“Just like in the drama ‘Weird Lawyer Woo Young-woo,’ I seem to have gone from an intern lawyer to a full-time lawyer.”
These are the words of Lee Seung-min, ‘Woo Young-woo of the golf world.’ He won the right to participate on his own for the first time in the Korea Professional Golf (KPGA) Korean Tour Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open (total prize money of 700 million won), which will be held at Cosmos Lynx (par 72, 7,407 yards) in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do for four days starting on the 14th. Seungmin Lee expressed his determination, saying, “I am very happy to have participated in the Korean Tour on my own. I want to train harder in the future and do better to meet the expectations of those who helped me.”메이저놀이터
Seungmin Lee, ‘Wooyoungwoo of the golf world’, won the right to advance to the Korean Tour on his own for the first time and will participate in the Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open.
Seungmin Lee participated in 9 competitions as a recommended player this year. He tied for 68th at the Golf Zone Open in April and tied for 37th at the KB Financial Live Championship in May, earning 83.75 re-ranking points in the first half of the year. He ranked 39th among those subject to the re-ranking applied after the LX Championship, which ended on the 3rd, and entered the Bizplay Electronic Newspaper Open. Seungmin Lee said, “I want to achieve good results in the remaining tournaments,” and “my goal is to advance directly to the finals of the Korean Tour Qualifying Tournament (QT).” Seungmin Lee will play with Hyunseo Park and Seonggwan Lee in the first round.
Seung-min Lee is the first player with level 3 autism and developmental disability to qualify as a KPGA tour pro in 2017. He directed the human drama of becoming the first champion of the ‘US Adaptive Open’ organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 2022. He was the runner-up in this year’s competition as the defending champion. Seung-min Lee made his Korean Tour debut as a recommended player amidst interest from those around him and participated in 31 competitions. He passed the cut four times in total, including advancing to the finals for the first time at the 2018 DB Insurance Pro Me Open.