Golf Channel · Oct 17, 2018
For Korean women, golf is a double-edged sword
There is always a story behind the tears.
For In Gee Chun, it’s a story about more than her victory Sunday at the KEB Hana Bank Championship.
It’s about the other side of the Korean passion that runs so deep in women’s golf and that makes female players feel like rock stars.
It’s about the unrelenting pressure that comes with all that popularity.
Chun explained where her tears came from after her victory. She opened up about the emotional struggle she has faced trying to live up to the soaring expectations that come with being a young Korean superstar.