[골프토픽] Alim Kim competes with’old rookies’ and’Rookie of the Year’

[아시아경제 노우래 기자] ○… ‘US Women’s Open Champ’ Kim Ah-rim (26, SBI Savings Bank, photo) competes with’old newcomers’ for’Rookie of the Year’.

US Golf Week on the 14th (Korean time) in the US Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) tour rookie article, “Slave Yerim, Haley Moore, and Andrea Lee (above the United States) will compete in the tournament as rookie in 2021.” “The new rookie this year is Kim Ah-rim and 5 others,” he reported. The LPGA Tour did not decide on the new winner of the year, having only played 16 competitions due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in 2020.

This is why last year’s rookies continue to maintain their rookie status in 2021. Korean players won the LPGA Tour Rookie Award for 5 consecutive years from 2015 to 2019. In 2020, Jeon Ji-won (24, KB Financial Group) and Son Yoo-jeong (20, Volvic) were about to lose their Korean Rookie Award for six consecutive years, but a chance again came from’Corona 19′. ‘Non-member status’ Kim Ah-rim declared to advance to the United States right after winning the US Women’s Open, and started the rookie race.

Reporter Noh Woo-rae golfman@asiae.co.kr