Kim Ha-min and Park Jo-eun confirmed their participation in the 2025 AJGA to win the PLK Cup Junior Championship
Nov 18, 2024
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Kim Ha-min and Park Jo-eun won the men's and women's high school championships at the PLK (Pacific Lynx Korea) Cup Junior for AJGA held in Gunsan CC, Jeollabuk-do, from the 16th to the 17th. With this victory, the two players will be seeded for the AJGA Junior Championship. He will also participate in the Texas Junior Championship by Pacific Rings Korea at the Choi Kyung-ju Foundation, which is scheduled to be held next year. Pacific Lynx Korea provides them with all participation fees such as air and lodging.
The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is the world's leading junior golf association with about 7,000 youth players (ages 12-19) and hosts various types of junior competitions throughout the United States. Famous PGA and LPGA players, including Scottie Scheffler, who won this year's Masters Tournament, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Park In-bee, Jordan Spieth and Lexi Thompson, are all from AJGA.
An official from Pacific Rings Korea said, `We plan to expand the junior competition next year in cooperation with local golf associations nationwide, and we will further revitalize the PLK Cup points system to increase the final stage.' "We will make various efforts to develop the golf industry by attracting the AJGA competition to Korea, accelerating the development of junior dreamers centered on Korea, and fostering junior golfers throughout Asia, including Korea," he said.
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