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Fairways and Greens
More US Open Pix
Thanks to Seoul Sister fan Jim Wintch, who gave me these photos he took
at the US Women's Open this year in Portland. I absent mindedly forgot
about them until I cleaned out my camera bag the other day. Lucky you,
you get to see them now. Enjoy! (Click the thumbnails to see the full
sized versions).
Seoul Sisters Tee Shirt graphics
Ever since I mentioned the fact I wore several different Seoul Sisters
tee shirts at the Open (and the Canadian Open), I've received a few requests
to see what the graphics looked like. So, without further ado, here they
are:
This graphic was on the front. There were two colors: a dark blue shirt
and a white one
The back of the shirt had this graphic. So now you know what the Sisters saw!
Q School Results
The first of two LPGA Q School sectional qualifiers has been held. Aree
Song, the 17 year old Thai/Korean wunderkind, to no one's surprise, won
co-medalist honors. She has been given special permission to turn pro
and join the LPGA before her 18th birthday by Commissioner Votaw himself
(provided, of course, that she makes it through Q-School). She will turn
18 next May, though, so she won't be 'jailbait', in tour terms, for very
long anyway. Sharing medalist honors was Korean Seol-An Jeon.
All in all, six Koreans made it through to the final round. Among those who did not were KLPGA stars Il Mi Chung and Mi Na Lee. But they will have one more chance to make it at the second sectional later this year.
Next week, one of the biggest tournaments of the year takes place in Korea, the Korean Open. This event usually takes place in the Spring, and Se Ri makes an annual pilgrimage over to play in it, but it was postponed due to sponsorship problems and SARS until September this year. As a result, Se Ri instead played in the X-Canvas Open, which she won. She won't be going to the Open, but several other top Korean players will. Among those playing are Grace Park, Hee-Won Han, Soo-Yun Kang (a former champion), Beth Bauer and Aree Song. Hopefully I will have a lot of photos and results to share with you in the next issue!
Hee-Won Han arrives in Korea on
September 2, 2003
Grace in Korea
Money List
Hee-Won Han only played one tournament this week, but made it count: her
third place in the State Farm Classic not only earned her $80,000 outright,
but also won her the State Farm Series for another $100,000 bonus (not
included as official money, however). She now moves to 4th on the money
list, and is not far from breaking a million in season earnings. Se Ri
almost won the Betsy King last week, and had another top ten as well at
the State Farm, while Grace notched two top tens herself. Good move by
Jung Yeon Lee to go from 69th to 60th.
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2. |
Se Ri Pak | $1,228,172.00 | (+$117,214) |
| 3. | Grace Park | $1,075,635.00 | (+$66,626) |
| 4. | Hee-Won Han | $977,284.00 | (+$79,690) |
| 21. | Mi Hyun Kim | $406,504.00 | (+$19,991) |
| 23. | Jeong Jang | $390,635.00 | (+$23,345) |
| 32. | Soo-Yun Kang | $279,793.00 | (+$20,293) |
| 39. | Young Kim | $215,478.00 | (+$39,033) |
| 42. | Christina Kim | $187,546.00 | (+$3,232) |
| 46. | Gloria Park | $149,014.00 | (+$29,352) |
| 60. | Jung Yeon Lee | $112,805.00 | (+$26,576) |
| 75. | Young-A Yang | $80,364.00 | (+$0) |
