Welcome Savings Bank, Second Dream Tech Project... 'Museodari Rocket Girl'

Prosthetic Golfer Han Jung-won’s Journey
Challenge to Qualify as KLPGA Associate Member

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Welcome Savings Bank is launching its second DreamTech (Dream + Technology) project this year, following last year.

Welcome Savings Bank announced on the 2nd that it will start the "Iron Leg Rocket Girl" project.

This is Welcome Savings Bank's second DreamTech project, following last year's first DreamTech project "Run for Dream," which helped visually impaired marathoner Han Dong-ho achieve his dream of running a full marathon alone at the Greece International Marathon.

This year, they have rolled up their sleeves to help a female golfer with a prosthetic leg who lost her left leg in an unexpected accident.

The protagonist of Iron Leg Rocket Girl is Han Jeong-won. After suddenly losing her left leg below the thigh in a traffic accident, her dream is to play rounds with top professional players. To achieve this, she is challenging the KLPGA (Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association) associate membership selection. Furthermore, she dreams of placing in the KLPGA Champions Classic.

Currently working as a middle school physical education teacher, she encountered golf during rehabilitation after the accident. Self-taught in golf, she has participated in and won several disabled golf tournaments, including the 2018 World Disabled Golf Championship.

Han dreams of competing with professional players, but lacks precision due to the absence of sensation in her left leg and foot, which are important in golf.

Accordingly, Welcome Savings Bank is undertaking the production of "Welcome Dream Shoes" to help her overcome these limitations. The Welcome Dream Shoes are designed to meticulously record pressure changes according to her movements. The training data from the Welcome Dream Shoes will be used for machine learning and big data analysis. Data analysis will address issues such as foot pressure and body center movement caused by the lack of sensation in the left leg. To improve her self-taught golf skills, lessons with golf players affiliated with Welcome Savings Bank are also planned.

The first goal is to pass the KLPGA associate membership selection test. Welcome Savings Bank plans to release various videos of this challenge process on the YouTube channel "Welcome to Jjantech." The first video is currently posted.

Kim Dae-woong, CEO of Welcome Savings Bank, said, "The DreamTech project started to convey the belief that if you do not give up, you can definitely succeed," adding, "When dreams and hopes become reality, infinite energy is created, so we will continue various activities to create a society where dreams can come true."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.