilshire Country Club in 2018 and tied for third at the Hugel Air Premia LA Open in 2021. Regarding the course, Ko Jin-young emphasized, “I think it’s important to put it on the green. When you make a mistake on the green, there are so many tricky situations that you need to concentrate when attacking the green.”
Ko Jin-young, who set the goal of finding a swing he was satisfied with rather than his performance at the start of this season, seems to have gained confidence in his swing recently. He said, “Before starting this year, I thought about whether I could freely express the level of swing I was aiming for on the course in the first half. Still, compared to the past few years, I’m swinging with the most confidence.” He said, “I know how to do (swing) well. JTBC Golf plans to broadcast the first round of this tournament live from 7:30 am on the 28th.