'Chance Field for Finding Dream Tree Growth'KLPGA-Samcheonri Together Dream Tree Contest 2024' Ends with Success
Sep 07, 2024
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Starting with the first competition in 2015, a total of 256 dream trees, including 80 middle school students and 176 high school students, participated in the competition, which marks its 10th year this year. After qualifying over two days on the 2nd and 3rd, the top 128 players competed passionately for three days from the 4th to the 6th.
As a result of the final round held on the 6th, Yoo Ah-hyun (second year of Seogang High School) won the high school with a final total of 14-under 202.
Hada-in (third grade at Incheon Girls' High School) with a 10-under 206 and Yang Yoon-seo (first grade at Incheon Girls' High School) with a 10-under 206 were in third place.
In the middle school, two players, Lee Si-eun and Yoo Ji-eun, tied at 11-under 205, but after four extra holes, Lee Si-eun (a senior at Noh Hyung-joong) scored a birdie in the last hole to win a dramatic victory. Yoo Ji-eun (second grade at Wolsan Middle School) came in second and Danjela Chanel (third grade at Daejeon Foreign School) came in third.
Yoo Ah-hyun, Ha Da-in, and Yang Yoon-seo, who are ranked 1st to 3rd in the high school division, will be given an exceptional privilege of exemption from the KLPGA associate member practical test.
Yoo Ah-hyun, Lee Si-eun, and Yoo Ji-eun, who rank 1st to 3rd in the integrated middle and high school grades, will be eligible to play as recommended players for the KLPGA regular tour or dream tour competitions.
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Through this competition, it has been reborn as a competition loved by both players and parents, receiving a lot of favorable reviews for various support for dream tree athletes and operating unusual programs. It supported all green fees, caddies, and cart expenses during the tournament and provided free quality meals so that players could focus only on the game. Samcheonri Sports Team Vice President Ji Yu-jin and KLPGA veteran Hong Ran focused on providing practical help, such as giving young players the advice they need to grow into professional golfers through tea time with their parents. In addition, an event that adds fun to the game and gives pleasant memories to the whole family was held, adding to the meaning of a festival that everyone can enjoy together.
The KLPGA-Samcheonri Together Dream Tree Contest is the gateway to the next generation of golf stars who grow high-potential prospects into future professional golfers. Song Ga-eun (2015 and 2016), Kim Jae-hee (2016), Cho Ah-yeon (2017), Kim Min-byul (2018, 2019), and Hong Jung-min (2019), who are currently leading the KLPGA Tour, have been produced as winners, and are reborn as a true 'live for fostering dream trees' as the golf industry's attention is focused every year when a new winner is born.
Samcheonri operates the Samcheonri Sports Team', which includes Kim Hae-rim (35), Ko Ji-woo (22), Ko Ji-won (20), Madasom (25), Park Do-young (28), Yoo Hyun-jo (19), Jeon Ye-sung (21), Choi Ga-bin (23), Lee Jae-yoon (24), Jung Ji-hyun (20), and Seo Kyo-rim (18), and the Samcheonri Academy, which systematically fosters amateurs with abundant potential. It contributes to the expansion of the domestic golf base and the development of sports, fulfills corporate social responsibilities, and aims to become a 'loved company'.
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