"Leave the training center." "I want to play golf. I want to play golf."
"Leave the training center." "I want to play golf. I want to play golf."
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"I was itching to play golf. Now that my body and mind are healthier, I want to lift a lot of trophies this year."
Cho Woo-young (24), who started preparing for the 2025 season of the Korea Professional Golfers Association (KPGA) Tour after three weeks of basic military training, said in a recent telephone interview. Jo Woo-young received a special exemption from military service by winning a gold medal in the men's team event at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games along with Lim Sung-jae (27), Kim Si-woo (30), and Jang Yoo-bin (23). Jo Woo-young, who entered the Nonsan Army Training Center in Chungnam late last year and was discharged on the 16th of this month, said, "I looked hard for golf news when I got my cell phone back for a while on the first day of the new year and on the weekend. As I learned how to spend my time well through regular life (at the training center), I will prepare for the new season more sincerely."
Cho won the KPGA Tour Golf Zone Open in April 2023 for the first time in 10 years as an amateur player, earning him the nickname "professionals." Having turned pro after winning the Hangzhou Asian Games gold medal in October that year, Cho ranked fourth in the list of top 10 players including one last year. "If you give me a score last year, I will get 80 points. I felt a lot of nervousness due to lack of confidence," Cho said.
She suffered a severe slump from June to September last year. She was out of the top 50 in seven of the eight competitions she played during the period. "I was so nervous that I even recalled my childhood memory of experiencing driver Ips," Cho recalled. After suffering from severe Ips, she and her mother went to Thailand for field training for 43 days, excluding the days of arrival and departure, to overcome psychological difficulties.
For Cho Woo-young, it was also stimulating that Jang Yoo-bin, who collaborated on the Asian Games gold medal, first reported his first victory since his professional debut at the Gunsan CC Open in July last year. At that time, Jang Yoo-bin succeeded in defending the title at the Gunsan CC Open, which he won as an amateur in 2023. Cho Woo-young said, "I sincerely congratulated Yoo-bin, my best brother and good rival, on the victory, but on the other hand, I thought, 'Why not me?'"
Cho said he was able to overcome his slump by giving up his impatience and changing his mind. "I will be the best someday, but I have improved as I humbly participate in the competition thinking that I am not the best yet," Cho said. Cho won his first professional title at the Charity Classic in October last year, at the end of the season. 메이저사이트
Jang, who swept five KPGA Tour Awards last year, will play in LIV Golf, which is funded by Saudi Arabian capital, starting this year. "Yubin called me after he moved to LIV Golf. He said, "I feel sorry that I can't compete with you in the same tour as my brother, and I hope you can come with me (to LIV Golf)," Cho said. However, Cho wants to take a different path from Jang. "My dream is to play in the PGA tour. I want to live in the same tour as Lim Sung-jae and Kim Si-woo, whom I respect," Cho said.
Leaving his training camp in Thailand on Monday, Cho plans to focus on supplementing the bunker save rate (55.95 percent, 99th) and par save rate (84.83 percent, 33rd), which were pointed out as weaknesses last year. "I want to win the most wins in the KPGA tour this year. I will also aim for the lowest at-bats award by playing consistently," he said.