'Practice Bug' Im Jin-hee "I Don't Use a Cell Phone"

NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship 3rd Career Win
All In on Training... "No One Knows the Number"

Im Jin-hee is a 'practice addict.'

She never diverts her attention from training and body care. Until 2021, she didn't even have a mobile phone. She bought one for the first time last year but does not use it. There is no one whose phone number she knows. She is very different from her peers who cannot take their eyes off their phones. Social networking services (SNS) are also out of her interest. Important contacts are made through her mother's phone.

Im Jin-hee is smiling brightly while holding the trophy immediately after winning the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship.
[Photo by KLPGA]

On the 14th, Im Jin-hee won by one stroke (15-under-par 201) at the NH Investment & Securities Ladies Championship (total prize money 800 million won) held at Suwon Country Club New Course (par 72, 6,586 yards) in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on the Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour. This was her third career win, 10 months after the McCol·Monapark Open in July last year, with a winner's prize of 144 million won. She secured the victory with consecutive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Im Jin-hee cheered, "I'm so happy to win early in the season," adding, "I want to win more than twice this year."

Im Jin-hee has devoted herself to putting. She explained, "Previously, if I practiced shots for three hours, I only practiced putting for 30 minutes. Now, the practice time for shots and putting is the same." She added, "I go to the practice green one hour before tee-off and putt for 45 minutes. It's my pre-tournament routine." Im Jin-hee secured the win by making a 2-meter birdie on the 17th hole (par 5) to jump into a tie for the lead, then sinking a 3-meter birdie on the 18th hole (par 4). She emphasized, "I think putting is the shot that comes out best as I have practiced."

Im Jin-hee is drawing a big picture. After building her skills on the domestic stage, she has a bold ambition to challenge the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. She said firmly, "I really like the KLPGA Tour, but I don't think it's good to stay anywhere for too long. I plan to knock on the door in the U.S. Until then, I will focus on the KLPGA Tour."

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